[ovirt-users] How can I import VMWare OVA file to oVirt 4.0?

[Derek Atkins]

Hi,

What happened when you ran the virt-v2v command I suggested?

-derek

On Mon, December 12, 2016 12:32 pm, aleksey.maksimov at it-kb.ru wrote:
> I mount 5TB nfs-share to my host and tried to import OVA from this
> mount-point.
> Exact same error.
>
> Do the import process attempts to use 256G inside the Engine virtual
> machine ???
>
> 12.12.2016, 18:01, "aleksey.maksimov at it-kb.ru"
> <aleksey.maksimov at it-kb.ru>:
>> 1.2G is real OVA image size.
>> 256G is virtual disk size.
>> Could this be a problem?
>>
>> But before I start the import, in the settings I choose "Thin provision"
>> (see the attached screenshot)
>>
>> 12.12.2016, 17:47, "aleksey.maksimov at it-kb.ru"
>> <aleksey.maksimov at it-kb.ru>:
>>>  Hi Derek
>>>
>>>  # df -H /tmp/
>>>
>>>  Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
>>>  /dev/cciss/c0d0p2 53G 5.7G 45G 12% /
>>>
>>>  But my OVA file size - 1.2G
>>>
>>>  12.12.2016, 17:26, "Derek Atkins" <derek at ihtfp.com>:
>>>>   Hi,
>>>>
>>>>   Did you perhaps run out of disk space in /tmp? I'm not sure where
>>>> the
>>>>   virt-v2v does it work, but the error "Conversion of VM from exteral
>>>>   enironment failed: copy-disk stream closed unexpectedly" seems to
>>>> imply an
>>>>   error there.
>>>>
>>>>   I had no issues myself on 4.0.5 (modulo setfiles taking a very long
>>>> time
>>>>   in a few cases).
>>>>
>>>>   -derek
>>>>
>>>>   On Mon, December 12, 2016 9:19 am, aleksey.maksimov at it-kb.ru wrote:
>>>>>    Hello oVirt guru`s!
>>>>>
>>>>>    In the process of importing from OVA file (from
>>>>>    /tmp/rhel_Vsp-4.4.0.GA-53.ova in one of hosts) VM first appears in
>>>>> the web
>>>>>    console, then disappears.
>>>>>
>>>>>    In the oVirt Engine log:
>>>>>
>>>>>    ...
>>>>>    2016-12-12 16:55:20,209 INFO
>>>>>    [org.ovirt.engine.core.bll.exportimport.ImportVmFromOvaCommand]
>>>>> (default
>>>>>    task-28) [6179021a] Lock Acquired to object
>>>>>    'EngineLock:{exclusiveLocks='[rhel_Vsp-4.4.0.GA-53=<VM_NAME,
>>>>>    ACTION_TYPE_FAILED_NAME_ALREADY_USED>,
>>>>>    2a3d20f9-502a-4c60-8c14-371456cd4c99=<VM,
>>>>>    ACTION_TYPE_FAILED_VM_IS_BEING_IMPORTED$VmName
>>>>> rhel_Vsp-4.4.0.GA-53>]',
>>>>>    sharedLocks='null'}'
>>>>>    2016-12-12 16:55:20,326 WARN
>>>>>    [org.ovirt.engine.core.dal.job.ExecutionMessageDirector]
>>>>>    (org.ovirt.thread.pool-6-thread-35) [6179021a] The message key
>>>>>    'ImportVmFromOva' is missing from 'bundles/ExecutionMessages'
>>>>>    ...
>>>>>    2016-12-12 16:57:34,758 INFO
>>>>>    [org.ovirt.engine.core.bll.exportimport.ConvertVmCallback]
>>>>>    (DefaultQuartzScheduler4) [27df05b8] Conversion of VM from exteral
>>>>>    enironment failed: copy-disk stream closed unexpectedly
>>>>>    2016-12-12 16:57:35,761 ERROR
>>>>>    [org.ovirt.engine.core.bll.exportimport.ConvertOvaCommand]
>>>>>    (DefaultQuartzScheduler8) [77b50303] Ending command
>>>>>    'org.ovirt.engine.core.bll.exportimport.ConvertOvaCommand' with
>>>>> failure.
>>>>>    2016-12-12 16:57:35,827 INFO
>>>>>    [org.ovirt.engine.core.dal.dbbroker.auditloghandling.AuditLogDirector]
>>>>>    (DefaultQuartzScheduler8) [77b50303] Correlation ID: 3187db75,
>>>>> Call Stack:
>>>>>    null, Custom Event ID: -1, Message: Failed to convert Vm
>>>>>    rhel_Vsp-4.4.0.GA-53
>>>>>    ...
>>>>>    2016-12-12 16:57:38,458 INFO
>>>>>    [org.ovirt.engine.core.vdsbroker.vdsbroker.DeleteV2VJobVDSCommand]
>>>>>    (DefaultQuartzScheduler8) [5237b44a] FINISH,
>>>>> DeleteV2VJobVDSCommand, log
>>>>>    id: 1a69f33d
>>>>>    2016-12-12 16:57:38,459 WARN
>>>>>    [org.ovirt.engine.core.bll.lock.InMemoryLockManager]
>>>>>    (DefaultQuartzScheduler8) [5237b44a] Trying to release exclusive
>>>>> lock
>>>>>    which does not exist, lock key:
>>>>> '2a3d20f9-502a-4c60-8c14-371456cd4c99VM'
>>>>>    2016-12-12 16:57:38,459 INFO
>>>>>    [org.ovirt.engine.core.bll.exportimport.ConvertOvaCommand]
>>>>>    (DefaultQuartzScheduler8) [5237b44a] Lock freed to object
>>>>>    'EngineLock:{exclusiveLocks='[2a3d20f9-502a-4c60-8c14-371456cd4c99=<VM,
>>>>>    ACTION_TYPE_FAILED_VM_IS_BEING_IMPORTED$VmName
>>>>> rhel_Vsp-4.4.0.GA-53>]',
>>>>>    sharedLocks='null'}'
>>>>>    2016-12-12 16:57:38,463 ERROR
>>>>>    [org.ovirt.engine.core.dal.dbbroker.auditloghandling.AuditLogDirector]
>>>>>    (DefaultQuartzScheduler8) [5237b44a] Correlation ID: 3187db75,
>>>>> Call Stack:
>>>>>    null, Custom Event ID: -1, Message: Failed to import Vm
>>>>>    rhel_Vsp-4.4.0.GA-53 to Data Center Default, Cluster Default
>>>>>
>>>>>    What could be the problem?
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>>>>
>>>>   --
>>>>          Derek Atkins 617-623-3745
>>>>          derek at ihtfp.com www.ihtfp.com
>>>>          Computer and Internet Security Consultant
>


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