> We just added support for this to upstream virt-v2v, although it > requires a very recent qemu to work. F17 isn't new enough. I haven't > tested F18 qemu yet, but hopefully it'll be good there. > Thanks Matt, can you share any details on the differences from ovf in behavior? (and i was wondering why a newer kvm is needed?)

From: "Jonathan Horne" <jhorne(a)skopos.us&gt; To: "Vered Volansky" <vered(a)redhat.com&gt; Sent: Monday, December 10, 2012 11:10:50 PM Subject: Re: [Users] virt-v2v Vered, when i tried it, i got output error: Virt-v2v: there is no profile named ovirt. Any ideas? When i run virt-v2v --list-profiles, i get nothing. There are no profiles. I appreciate your help you are giving me, jonathan On 12/10/12 11:21 AM, "Vered Volansky" <vered(a)redhat.com&gt; wrote: >Jonathan, > >Your previous post's thread has this answer in it: > >We can only output to oVirt's OVF, and we can only import from >VMware's >OVA. The command line looks something like: > ># virt-v2v -i ova --profile ovirt foo.ova > > >Is it not helpful to you? >If not, please say why. > >Thanks, >Vered. > > >----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Jonathan Horne" <jhorne(a)skopos.us&gt; >> To: users(a)ovirt.org >> Sent: Monday, December 10, 2012 4:25:47 PM >> Subject: Re: [Users] virt-v2v >> >> >> >> >> >> What about converting something like a .ova file into ovirt? From >> what i read in the man pages, it only converts live running Vms, >> not >> files? Is that the correct assessment? >> >> >> From: Allon Mureinik < amureini(a)redhat.com > >> Date: Sunday, December 9, 2012 12:33 AM >> To: Jonathan Horne < jhorne(a)skopos.us > >> Cc: " users(a)ovirt.org " < users(a)ovirt.org > >> Subject: Re: [Users] virt-v2v >> >> >> >> >> >> In a nutshell - yes. >> >> It can convert RHEL and windows guests running on Xen or ESX to >> KVM-based guests that can be imported into oVirt. >> >> >> >> >> >> From: "Jonathan Horne" < jhorne(a)skopos.us > >> To: users(a)ovirt.org >> Sent: Saturday, December 8, 2012 1:40:15 AM >> Subject: [Users] virt-v2v >> >> >> >> >> Is virt-v2v something i can leverage to get foreign virtual guests >> into my ovirt/node environment? >> >> >> Thanks, >> jonathan >> >> This is a PRIVATE message. If you are not the intended recipient, >> please delete without copying and kindly advise us by e-mail of >> the >> mistake in delivery. NOTE: Regardless of content, this e-mail >> shall >> not operate to bind SKOPOS to any order or other contract unless >> pursuant to explicit written agreement or government initiative >> expressly permitting the use of e-mail for such purpose. >> _______________________________________________ >> Users mailing list >> Users(a)ovirt.org >> http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users >> >> >> >> This is a PRIVATE message. If you are not the intended recipient, >> please delete without copying and kindly advise us by e-mail of >> the >> mistake in delivery. NOTE: Regardless of content, this e-mail >> shall >> not operate to bind SKOPOS to any order or other contract unless >> pursuant to explicit written agreement or government initiative >> expressly permitting the use of e-mail for such purpose. >> _______________________________________________ >> Users mailing list >> Users(a)ovirt.org >> http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users >> ________________________________ This is a PRIVATE message. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete without copying and kindly advise us by e-mail of the mistake in delivery. NOTE: Regardless of content, this e-mail shall not operate to bind SKOPOS to any order or other contract unless pursuant to explicit written agreement or government initiative expressly permitting the use of e-mail for such purpose.