[ovirt-users] [ovirt-devel] virt-v2v integration feature

[Richard W.M. Jones]

On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 10:41:16AM +0300, Itamar Heim wrote:
> 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...

>From live ESX, yes.

Offline VMware images (OVAs), not yet.  However patches are welcome.
We quite literally have no one available to implement this.

Rich.

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