[ovirt-devel] [ovirt-users] virt-v2v integration feature

[Maurice James]

Lots of virtual appliances come in ovf format. There isn’t a way to import it into an oVirt/RHEV instance without a live ESX instance. This is very inconvenient and inefficient

-----Original Message-----
From: Sven Kieske [mailto:S.Kieske at mittwald.de] 
Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2014 5:01 AM
To: Itamar Heim; devel at ovirt.org
Cc: Users at ovirt.org List; Richard W.M. Jones; midnightsteel at msn.com; blaster at 556nato.com; bugzilla at grendelman.com; fw at moov.de; R P Herrold; jspahr at bandwith.com
Subject: Re: [ovirt-users] [ovirt-devel] virt-v2v integration feature



Am 10.07.2014 09:41, schrieb Itamar Heim:
> On 07/10/2014 10:29 AM, Sven Kieske wrote:
>>
>>
>> Am 09.07.2014 20:30, schrieb Arik Hadas:
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> The proposed feature will introduce a new process of import virtual 
>>> machines from external systems using virt-v2v in oVirt.
>>> I've created a wiki page that contains initial thoughts and design 
>>> for it:
>>> http://www.ovirt.org/Features/virt-v2v_Integration
>>>
>>> You are more than welcome to share your thoughts and insights.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Arik
>>
>> Am I right that this still involves a full operational e.g. esxi host 
>> to import vmware vms?
>>
>> There is a huge user demand on a simpler process for just converting 
>> and importing an vmware disk image. This feature will not solve this 
>> use case, will it?
>>
>>
>
> I agree it should. need to check if virt-v2v can cover this. if not, 
> need to fix it so it will...
>
>
>

Well here are the relevant BZ entries:

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1062910
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1049604

CC'ing the users from this Bugzilla entries, maybe they can add something to gain some traction :)

--
Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Regards

Sven Kieske

Systemadministrator
Mittwald CM Service GmbH & Co. KG
Königsberger Straße 6
32339 Espelkamp
T: +49-5772-293-100
F: +49-5772-293-333
https://www.mittwald.de
Geschäftsführer: Robert Meyer
St.Nr.: 331/5721/1033, USt-IdNr.: DE814773217, HRA 6640, AG Bad Oeynhausen
Komplementärin: Robert Meyer Verwaltungs GmbH, HRB 13260, AG Bad Oeynhausen