[ovirt-users] Re: Import to VMware

Does VMware accept the QCOW format? Don't you need to convert it to VMDK? -derek On Fri, May 21, 2021 7:50 am, 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? > > 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/3YAA7Z3SLLDX4 >> > 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/OOSIUVB2E65... > -- Derek Atkins 617-623-3745 derek(a)ihtfp.com www.ihtfp.com Computer and Internet Security Consultant