[Users] qcow2 image import.

[Itamar Heim]

On 08/19/2012 01:22 PM, Omer Frenkel wrote:
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>     *From: *"Andres Gonzalez" <tuchoz at gmail.com>
>     *To: *users at ovirt.org
>     *Sent: *Saturday, August 18, 2012 5:30:34 AM
>     *Subject: *[Users] qcow2 image import.
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>     Hello !!
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>     I'm wondering if it's possible to import a VM disk on qcow2 format
>     on oVirt to use it as a VM hard disk.
>     The idea is to import a VMWare (vmdk) o Xen (ova) virtual hdd on oVirt.
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>     Regards.
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> As far as i remember, there is no way to import just a disk,
> only vm/template.
> i guess you could find a way to create an OVF to represent a vm that
> attached to that disk,
> import it and then detach the disk from the fake vm
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but you don't need to convert the vmdk to qcow2 necessarily - take a 
look at virt-v2v to do this for you, including changing drivers, etc.