[ovirt-users] CentOS 7.1 and virt-v2v

[CLSA Mcmaster]

On Mon, Dec 7, 2015 at 1:03 PM, Shahar Havivi <shaharh at redhat.com> wrote:

> On 07.12.15 11:19, CLSA Mcmaster wrote:
> > Greetings
> >
> > I am new to both CentOS and oVirt. I have been hoping to migrate some
> > virtual machines from VMware to oVirt and I have hit a wall.
> >
> > CentOS 7.1 does not include the tool virt-v2v with the libguestfs-tools
> > package. I have enabled the CR repository and upgraded but no luck. I
> have
> > attempted to compile but the dependency whack-a-mole process wore me down
> > and I eventually hot another wall with supermin not being "new enough". I
> > tried to compile that and ran into more dependency issues.
> Hi Sean,
> For virt-v2v compilation issue you can ask at libguestfs at redhat.com
> mailing
> list.
> >
> > Frankly, I am at the point of throwing in the towel but I'm hoping
> someone
> > can offer advise or insight on obtaining the tool through other means. I
> > would also be open to importing guests through another method. For
> example,
> > the oVirt interface has a utility to import OVA files. Is that VMware
> > created OVA files? The dialogue has host and path. Is the path to be on
> the
> > host or the engine? Can it be any path?
> Upstream ovirt git://gerrit.ovirt.org/ovirt-engine have support for
> importing
> OVA files that was exported from vShpere 5.5 and 6.0 as well as connecting
> to
> a running esxi listing and importing the VMs that are in down state.
>
> The OVA file must be accessed by the importing host with permissions
> 36:36(NFS
> mount will work as well).
>
> To access the import VMs feature simply go to the VMs tab and click on the
> import button there you will be able to select the import source
> (VMware/OVA
> etc).
>
> More information about virt-v2v integration with oVirt can be found in its
> feature page: http://www.ovirt.org/Features/virt-v2v_Integration
>
>  Shahar.
> >
> > Thank you in advance for any support offered.
> >
> > Sean.
>
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Thank you. Shahar.

I did get an OVA imported. Unfortunately, immediately upon doing so I got
this error: "Unit mom-vdsm.service has failed".

Sean.
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