Re: [ovirt-users] importing a qcow2 disk into ovirt 3.5?

21 Oct 2014

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On 10/21/2014 11:23 AM, Federico Alberto Sayd wrote:
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On 21/10/14 02:27, Paul Jansen wrote:
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I've just been doing some searching to try and work out how to get a 
vmware windows VM into ovirt.
It seems that the newest virtv2v has dropped support for importing 
from an ESXi standalone machine - and now only works with vcenter.  I 
didn't have any success with using the current virt-v2v attaching to 
an ESXi host.
I've prepared the VM by first removing the vmware tools and have 
installled the various virtio drivers, as well as running the 
'mergeide' registry file to enable IDE.  I've used 'qemu-img' to 
convirt this VMDK file to QCOW2.  It does not appear that there is a 
straightforward way for me to import this new qcow2 disk into ovirt.
It seems my best option at the moment is to export the VMware VM as 
an OVA and then try and use a newer virt-v2v to import this into ovirt.
Alternatively I could construct a VM in virt-manager and attach the 
converted qcow2 disk to it, and then use virt-v2v to import this into 
ovirt.
Can someone suggest an alternative course of action?  It seems 
strange that I can't just import a disk into ovirt,  construct a VM 
and attach the disk.
Is there anything int he works to make this process easier?
Thanks,
Paul
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I have not found a way to import qcow2 disk into oVirt.
The last time I needed to import a qcow2 disk to oVirt I created a vm 
in a kvm server (my pc..) with virt-manager, then I added the qcow 
disk, and booted the vm with clonezilla. Then I created a VM in oVirt, 
provisioned with similar disks and booted also with clonezilla. Then I 
cloned from kvm to oVirt. After I deleted the native kvm vm and disks. 
In this way I bypassed all the import, export, ova compatibility, 
virt2virt, etc.
Simple and practical
Regards
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Wrote this awhile back as a quick qcow to ovf implementation to import 
into ovirt-engine/rhevm. There are newer options but this does the job 
really quick. Will wrap the qcow image into an exploded ova structure or 
zipped. You can then import it directly into engine with 
engine-image-uploader.

https://jboggs.fedorapeople.org/guest-image-ovf-creator.py

https://jboggs.fedorapeople.org/guest-image-ovf-creator.py

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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/21/2014 11:23 AM, Federico
      Alberto Sayd wrote:<br>
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      <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 21/10/14 02:27, Paul Jansen wrote:<br>
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          <div>I've just been doing some searching to try and work out
            how to get a vmware windows VM into ovirt.</div>
          <div>It seems that the newest virtv2v has dropped support for
            importing from an ESXi standalone machine - and now only
            works with vcenter.  I didn't have any success with using
            the current virt-v2v attaching to an ESXi host.<br>
          </div>
          <div><br>
          </div>
          <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12px; font-family:
            HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida
            Grande,sans-serif; background-color: transparent;
            font-style: normal;">I've prepared the VM by first removing
            the vmware tools and have installled the various virtio
            drivers, as well as running the 'mergeide' registry file to
            enable IDE.  I've used 'qemu-img' to convirt this VMDK file
            to QCOW2.  It does not appear that there is a
            straightforward way for me to import this new qcow2 disk
            into ovirt.</div>
          <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12px; font-family:
            HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida
            Grande,sans-serif; background-color: transparent;
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          <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12px; font-family:
            HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida
            Grande,sans-serif; background-color: transparent;
            font-style: normal;">It seems my best option at the moment
            is to export the VMware VM as an OVA and then try and use a
            newer virt-v2v to import this into ovirt.</div>
          <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12px; font-family:
            HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida
            Grande,sans-serif; background-color: transparent;
            font-style: normal;">Alternatively I could construct a VM in
            virt-manager and attach the converted qcow2 disk to it, and
            then use virt-v2v to import this into ovirt.</div>
          <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12px; font-family:
            HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida
            Grande,sans-serif; background-color: transparent;
            font-style: normal;"><br>
          </div>
          <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12px; font-family:
            HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida
            Grande,sans-serif; background-color: transparent;
            font-style: normal;">Can someone suggest an alternative
            course of action?  It seems strange that I can't just import
            a disk into ovirt,  construct a VM and attach the disk.</div>
          <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12px; font-family:
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          <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12px; font-family:
            HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida
            Grande,sans-serif; background-color: transparent;
            font-style: normal;">Is there anything int he works to make
            this process easier?</div>
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            HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida
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            font-style: normal;">Thanks,</div>
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      I have not found a way to import qcow2 disk into oVirt.<br>
      <br>
      The last time I needed to import a qcow2 disk to oVirt I created a
      vm in a kvm server (my pc..) with virt-manager, then I added the
      qcow disk, and booted the vm with clonezilla. Then I created a VM
      in oVirt, provisioned with similar disks and booted also with
      clonezilla. Then I cloned from kvm to oVirt. After I deleted the
      native kvm vm and disks. In this way I bypassed all the import,
      export, ova compatibility, virt2virt, etc.<br>
      <br>
      Simple and practical<br>
      <br>
      Regards<br>
      <br>
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    <br>
    Wrote this awhile back as a quick qcow to ovf implementation to
    import into ovirt-engine/rhevm. There are newer options but this
    does the job really quick. Will wrap the qcow image into an exploded
    ova structure or zipped. You can then import it directly into engine
    with engine-image-uploader.<br>
    <br>
    <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://jboggs.fedorapeople.org/guest-image-ovf-creator.py">https://jboggs.fedorapeople.org/guest-image-ovf-creator.py</a><br>
    <br>
    <br>
    <br>
    <br>
    <br>
    <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://jboggs.fedorapeople.org/guest-image-ovf-creator.py">https://jboggs.fedorapeople.org/guest-image-ovf-creator.py</a><br>
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Re: [ovirt-users] importing a qcow2 disk into ovirt 3.5?

Joey Boggs