[Users] Import VMware

[Ted Miller]

From: Maurice James <midnightsteel at msn.com>

Do you know of the best way to get a vmware guest into ovirt without virt-v2v by chance?

From: users-bounces at ovirt.org [mailto:users-bounces at ovirt.org] On Behalf Of Ted Miller

>> On 2/4/2014 10:49 AM, Maurice James wrote:

>>> Is it possible to import vmware images into ovirt 3.3, Or is a running Esx instance still required?

>> This bug https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2013-1749.html officially withdrew support for importing image files directly, because it didn't always work.

>> Ted Miller
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> From: Maurice James <midnightsteel at msn.com>

> Do you know of the best way to get a vmware guest into ovirt without virt-v2v by chance?

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No.  I had a gluster + sanlock problem take out my ovirt cluster (2 hosts), and I only have it partially back up.  My dozen VMs are currently available only when my (dual boot) hardware isn't running oVirt.  Or, to put it the other way, I can only run oVirt when I can take down the VMWare group, because I don't have spare hardware.  Working on rebuilding one VM in KVM today (VMWare copy had a problem).

The only way I have heard succeed is to use ESX/ESXi or the "hollow pig" method.  Create a VM in ovirt, including the hard drive.  Replace hard drive file with file from VMWare (or otherwise get data into file).  Fiddle with VM hardware & settings until it runs.

Ted Miller
Elkhart, IN

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