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? Thanks
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.
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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@redhat.com> 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.
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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@redhat.com> 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.
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Not sure, but I'll see if I can make time today to figure out how to convert it. On Fri, May 21, 2021, 8:02 AM Derek Atkins <derek@ihtfp.com> wrote:
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@redhat.com> 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.
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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@redhat.com> 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.
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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. On Fri, May 21, 2021, 9:06 AM Vojtech Juranek <vjuranek@redhat.com> 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@redhat.com>
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
wrote: the
OVF file should work.
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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@redhat.com> 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@redhat.com>
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
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
wrote: the the
OVF file should work.
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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@ihtfp.com> 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@redhat.com> 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@redhat.com>
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
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
wrote: the the
OVF file should work.
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A quick google search yielded https://blog.ktz.me/migrate-qcow2-images-from-kvm-to-vmware/ -derek On Fri, May 21, 2021 10:34 am, Darin Schmidt wrote:
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@ihtfp.com> 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@redhat.com> 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@redhat.com>
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
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
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
wrote: trying to the the
OVF file should work.
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On 20. 5. 2021, at 22:58, Darin Schmidt <darinschmidt@gmail.com> 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/OVA is not really a fixed standard, every project is using it differently and it’s not compatible between each other that well. oVirt’s OVF are just for oVirt, same as VMware’s OVFs are just for VMware. Some can be converted with more or less issues…
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?
vmware cannot read qcow2 dissk, you need to convert them to vmdk Even then it’s not necessarily going to work as oVirt and VMware are using different virtual hardware, so if you want to boot from there it likely won’t work. take a look at some conversion tools rather than direct import. E.g. for the other direction from vmware to ovirt you can use virt-v2v Thanks, michal
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