[ovirt-users] [ovirt-devel] virt-v2v integration feature
Maurice James
midnightsteel at msn.com
Sun Jul 20 16:35:42 EDT 2014
Lots of virtual appliances come in ovf format. There isn’t a way to import it into an oVirt/RHEV instance without a live ESX instance. This is very inconvenient and inefficient
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From: Sven Kieske [mailto:S.Kieske at mittwald.de]
Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2014 5:01 AM
To: Itamar Heim; devel at ovirt.org
Cc: Users at ovirt.org List; Richard W.M. Jones; midnightsteel at msn.com; blaster at 556nato.com; bugzilla at grendelman.com; fw at moov.de; R P Herrold; jspahr at bandwith.com
Subject: Re: [ovirt-users] [ovirt-devel] virt-v2v integration feature
Am 10.07.2014 09:41, schrieb Itamar Heim:
> On 07/10/2014 10:29 AM, Sven Kieske wrote:
>>
>>
>> Am 09.07.2014 20:30, schrieb Arik Hadas:
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> The proposed feature will introduce a new process of import virtual
>>> machines from external systems using virt-v2v in oVirt.
>>> I've created a wiki page that contains initial thoughts and design
>>> for it:
>>> http://www.ovirt.org/Features/virt-v2v_Integration
>>>
>>> You are more than welcome to share your thoughts and insights.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Arik
>>
>> Am I right that this still involves a full operational e.g. esxi host
>> to import vmware vms?
>>
>> There is a huge user demand on a simpler process for just converting
>> and importing an vmware disk image. This feature will not solve this
>> use case, will it?
>>
>>
>
> I agree it should. need to check if virt-v2v can cover this. if not,
> need to fix it so it will...
>
>
>
Well here are the relevant BZ entries:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1062910
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1049604
CC'ing the users from this Bugzilla entries, maybe they can add something to gain some traction :)
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