[Users] vmware image conversion

[Itamar Heim]

On 02/21/2014 12:59 AM, Blaster wrote:
>
> 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.
>

this could probably be improved with the "import data domain" planned 
now (as it will allow to detect orphan disks/vm's and register them).
http://lists.ovirt.org/pipermail/arch/2014-February/002004.html
http://lists.ovirt.org/pipermail/arch/2014-February/001943.html

> 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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