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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
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3:52 a.m.
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
11:02 a.m.
According to this https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2013-1749.html It does
not do it
-----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
1:23 p.m.
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_Enterprise_Vir...
-----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
2:28 p.m.
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_Enterprise_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
3:27 p.m.
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_Enterprise_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.
6:27 p.m.
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_Enterprise_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
7:46 p.m.
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_Enterprise
> _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
7:51 p.m.
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_Enterprise
>> _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
7:52 p.m.
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_Enterpris
>> 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
7:54 p.m.
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_Enterpris
>>> 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
7:59 p.m.
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
8:49 p.m.
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>
To: "Bob Doolittle" <bob(a)doolittle.us.com>, "Ted Miller"
<tmiller(a)hcjb.org>, 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
_______________________________________________
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9:23 p.m.
Or used #qemu-img convert esxxxx.vmdk imagexxx.img to finish the conversion
-Lei
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lei Cui" <lcui(a)redhat.com>
To: "Maurice James" <midnightsteel(a)msn.com>
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>
To: "Bob Doolittle" <bob(a)doolittle.us.com>, "Ted Miller"
<tmiller(a)hcjb.org>, 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
_______________________________________________
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http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users
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9:34 p.m.
Trying it out now
-----Original Message-----
From: Lei Cui [mailto:lcui@redhat.com]
Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2014 10:23 PM
To: Maurice James
Cc: users(a)ovirt.org
Subject: 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>
To: "Maurice James" <midnightsteel(a)msn.com>
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>
To: "Bob Doolittle" <bob(a)doolittle.us.com>, "Ted Miller"
<tmiller(a)hcjb.org>, 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
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Users(a)ovirt.org
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1:57 a.m.
On 02/20/2014 05:34 AM, Maurice James wrote:
Trying it out now
-----Original Message-----
From: Lei Cui [mailto:lcui@redhat.com]
Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2014 10:23 PM
To: Maurice James
Cc: users(a)ovirt.org
Subject: 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>
To: "Maurice James" <midnightsteel(a)msn.com>
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>
To: "Bob Doolittle" <bob(a)doolittle.us.com>, "Ted Miller"
<tmiller(a)hcjb.org>, 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
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1. i re-opened the RFE on converting a vmware image directly, though not
sure yet when someone we'll get to it.
2. you can always try the p2v approach?
4:55 p.m.
I have used this method successfully several times, but the problem is,
this only converts the format of the image, it doesn't do any tweaks to
the actual image needed to boot it in the new environment. Windows for
example, is likely to blue screen because it's not very good at
detecting boot disk controller changes.
This is what the merge-ide script does, it relaxes the Windows checks on
boot for new disk controllers. Search for my post about how I converted
my Windows guest from ESX to ovirt.
On 2/19/2014 9:23 PM, Lei Cui wrote:
Or used #qemu-img convert esxxxx.vmdk imagexxx.img to finish the
conversion
-Lei
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lei Cui" <lcui(a)redhat.com>
To: "Maurice James" <midnightsteel(a)msn.com>
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>
To: "Bob Doolittle" <bob(a)doolittle.us.com>, "Ted Miller"
<tmiller(a)hcjb.org>, 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
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On 2/19/2014 8:54 PM, Bob Doolittle wrote:
Yes.
So:
VMware non-ESX -> ESX, using VMware's tool, then
ESX -> RHEV using virt-v2v
no?
NO!!!
You apparently have not done this, only talk about it? The last step (ESX ->
RHEV using virt-v2v) doesn't work. It had problems with some images, and
they pulled it completely from current versions of virt-v2v. See
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2013-1749.html
Ted Miller
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_Enterpris
>>>> 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
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On 2/19/2014 8:54 PM, Bob Doolittle wrote:<br>
<blockquote cite="mid:53056042.1010207@doolittle.us.com"
type="cite">Yes.
<br>
So:
<br>
<br>
VMware non-ESX -> ESX, using VMware's tool, then
<br>
ESX -> RHEV using virt-v2v
<br>
<br>
no?
<br>
</blockquote>
<big><big>NO!!!</big></big><br>
<br>
You apparently have not done this, only talk about it? The last
step (ESX -> RHEV using virt-v2v) doesn't work. It had problems
with some images, and they pulled it completely from current
versions of virt-v2v. See <a
href="https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2013-1749.html">htt...
<br>
Ted Miller<br>
<br>
<blockquote cite="mid:53056042.1010207@doolittle.us.com"
type="cite">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.
<br>
<br>
-Bob
<br>
<br>
On 02/19/2014 05:52 PM, Maurice James wrote:
<br>
<blockquote type="cite">I want to change it from VMware to
RHEV/oVirt
<br>
<br>
-----Original Message-----
<br>
From: Bob Doolittle [<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="mailto:bob@doolittle.us.com">mailto:bob@doolittle.us.com</a>]
<br>
Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2014 8:51 PM
<br>
To: Maurice James; 'Ted Miller'; <a
class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:users@ovirt.org">users@ovirt.org</a>
<br>
Subject: Re: [Users] vmware image conversion
<br>
<br>
My recollection is that VMware provides a converter to change
your VMware
<br>
non-ESX VMs into ESX format.
<br>
Do you have to buy ESX to gain access to it?
<br>
<br>
-Bob
<br>
<br>
On 02/19/2014 05:46 PM, Maurice James wrote:
<br>
<blockquote type="cite">I even open a feature request that they
closed pretty quickly with
<br>
WONTFIX
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1062910">h...
. Why is
this such
<br>
a touchy issue?
<br>
<br>
-----Original Message-----
<br>
From: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:users-bounces@ovirt.org">users-bounces@ovirt.org</a>
[<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="mailto:users-bounces@ovirt.org">mailto:users-bounces@ovirt.org</a>]
On
<br>
Behalf Of Ted Miller
<br>
Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2014 7:28 PM
<br>
To: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:users@ovirt.org">users@ovirt.org</a>
<br>
Subject: Re: [Users] vmware image conversion
<br>
<br>
<br>
On 2/9/2014 4:27 PM, Itamar Heim wrote:
<br>
<blockquote type="cite">On 02/09/2014 10:28 PM, Maurice James
wrote:
<br>
<blockquote type="cite">The instructions assume that I have
an ESX instance to connect to.
<br>
How do I do this with an already exported vmware image
with no esx
<br>
available to connect to? I have a turnkey drupal vm in ovf
format
<br>
<br>
-----Original Message-----
<br>
From: Itamar Heim [<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="mailto:iheim@redhat.com">mailto:iheim@redhat.com</a>]
<br>
Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2014 2:24 PM
<br>
To: Maurice James; 'users'
<br>
Subject: Re: [Users] vmware image conversion
<br>
<br>
On 02/09/2014 07:02 PM, Maurice James wrote:
<br>
<blockquote type="cite">According to this
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2013-1749.html">htt...
<br>
It does not do it
<br>
</blockquote>
please review:
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Ent...
<br>
e _Virtua lization/3.3/html-single/V2V_Guide/index.html
<br>
<br>
<blockquote type="cite">-----Original Message-----
<br>
From: Itamar Heim [<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="mailto:iheim@redhat.com">mailto:iheim@redhat.com</a>]
<br>
Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2014 4:52 AM
<br>
To: Maurice James; 'users'
<br>
Subject: Re: [Users] vmware image conversion
<br>
<br>
On 02/08/2014 04:18 PM, Maurice James wrote:
<br>
<blockquote type="cite">I submitted an RFE to have
vmware image conversion added to 3.5. I
<br>
think that is a key feature that is lacking. Im just
trying to get
<br>
some eyes on it here.
<br>
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1062910">h...
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
_______________________________________________
<br>
Users mailing list
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:Users@ovirt.org">Users@ovirt.org</a>
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users">http://...
<br>
<br>
</blockquote>
can you comment on the gaps from virt-v2v which does
this today (in
<br>
the bug as well).
<br>
<br>
thanks,
<br>
Itamar
<br>
<br>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
iirc, you need an ESX currently.
<br>
</blockquote>
Some of us are stuck without a way to try out ovirt because of
this.
<br>
ESX is not the only platform that people run VMWare on. I am
trying
<br>
to bring over VMs from an old VMWare Server setup on Centos
5. Works
<br>
fine, but there is no migration path. Other people may have
VMs on
<br>
VMWare Workstation or other, older products. We just get told
to go fly a
<br>
</blockquote>
kite?
<br>
<blockquote type="cite">If the only choice is to bring up a
full-blown, working ESX instance,
<br>
I may bring up ESXi and stay there.
<br>
<br>
Ted Miller
<br>
Elkhart, IN
<br>
<br>
_______________________________________________
<br>
Users mailing list
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:Users@ovirt.org">Users@ovirt.org</a>
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users">http://...
<br>
_______________________________________________
<br>
Users mailing list
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:Users@ovirt.org">Users@ovirt.org</a>
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users">http://...
<br>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<br>
</blockquote>
<br>
<pre class="moz-signature" cols="77">--
"He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep, to gain what he cannot lose." - -
Jim Elliot
For more information about Jim Elliot and his unusual life, see <a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.christianliteratureandliving.com/march2003/carolyn....;.
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4:59 p.m.
One of the issues I have with virt-v2v is that it requires an import
storage domain on your ovirt server to import the image to, then you
need to copy that image again into your vm datastore. Lots of data
moving around slow gigabit networks.
oVirt still needs a way to easily add a vm disk image w/o having to go
through the silly import method.
On 2/19/2014 7:54 PM, Bob Doolittle wrote:
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_Enterpris
>>>> 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
_______________________________________________
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http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users
2:40 a.m.
On 02/21/2014 12:59 AM, Blaster wrote:
One of the issues I have with virt-v2v is that it requires an import
storage domain on your ovirt server to import the image to, then you
need to copy that image again into your vm datastore. Lots of data
moving around slow gigabit networks.
this could probably be improved with the "import data domain" planned
now (as it will allow to detect orphan disks/vm's and register them).
http://lists.ovirt.org/pipermail/arch/2014-February/002004.html
http://lists.ovirt.org/pipermail/arch/2014-February/001943.html
oVirt still needs a way to easily add a vm disk image w/o having to
go
through the silly import method.
On 2/19/2014 7:54 PM, Bob Doolittle wrote:
> 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_Enterpris
>>>>> 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
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>
>>>>>> 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
>>>
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