Re: [Users] vmware image conversion

I want to change it from VMware to RHEV/oVirt -----Original Message----- From: Bob Doolittle [mailto:bob@doolittle.us.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2014 8:51 PM To: Maurice James; 'Ted Miller'; users(a)ovirt.org Subject: Re: [Users] vmware image conversion My recollection is that VMware provides a converter to change your VMware non-ESX VMs into ESX format. Do you have to buy ESX to gain access to it? -Bob On 02/19/2014 05:46 PM, Maurice James wrote: > I even open a feature request that they closed pretty quickly with > WONTFIX > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1062910 . Why is this > such a touchy issue? > > -----Original Message----- > From: users-bounces(a)ovirt.org [mailto:users-bounces@ovirt.org] On > Behalf Of Ted Miller > Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2014 7:28 PM > To: users(a)ovirt.org > Subject: Re: [Users] vmware image conversion > > > On 2/9/2014 4:27 PM, Itamar Heim wrote: >> On 02/09/2014 10:28 PM, Maurice James wrote: >>> The instructions assume that I have an ESX instance to connect to. >>> How do I do this with an already exported vmware image with no esx >>> available to connect to? I have a turnkey drupal vm in ovf format >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Itamar Heim [mailto:iheim@redhat.com] >>> Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2014 2:24 PM >>> To: Maurice James; 'users' >>> Subject: Re: [Users] vmware image conversion >>> >>> On 02/09/2014 07:02 PM, Maurice James wrote: >>>> According to this >>>> https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2013-1749.html >>>> It does not do it >>> please review: >>> https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterpri >>> s e _Virtua lization/3.3/html-single/V2V_Guide/index.html >>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: Itamar Heim [mailto:iheim@redhat.com] >>>> Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2014 4:52 AM >>>> To: Maurice James; 'users' >>>> Subject: Re: [Users] vmware image conversion >>>> >>>> On 02/08/2014 04:18 PM, Maurice James wrote: >>>>> I submitted an RFE to have vmware image conversion added to 3.5. >>>>> I think that is a key feature that is lacking. Im just trying to >>>>> get some eyes on it here. >>>>> >>>>> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1062910 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Users mailing list >>>>> Users(a)ovirt.org >>>>> http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users >>>>> >>>> can you comment on the gaps from virt-v2v which does this today >>>> (in the bug as well). >>>> >>>> thanks, >>>> Itamar >>>> >> iirc, you need an ESX currently. > Some of us are stuck without a way to try out ovirt because of this. > ESX is not the only platform that people run VMWare on. I am trying > to bring over VMs from an old VMWare Server setup on Centos 5. Works > fine, but there is no migration path. Other people may have VMs on > VMWare Workstation or other, older products. We just get told to go > fly a kite? > If the only choice is to bring up a full-blown, working ESX instance, > I may bring up ESXi and stay there. > > Ted Miller > Elkhart, IN > > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list > Users(a)ovirt.org > http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list > Users(a)ovirt.org > http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users