[Users] Attaching an existing KVM installation to oVirt

[Itamar Heim]

On 01/17/2013 09:14 AM, Gianluca Cecchi wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 2:11 PM, wrote:
>
>     Hello - I'm new to the list and thought I would send my first email.
>       Is there a way to attach an existing KVM installation (Non Fedora
>     - non node based installation of say, CentOS or Ubuntu) to oVirt?
>
>
>
> Suppose your existing KVM installation server has connectivity with
> engine (eg 10.4.4.59) and you have configured an export domain on engine
> with sufficient available space, you can connect on your KVM server and
> run (for example on CentOS 6.3):
>
> # virt-v2v -o rhev -osd 10.4.4.59:/EXPORT --network ovirtmgmt c56cr
> c56cr_001: 100%
> [===================================================================================]D
> 0h02m17s
> virt-v2v: c56cr configured with virtio drivers.
>
> this will "port" your curren tVM network into the ovirtmgmt one on oVirt.
> If you have more that one you can specify them in command line.
>
> see man virt-v2v for options explanation
>
> When export completes successfully, you can then go into web admin
> portal, select the export domain and the VM imported will show up.
> And you can import it, also customizing some parameter.
> HIH,
> Gianluca
>
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maybe someone can wikify this?