[Users] Change virtual disk interface

[Itamar Heim]

On 02/28/2012 10:26 AM, wdh at dds.nl wrote:
> I have serveral "old" KVM virtual images, all off them using virtio for
> networking and disks. Trying to import these into my EXPORT datastore
> ends up with an error:
>
> virt-v2v -i libvirt -o rhev -os 10.0.0.3:/nfs/export  -n br0 PXE5-test
> PXE5.img: 100% [=====================================================]
>
> virt-v2v: WARNING: Unable to convert this guest operating system. Its
> storage will be transfered and a domain created for it, but it may not
> operate correctly without manual reconfiguration. The domain will present
> all storage devices as ide, all network interfaces as rtl8139 and the host
> as x86_64.
> virt-v2v: PXE5-test configured without virtio drivers.
>
> How can I avoid these errors?
> How can I fix this error.

matt/rich - thoughts?

>
> After restoring the image, I am able to change the network interface
> from rtl8139 to Virtio. However; I cannot change the disk. In the admin
> console going to Virtual Machines --> <virtual machine> --> Virtual
> Disks --> <disk> --> Edit gives a menu, but the only option I can change
> is "is bootable". Options  like "Interface" are grey and cannot be
> modified.

please try via the rest API/sdk/cli, iirc, this is just a UI limitation.
(feel free to open a bug about this)