Re: [Users] Move single vmdk (or else) disk into oVirt/RHEV

Le 14/02/2013 15:05, Richard W.M. Jones a écrit : > On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 04:14:38PM +0100, Nicolas Ecarnot wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I find it hard to find any information about the way I have to >> follow to convert/import a vmdk/qcow/raw/etc... single disk into an >> oVirt disks list. >> >> I know how to use virt-v2v to import complete VMs (disk AND config), >> but don't know how to handle a single data disk. > > Assuming it's a data disk with no operating system on it, then it's > very likely the internal filesystem requires no conversion at all, so > it's outside the scope of virt-v2v. > > However the disk format might need to be converted, eg. from VMDK to > qcow2. You can do this using 'qemu-img convert' or VMware's > vdiskmanager program. > > I'm not sure about how you would import a disk into oVirt. I guess > that copying it onto the Export Storage Domain won't work because > oVirt will expect a full guest config. > > Do you intend to attach this data disk to some existing VM? > > Rich. > That is exactly the case : it is indeed a pure data disk with an ext3 filesystem (no LVM, no nothing). I intend to attach it to some existing VM. I know how to convert it into qcow2 or whatever. I know how to create an additionnal disk in oVirt. I know I could trick the system by creating a disk in oVirt, then replace its content by playing with dd, or exploring LVs indide my domain master LUN. But I must admit I was dreaming of some 'official' way to do that.