[Users] vmware image conversion

[Itamar Heim]

On 02/20/2014 05:34 AM, Maurice James wrote:
> Trying it out now
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lei Cui [mailto:lcui at redhat.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2014 10:23 PM
> To: Maurice James
> Cc: users at ovirt.org
> Subject: Re: [Users] vmware image conversion
>
> Or used #qemu-img convert esxxxx.vmdk imagexxx.img to finish the conversion
>
> -Lei
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Lei Cui" <lcui at redhat.com>
> To: "Maurice James" <midnightsteel at msn.com>
> Cc: users at ovirt.org
> Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2014 10:49:39 AM
> Subject: Re: [Users] vmware image conversion
>
> Hi, Maurice,
> Have you tried virt-convert to convert vmx image to virt-image(raw or qcow2) format?
> Which support off-line conversion without a running ESX server
>
> -Lei
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Maurice James" <midnightsteel at msn.com>
> To: "Bob Doolittle" <bob at doolittle.us.com>, "Ted Miller" <tmiller at hcjb.org>, users at ovirt.org
> Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2014 9:59:07 AM
> Subject: Re: [Users] vmware image conversion
>
> 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_Enterpri
>>>>> 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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1. i re-opened the RFE on converting a vmware image directly, though not 
sure yet when someone we'll get to it.
2. you can always try the p2v approach?