[ovirt-users] Convert vmware vm

[Massimo Mad]

Hello,
But it's in the roadmap a gui converter v2v, or better, insert a menu in
the manager where i can import several type of vm like .ovf or .vmk
Thanks,
Massimo



2014-06-27 13:40 GMT+02:00 Sandro Bonazzola <sbonazzo at redhat.com>:

> Il 27/06/2014 07:41, Koen Vanoppen ha scritto:
> > II created this document for the company where I work. Maybe it is
> userfull for you too:
> >
> > Migrate from VMWare to oVirt
> >
> > 1.    On VmWare:
> >
> > a.    Export the VM to ovf format. There is a smb/nfs share on virt-v2v
> you can use as storage.
> > i.    NFS: Virtv2v.:/media/Storage
> > ii.    SMB: virtv2v.  share: virtv2v
> >
> > 2.    with virtv2v
> >
> > a.    Log in on the virt-v2v vm.
> > b.    Locate and Extract the ovf file with tar –xvf
> > c.    Convert the extracted vmdk file to raw disk format with the
> following command:
> > vboxmanage clonehd --format RAW <VMNAME>.vmdk <NewVMName>.raw
> > d.    Convert the created RAW file to a qemu2 img:
> > qemu-img convert -f raw <VM-Name>.raw -O qcow2 <VMName>.qcow2
> > e.    Run the vm in virsh:
> > virt-install --connect qemu:///system --ram 1024 -n griffu -r 2048
> --os-type=linux --os-variant=rhel6 --disk
> > path=/media/Storage/<VMName>.qcow2,device=disk,format=qcow2 --vcpus=2
> --vnc --noautoconsole –import
> > f.    Take a xml dump of the VM and copy the result in a new file
> <VMName>.xml
> > virsh dumpxml <VMName>
> > g.    Now let’s move the vm to ovirt. Make sure the nfs is attached to
> the TestDev Datacenter.
> > virt-v2v -i libvirtxml -ic qemu+ssh://<FQDN-Hypervisor> /system -o rhev
> -os <FQDN-NFS-exportdomainserver>:/media/NfsProgress -n ovirtmgmt
> <VMName>.xml
>
>
> Can you create a page on oVirt Wiki?
> I think it may be useful to have this there too.
> Thanks!
>
> >
> >
> >
> > 2014-06-24 15:19 GMT+02:00 Massimo Mad <mad1969it at gmail.com <mailto:
> mad1969it at gmail.com>>:
> >
> >     Hello,
> >     I downloaded an image .vmdk from a repository and wanted to import
> it into my oVirt infrastructure.
> >     Is it possible?
> >     If it is possible how?
> >     Thanks,
> >     Massimo
> >
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