[Users] OFFLIST: Re: vmware image conversion

Thu Feb 20 02:34:04 UTC 2014

FWIW some of my VMs wouldn't convert...and I had to do the "dump and
restore" method...

I know, I know...that way sucks...but it worked for the few VMs I had that
didn't migrate over

Thank you,

Christian Hernandez
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On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 6:11 PM, Maurice James <midnightsteel at msn.com>wrote:

> 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
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> _______________________________________________
> >>>>>>> Users mailing list
> >>>>>>> Users at ovirt.org
> >>>>>>> http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>> 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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