[Users] Change virtual disk interface

Winfried de Heiden wdh at dds.nl
Tue Feb 28 15:42:33 UTC 2012


Hi,

/"please try via the rest API/sdk/cli, iirc, this is just a UI limitation"/

    Any sugestions for using the rest API? This is quite new for me.... :(

    Winfried

    Itamar Heim <iheim at redhat.com> schreef:
> 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)

Met vriendelijke groet,

    Winfried de Heiden
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