[Users] OFFLIST: Re: vmware image conversion

[Maurice James]

So far I got my company to run oVirt in our lab. They love it so far. The
nail in the coffin for vmware would be easy migration path options.
Conversions are kicking my tail right now. Im looking for a way around this.
https://access.redhat.com/site/solutions/235053 , which includes not having
to depend on a connection to ESX

-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Doolittle [mailto:bob at doolittle.us.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2014 9:08 PM
To: Maurice James
Subject: OFFLIST: Re: [Users] vmware image conversion

It's possible I am the real noob here.

I did try it about a year ago (although I no longer recall if I was
converting ESX or VBox images since I had both), in a standalone mode, and
failed miserably and didn't pursue it. My hope is that it has matured and
that somebody with more expertise and luck could do so successfully.

We'll see how the experts weigh in.

Good luck,
    Bob

On 02/19/2014 05:59 PM, Maurice James wrote:
> Forgive my noobness, but are you telling me that I can convert an ESX 
> image without the existence of a running ESX server? If someone gave 
> me an ESX image on a DVD or hard drive I could then use virt-v2v to
convert it?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob Doolittle [mailto:bob at doolittle.us.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2014 8:54 PM
> To: Maurice James; 'Ted Miller'; users at ovirt.org
> Subject: Re: [Users] vmware image conversion
>
> Yes.
> So:
>
> VMware non-ESX -> ESX, using VMware's tool, then ESX -> RHEV using 
> virt-v2v
>
> no?
>
> If this is viable, it's easy to understand why nobody wants to put 
> effort into supporting a bevy of VMware VM formats, when there's a 
> tool already available to convert to one and they can focus on it.
>
> -Bob
>
> On 02/19/2014 05:52 PM, Maurice James wrote:
>> I want to change it from VMware to RHEV/oVirt
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Bob Doolittle [mailto:bob at doolittle.us.com]
>> Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2014 8:51 PM
>> To: Maurice James; 'Ted Miller'; users at ovirt.org
>> Subject: Re: [Users] vmware image conversion
>>
>> My recollection is that VMware provides a converter to change your 
>> VMware non-ESX VMs into ESX format.
>> Do you have to buy ESX to gain access to it?
>>
>> -Bob
>>
>> On 02/19/2014 05:46 PM, Maurice James wrote:
>>> I even open a feature request that they closed pretty quickly with 
>>> WONTFIX
>>> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1062910 . Why is this 
>>> such a touchy issue?
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: users-bounces at ovirt.org [mailto:users-bounces at ovirt.org] On 
>>> Behalf Of Ted Miller
>>> Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2014 7:28 PM
>>> To: users at ovirt.org
>>> Subject: Re: [Users] vmware image conversion
>>>
>>>
>>> On 2/9/2014 4:27 PM, Itamar Heim wrote:
>>>> On 02/09/2014 10:28 PM, Maurice James wrote:
>>>>> The instructions assume that I have an ESX instance to connect to.
>>>>> How do I do this with an already exported vmware image with no esx 
>>>>> available to connect to? I have a turnkey drupal vm in ovf format
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: Itamar Heim [mailto:iheim at redhat.com]
>>>>> Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2014 2:24 PM
>>>>> To: Maurice James; 'users'
>>>>> Subject: Re: [Users] vmware image conversion
>>>>>
>>>>> On 02/09/2014 07:02 PM, Maurice James wrote:
>>>>>> According to this
>>>>>> https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2013-1749.html
>>>>>> It does not do it
>>>>> please review:
>>>>> https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterpr
>>>>> i s e _Virtua lization/3.3/html-single/V2V_Guide/index.html
>>>>>
>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>> From: Itamar Heim [mailto:iheim at redhat.com]
>>>>>> Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2014 4:52 AM
>>>>>> To: Maurice James; 'users'
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [Users] vmware image conversion
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 02/08/2014 04:18 PM, Maurice James wrote:
>>>>>>> I submitted an RFE to have vmware image conversion added to 3.5.
>>>>>>> I think that is a key feature that is lacking. Im just trying to 
>>>>>>> get some eyes on it here.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1062910
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> _______________________________________________
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>>>>>>>
>>>>>> can you comment on the gaps from virt-v2v which does this today 
>>>>>> (in the bug as well).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> thanks,
>>>>>>          Itamar
>>>>>>
>>>> iirc, you need an ESX currently.
>>> Some of us are stuck without a way to try out ovirt because of this.
>>> ESX is not the only platform that people run VMWare on.  I am trying 
>>> to bring over VMs from an old VMWare Server setup on Centos 5.  
>>> Works fine, but there is no migration path.  Other people may have 
>>> VMs on VMWare Workstation or other, older products.  We just get 
>>> told to go fly a
>> kite?
>>> If the only choice is to bring up a full-blown, working ESX 
>>> instance, I may bring up ESXi and stay there.
>>>
>>> Ted Miller
>>> Elkhart, IN
>>>
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