[Users] oVirt 3.0 - importing OVF

[Richard W.M. Jones]

On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 03:15:20PM +0200, Itamar Heim wrote:
> On 09/28/2012 01:21 PM, Piotr Szubiakowski wrote:
> >Hi,
> >I have VM files from VMWare ESX 3.5. I converted this VM to OVF format.
> >Is it possible to import this VM to oVirt. Should I use the
> >import/export storage and virt-v2v tool?
> >
> >Best regards,
> >Piotr
> >
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> use virt-v2v for ovirt target to convert it and place it into the
> export domain, then import it to the system.
> though i remember something about v2v being sensitive to source
> being esx directly or vcenter.

As Itamar says, currently you can only convert from live ESX servers.
It's in the RHEL 7 schedule to be able to import from OVF/OVA.

Rich.

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