[Users] How to import KVM machines into oVirt iSCSI

[Jakub Libosvar]

On 01/30/2013 11:43 AM, Nicolas Ecarnot wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Reading the docs all day long helped me to setup a nice Data center in
> iSCSI mode, connected to a big LUN in a san.
> Many many points are working, mostly thanks to you, people of this list.
>
> Apart from this oVirt setup (1 manager, 3 nodes, 1 san), I have a
> completely separated ubuntu hypervisor running a standalone local KVM
> with a local storage.
>
> I have not a clear view of how I will manage to import these VM into oVirt.
>
> Of course, I've read about ovirt-v2v (and its huge amount of
> dependencies...), but I'm not sure this is the way I have to follow?
> As far as I've understood, v2v seems to be dedicated to connection
> between oVirt datacenters, or vmware or Xen plateforms, but I see
> nothing about the connection to a distant standalone KVM hypervisor.
>
> One more thing that is unclear to me, and seems related, is the notion
> of export / import domain. I read that this principle could allow me to
> export (then to backup) my VMs. This could help me to import some VMs.
> But I read that this export domain has to be the same type of my
> datacenter (iscsi), so this is not helping me with my standalone kvm
> hypervisor.
>
> I'd be glad to get some light on these points.
>
Hi Nicolas,

you can attach NFS export domain to iSCSI data-center. There is no need 
to have same export domain type as your data-center has. I hope it will 
help you to solve your problem.

Kuba