Re: [ovirt-users] Import of exported VMware VM fails

Hi Shahar, I ran the virt-v2v as root as it needs to do stuff in /run/user/0. It certainly writes all the files as the correct user/group (i.e., vdsm/kvm) on the export domain. Is there any way to do the import from the command line?

Thanks, Cam On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 7:17 AM, Shahar Havivi <shavivi(a)redhat.com&gt; wrote: > Check for permissions, > All the directory hierarchy and the images as well as the ovf needs to > reached > by the vdsm user, its best to change the owner to vdsm:kvm (e.g. 36:36). > > Shahar. > > > On 29.08.16 16:05, Cam Mac wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I've use ovftool to create an .ova of a VMWare guest (in this case > W2012), > > and then have converted it with virt-v2v, outputting to the oVirt export > > domain (virt-v2v -i ova /space/w2012-test.ova -o ovirt -os > > ovirt-engine:/mnt/export-vm -of qcow2). This appears to work, though it > > reports a warning: > > > > [ 0.0] Opening the source -i ova /space/w2012-test.ova > > [ 5.3] Creating an overlay to protect the source from being modified > > [ 5.9] Initializing the target -o rhev -os ovirt-engine:/mnt/export-vm > > [ 6.1] Opening the overlay > > [ 11.5] Inspecting the overlay > > [ 12.6] Checking for sufficient free disk space in the guest > > [ 12.6] Estimating space required on target for each disk > > [ 12.6] Converting Windows Server 2012 Standard Evaluation to run on KVM > > virt-v2v: warning: Neither rhev-apt.exe nor vmdp.exe can be found. > Unable > > to install one of them. > > virt-v2v: warning: there is no QXL driver for this version of Windows > (6.2 > > x86_64). virt-v2v looks for this driver in /usr/share/virtio-win > > > > The guest will be configured to use a basic VGA display driver. > > virt-v2v: This guest has virtio drivers installed. > > [ 13.5] Mapping filesystem data to avoid copying unused and blank areas > > [ 16.6] Closing the overlay > > [ 16.6] Checking if the guest needs BIOS or UEFI to boot > > [ 16.6] Assigning disks to buses > > [ 16.6] Copying disk 1/1 to > > /space/scratch/v2v.F5dkB2/ff68b458-3fe9-4ecf-95b7- > cfdcc42dd291/images/b8a180eb-e075-44bf-a6f0-263e2792f5d7/ > a49bed7d-9ac3-48f1-8b00-2abb1e4c183f > > (qcow2) > > (100.00/100%) > > [ 200.3] Creating output metadata > > [ 200.3] Finishing off > > > > I can then see the exported VM available for import in the oVirt GUI. > When > > I import it however, it just says it fails to import, and having a look > at > > the engine log I can't see what is wrong specifically: > > > > 2016-08-29 15:43:06,620 INFO > > [org.ovirt.engine.core.vdsbroker.irsbroker.DoesImageExistVDSCommand] > > (default task-372) [4cdcbb5c] FINISH, DoesImageExistVDSCommand, return: > > true, log id: 188b0975 > > 2016-08-29 15:43:06,715 WARN > > [org.ovirt.engine.core.bll.exportimport.ImportVmCommand] (default > task-372) > > [] VM '980e3d5d-934a-4426-850d-23ba5df77b01' doesn't have active > snapshot > > in export domain > > 2016-08-29 15:43:06,788 INFO > > [org.ovirt.engine.core.bll.exportimport.ImportVmCommand] > > (org.ovirt.thread.pool-8-thread-17) [4cdcbb5c] Running command: > > ImportVmCommand internal: false. Entities affected : ID: > > 9d1fe12c-5c5f-49ad-a875-a735acba2530 Type: StorageAction group > > IMPORT_EXPORT_VM with role type ADMIN, ID: > > ff68b458-3fe9-4ecf-95b7-cfdcc42dd291 Type: StorageAction group > > IMPORT_EXPORT_VM with role type ADMIN > > 2016-08-29 15:43:06,797 INFO > > [org.ovirt.engine.core.utils.transaction.TransactionSupport] > > (org.ovirt.thread.pool-8-thread-17) [4cdcbb5c] transaction rolled back > > 2016-08-29 15:43:06,798 ERROR > > [org.ovirt.engine.core.bll.exportimport.ImportVmCommand] > > (org.ovirt.thread.pool-8-thread-17) [4cdcbb5c] Command > > 'org.ovirt.engine.core.bll.exportimport.ImportVmCommand' failed: null > > 2016-08-29 15:43:06,798 ERROR > > [org.ovirt.engine.core.bll.exportimport.ImportVmCommand] > > (org.ovirt.thread.pool-8-thread-17) [4cdcbb5c] Exception: > > java.lang.reflect.UndeclaredThrowableException > > > > > > Any ideas? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Cam > > > _______________________________________________ > > Users mailing list > > Users(a)ovirt.org > > http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users > >