[Users] qcow2 image import.

[Itamar Heim]

On 08/19/2012 11:42 PM, Andres Gonzalez wrote:
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> On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 1:31 PM, Itamar Heim <iheim at redhat.com
> <mailto:iheim at redhat.com>> wrote:
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>     On 08/19/2012 01:22 PM, Omer Frenkel wrote:
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>              *From: *"Andres Gonzalez" <tuchoz at gmail.com
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>              *To: *users at ovirt.org <mailto: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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>              --
>              AGD
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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.
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> As could could see virt-v2v converts VMWare ESX/ESXi VMs, but I have on
> VMWare Server 2.x.
> Also I have Citrix XenServer VMs.
>

matt/rich - any pointers on converting these?

thanks,
    Itamar