From blaster at 556nato.com Sun Dec 7 22:11:44 2014 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============2071743471929212814==" MIME-Version: 1.0 From: Blaster To: users at ovirt.org Subject: Re: [ovirt-users] [RFI] oVirt 3.6 Planning Date: Sun, 07 Dec 2014 21:11:26 -0600 Message-ID: In-Reply-To: 5413671C.8010705@redhat.com --===============2071743471929212814== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable --Apple-Mail=3D_0ECB03C9-E3A7-455D-8F4D-5DD3F97F58B5 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=3Dwindows-1252 On Sep 12, 2014, at 4:35 PM, Itamar Heim wrote: > On 09/12/2014 04:22 PM, Morten Stevens wrote: >>=3D20 >>=3D20 >> On 12.09.2014 14:22, Itamar Heim wrote: >>> With oVirt 3.5 nearing GA, time to ask for "what do you want to see =3D in >>> oVirt 3.6"? >>=3D20 >> An official supported way to import existing raw disk images would be = =3D nice. >=3D20 > please review: > http://www.ovirt.org/Features/virt-v2v_Integration I don=3D92t think that=3D92s what we are looking for. With this process, i= f =3D I have an X size virtual disk, I have to come up with X+2X more storage =3D to go through this silly import process. With ESXi, I just right click, =3D add to inventory and I=3D92m off. Right now, I=3D92m looking at moving my AIO configuration to a new host. = =3D I=3D92ll have to create the new AIO host, create a new storage domain on = =3D the old disks, create new VMs that look like the old ones, create new =3D virtual disks, then go rummage around the storage, figure out what=3D92s = =3D what in these user unfriendly UUID names, then move the old images onto =3D the new ones. With ESXi, I just reinstall the hypervisor, create the new VM, then =3D right click, add to inventory on the old disk image, and I=3D92m done. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=3D3D1049604 The concept of storage domains seems rather clumsy and limited to me. --Apple-Mail=3D_0ECB03C9-E3A7-455D-8F4D-5DD3F97F58B5 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=3Dwindows-1252
On Sep 12, 2014, at 4:35 PM, Itamar =3D Heim <iheim(a)redhat.com>= =3D wrote:

On 09/12/2014 04:22 PM, Morten Stevens =3D wrote:


On 12.09.2014 14:22, Itamar = =3D Heim wrote:
With oVirt 3.5 nearing GA, time = =3D to ask for "what do you want to see in
oVirt =3D 3.6"?

An official supported way to import existing =3D raw disk images would be nice.

please review:
http://www.ov= i=3D rt.org/Features/virt-v2v_Integration

I =3D don=3D92t think that=3D92s what we are looking for.  With this process= , =3D if I have an X size virtual disk, I have to come up with X+2X more =3D storage to go through this silly import process. With ESXi, I just right = =3D click, add to inventory and I=3D92m off.

Right =3D now, I=3D92m looking at moving my AIO configuration to a new host. =3D  I=3D92ll have to create the new AIO host, create a new storage =3D domain on the old disks, create new VMs that look like the old ones, =3D create new virtual disks, then go rummage around the storage, figure out = =3D what=3D92s what in these user unfriendly UUID names, then move the old =3D images onto the new ones.

With ESXi, I just =3D reinstall the hypervisor, create the new VM, then right click, add to =3D inventory on the old disk image, and I=3D92m =3D done.

https://= bug=3D zilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=3D3D1049604

T= h=3D e concept of storage domains seems rather clumsy and limited to =3D me.

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