[ovirt-users] CentOS 7.1 and virt-v2v

[Shahar Havivi]

On 07.12.15 13:15, CLSA Mcmaster wrote:
> 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".
Can you add the vdsm log, its in /var/log/vdsm/vdsm.log
> 
> Sean.

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