[ovirt-users] Import of exported VMware VM fails

[Shahar Havivi]

On 30.08.16 16:11, Cam Mac wrote:
> Hi Shahar,
> 
> I ran the virt-v2v as root as it needs to do stuff in /run/user/0. It
> certainly writes all the files as the correct user/group (i.e., vdsm/kvm)
> on the export domain. Is there any way to do the import from the command
> line?
Hi,

The work on importing ova and from vmware from REST API are currently in
progress.

 Shahar.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Cam
> 
> On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 7:17 AM, Shahar Havivi <shavivi at redhat.com> wrote:
> 
> > Check for permissions,
> > All the directory hierarchy and the images as well as the ovf needs to
> > reached
> > by the vdsm user, its best to change the owner to vdsm:kvm (e.g. 36:36).
> >
> >  Shahar.
> >
> >
> > On 29.08.16 16:05, Cam Mac wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I've use ovftool to create an .ova of a VMWare guest (in this case
> > W2012),
> > > and then have converted it with virt-v2v, outputting to the oVirt export
> > > domain (virt-v2v -i ova /space/w2012-test.ova -o ovirt -os
> > > ovirt-engine:/mnt/export-vm -of qcow2). This appears to work, though it
> > > reports a warning:
> > >
> > > [   0.0] Opening the source -i ova /space/w2012-test.ova
> > > [   5.3] Creating an overlay to protect the source from being modified
> > > [   5.9] Initializing the target -o rhev -os ovirt-engine:/mnt/export-vm
> > > [   6.1] Opening the overlay
> > > [  11.5] Inspecting the overlay
> > > [  12.6] Checking for sufficient free disk space in the guest
> > > [  12.6] Estimating space required on target for each disk
> > > [  12.6] Converting Windows Server 2012 Standard Evaluation to run on KVM
> > > virt-v2v: warning: Neither rhev-apt.exe nor vmdp.exe can be found.
> > Unable
> > > to install one of them.
> > > virt-v2v: warning: there is no QXL driver for this version of Windows
> > (6.2
> > > x86_64).  virt-v2v looks for this driver in /usr/share/virtio-win
> > >
> > > The guest will be configured to use a basic VGA display driver.
> > > virt-v2v: This guest has virtio drivers installed.
> > > [  13.5] Mapping filesystem data to avoid copying unused and blank areas
> > > [  16.6] Closing the overlay
> > > [  16.6] Checking if the guest needs BIOS or UEFI to boot
> > > [  16.6] Assigning disks to buses
> > > [  16.6] Copying disk 1/1 to
> > > /space/scratch/v2v.F5dkB2/ff68b458-3fe9-4ecf-95b7-
> > cfdcc42dd291/images/b8a180eb-e075-44bf-a6f0-263e2792f5d7/
> > a49bed7d-9ac3-48f1-8b00-2abb1e4c183f
> > > (qcow2)
> > >     (100.00/100%)
> > > [ 200.3] Creating output metadata
> > > [ 200.3] Finishing off
> > >
> > > I can then see the exported VM available for import in the oVirt GUI.
> > When
> > > I import it however, it just says it fails to import, and having a look
> > at
> > > the engine log I can't see what is wrong specifically:
> > >
> > > 2016-08-29 15:43:06,620 INFO
> > > [org.ovirt.engine.core.vdsbroker.irsbroker.DoesImageExistVDSCommand]
> > > (default task-372) [4cdcbb5c] FINISH, DoesImageExistVDSCommand, return:
> > > true, log id: 188b0975
> > > 2016-08-29 15:43:06,715 WARN
> > > [org.ovirt.engine.core.bll.exportimport.ImportVmCommand] (default
> > task-372)
> > > [] VM '980e3d5d-934a-4426-850d-23ba5df77b01' doesn't have active
> > snapshot
> > > in export domain
> > > 2016-08-29 15:43:06,788 INFO
> > > [org.ovirt.engine.core.bll.exportimport.ImportVmCommand]
> > > (org.ovirt.thread.pool-8-thread-17) [4cdcbb5c] Running command:
> > > ImportVmCommand internal: false. Entities affected :  ID:
> > > 9d1fe12c-5c5f-49ad-a875-a735acba2530 Type: StorageAction group
> > > IMPORT_EXPORT_VM with role type ADMIN,  ID:
> > > ff68b458-3fe9-4ecf-95b7-cfdcc42dd291 Type: StorageAction group
> > > IMPORT_EXPORT_VM with role type ADMIN
> > > 2016-08-29 15:43:06,797 INFO
> > > [org.ovirt.engine.core.utils.transaction.TransactionSupport]
> > > (org.ovirt.thread.pool-8-thread-17) [4cdcbb5c] transaction rolled back
> > > 2016-08-29 15:43:06,798 ERROR
> > > [org.ovirt.engine.core.bll.exportimport.ImportVmCommand]
> > > (org.ovirt.thread.pool-8-thread-17) [4cdcbb5c] Command
> > > 'org.ovirt.engine.core.bll.exportimport.ImportVmCommand' failed: null
> > > 2016-08-29 15:43:06,798 ERROR
> > > [org.ovirt.engine.core.bll.exportimport.ImportVmCommand]
> > > (org.ovirt.thread.pool-8-thread-17) [4cdcbb5c] Exception:
> > > java.lang.reflect.UndeclaredThrowableException
> > >
> > >
> > > Any ideas?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Cam
> >
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