[ovirt-users] Re: Import to VMware

Correct, because in the xml it's saying the format is a link to a we address that technically doesn't exist. So perhaps I just need to find a way to convert the disk to vmdk then On Fri, May 21, 2021, 10:22 AM Derek Atkins <derek(a)ihtfp.com&gt; wrote: > HI, > > On Fri, May 21, 2021 9:57 am, Darin Schmidt wrote: > > Ok then, could there be something wrong with my ova backup because the > ovf > > is only 19kb and the other "file" is 3.8G? When I try to untar the ovf > it > > says it doesn't look like a tar file. > > The 3.8G file is your disk image. The OVF file is XML. > The error seems to be that vmware does not recognize the disk type. > The xml being 19k doesn't seem wrong at all (although it does sound a > little big). > > -derek > > > On Fri, May 21, 2021, 9:06 AM Vojtech Juranek <vjuranek(a)redhat.com&gt; > wrote: > > > >> On Friday, 21 May 2021 13:50:15 CEST Darin Schmidt wrote: > >> > I believe you are partially right? Originally it was an OVA file. I > >> > uncompressed the file which gave me another file and the vm.ovf. > The > >> OVF > >> > file appears to be only an xml file? Or are you saying I can also > >> > uncompressed the ovf file as well like I did the OVA? > >> > >> yes, OVA is tar archive of OVF directory (see e.g. [1]) and OVF is > again > >> tar > >> archive of one XML descriptor and VM disks, so you should be able to > get > >> the > >> VM disk this way > >> > >> [1] https://fileinfo.com/extension/ova > >> > >> > > >> > On Fri, May 21, 2021, 2:39 AM Vojtech Juranek <vjuranek(a)redhat.com&gt; > >> wrote: > >> > > On Thursday, 20 May 2021 22:58:22 CEST Darin Schmidt wrote: > >> > > > Hello, > >> > > > > >> > > > Ive exported an OVA of a server we had made on OVIRT and Im > trying > >> to > >> > > > >> > > import > >> > > > >> > > > it to VMware. Its complaining that the ovf:format is incorrect. > >> > > > > >> > > > ovf:format="http://www.gnome.org/~markmc/qcow-image-format.html" > >> > > > > >> > > > That link doesnt resolve to anywhere because it appears its now > >> > > > http://people.gnome.org/~markmc/qcow-image-format.html > >> > > > > >> > > > But I dont know whats supposed to go there nor have I been able > to > >> > > > locate > >> > > > anything to help solve this issue. All I really need is access > to > >> the > >> > > > >> > > files > >> > > > >> > > > in the, what I assume is, vdmk file that comes along with the > ovf > >> file, > >> > > > which mine is called: 154b3d77-d340-4d24-a448-66265c5fb613 > >> > > > > >> > > > So if anything, is there a way to open this vm disk so I can > gain > >> access > >> > > > >> > > to > >> > > > >> > > > the files? > >> > > > >> > > OVF file is just a tar archive with disks and XML descriptor. So > >> untar > >> the > >> > > OVF > >> > > file should work. > >> > > > >> > > > Thanks > >> > > > _______________________________________________ > >> > > > Users mailing list -- users(a)ovirt.org > >> > > > To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave(a)ovirt.org > >> > > > Privacy Statement: https://www.ovirt.org/privacy-policy.html > >> > > > oVirt Code of Conduct: > >> > > > https://www.ovirt.org/community/about/community-guidelines/ > List > >> > > > >> > > Archives: > >> > > > >> > > > >> > https://lists.ovirt.org/archives/list/users@ovirt.org/message/3YAA7Z3SLLDX > >> > > 4 > >> > > > >> > > > GBW6EXPGNOII3OGRYJF/ > >> > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > Users mailing list -- users(a)ovirt.org > > To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave(a)ovirt.org > > Privacy Statement: https://www.ovirt.org/privacy-policy.html > > oVirt Code of Conduct: > > https://www.ovirt.org/community/about/community-guidelines/ > > List Archives: > > > https://lists.ovirt.org/archives/list/users@ovirt.org/message/HPGLXQNVYG3... > > > > > -- > Derek Atkins 617-623-3745 > derek(a)ihtfp.com www.ihtfp.com > Computer and Internet Security Consultant > >