[ovirt-users] importing a qcow2 disk into ovirt 3.5?

[Fabian Deutsch]

----- Original Message -----
> On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 3:23 PM, Fabian Deutsch <fdeutsch at redhat.com> wrote:
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> >
> >
> > Hey Paul,
> >
> > I think the OVA is what you need for Engine.
> > Once you get that file you can import it.
> > So: Use the OVA offered by the VMWare thing, or use a script like this one:
> >
> >
> > http://jenkins.ovirt.org/user/fabiand/my-views/view/Node/job/ovirt-appliance_engine-3.5_master_merged/ws/ovirt-appliance/engine-appliance/scripts/create_ova.py
> > depends on https://github.com/redhat-imaging/imagefactory
> >
> > To convert the qcow2 to an OVA.
> >
> > - fabian
> >
> >
> I remember not so much time ago that VMware generated OVA format was NOT
> compatible for import into oVirt/RHEV....
> see for example this thread:
> http://lists.ovirt.org/pipermail/users/2014-August/027059.html

Oh, I didn't recall that a few minutes ago.

> Did anything change in the mean time and is perhaps the new virt-v2v
> available with ova functionality in it?

AFAIK the new virt-v2v is still not supporting OVAs.

That means, we need to create the ovas ourselfs using some script (like the one above).

- fabian

> Gianluca
>