Re: [Users] vmware image conversion

Or used #qemu-img convert esxxxx.vmdk imagexxx.img to finish the conversion -Lei ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lei Cui" <lcui(a)redhat.com&gt; To: "Maurice James" <midnightsteel(a)msn.com&gt; Cc: users(a)ovirt.org Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2014 10:49:39 AM Subject: Re: [Users] vmware image conversion Hi, Maurice, Have you tried virt-convert to convert vmx image to virt-image(raw or qcow2) format? Which support off-line conversion without a running ESX server -Lei ----- Original Message ----- From: "Maurice James" <midnightsteel(a)msn.com&gt; To: "Bob Doolittle" <bob(a)doolittle.us.com&gt;, "Ted Miller" <tmiller(a)hcjb.org&gt;, users(a)ovirt.org Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2014 9:59:07 AM Subject: Re: [Users] vmware image conversion Forgive my noobness, but are you telling me that I can convert an ESX image without the existence of a running ESX server? If someone gave me an ESX image on a DVD or hard drive I could then use virt-v2v to convert it? -----Original Message----- From: Bob Doolittle [mailto:bob@doolittle.us.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2014 8:54 PM To: Maurice James; 'Ted Miller'; users(a)ovirt.org Subject: Re: [Users] vmware image conversion Yes. So: VMware non-ESX -> ESX, using VMware's tool, then ESX -> RHEV using virt-v2v no? If this is viable, it's easy to understand why nobody wants to put effort into supporting a bevy of VMware VM formats, when there's a tool already available to convert to one and they can focus on it. -Bob On 02/19/2014 05:52 PM, Maurice James wrote: > 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 _______________________________________________ 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 _______________________________________________ Users mailing list Users(a)ovirt.org http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users