[Users] vmware image conversion

[Blaster]

One of the issues I have with virt-v2v is that it requires an import 
storage domain on your ovirt server to import the image to, then you 
need to copy that image again into your vm datastore. Lots of data 
moving around slow gigabit networks.

oVirt still needs a way to easily add a vm disk image w/o having to go 
through the silly import method.

On 2/19/2014 7:54 PM, Bob Doolittle wrote:
> 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_Enterpris
>>>>> 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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