[Users] Making v2v easier?

[Ted Miller]

Unfortunately I have not ESX or ESXi server.  These VMs were running on a 
VMWare Server.  Ted

On 1/20/2014 4:23 AM, Sander Grendelman wrote:
> FWIW, importing directly from an ESX server still works:
>
> virt-v2v-host:
> - RHEL/CentOS 6.5 physical host ( virt-v2v uses qemu-kvm = extra++ slow on a VM)
> - Packages:
>    virt-v2v-0.9.1-5.el6_5.x86_64
>    libguestfs-winsupport-1.0-7.el6.x86_64
>    libguestfs-tools-c-1.20.11-2.el6.x86_64
>    libguestfs-tools-1.20.11-2.el6.x86_64
>    libguestfs-1.20.11-2.el6.x86_64
>    virtio-win-1.6.7-2.el6.noarch ( RHEL only? )
> - network acces to:
>      oVirt export domain (NFS)
>      esx host(s) to import from (HTTPS)
> - virt-v2v has to run as root to mount the oVirt NFS export domain
> - Edit ~/.netrc and add a line for the esx host(s) to import from
> (change the <> parts):
> machine <esx.host.fqdn> login <esxuser> password <esxpassword>
> - Fix permissions on netrc file:
> chmod 600 ~/.netrc
> - Run virt-v2v ( again: change the <> parts, ?no_verify=1 is needed
> when esx uses self signed certs)
> LIBGUESTFS_DEBUG=1 virt-v2v -ic esx://<esx.host.fqdn>/?no_verify=1 -o
> rhev -os <rhev.export.domain.host:/var/exports/export_domain>
> --network <target_network_name> <vmname>
>
> Conversion can take quite some time after the disk copy,
> especially when virt-v2v removes the vmware tools.
> Running on a physical host (or using nested virtualization) helps.
>
> On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 8:59 AM, Sander Grendelman
> <sander at grendelman.com> wrote:
>> https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2013-1749.html
>>
>> """
>> This update fixes the following bug:
>>
>> * An update to virt-v2v included upstream support for the import of OVA images
>> exported by VMware servers. Unfortunately, testing has shown that VMDK images
>> created by recent versions of VMware ESX cannot be reliably supported, thus this
>> feature has been withdrawn. (BZ#1028983)
>>
>> Users of virt-v2v are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which fixes
>> this bug.
>> """

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