[ovirt-users] best way to migrate VMs from VMware to oVirt

[Cam Mac]

Hi Brett,

Thanks for the reply. Yes, I tried the GUI, and it failed (the original
email is at: http://lists.ovirt.org/pipermail/users/2016-June/040298.html,
which includes log files). I wasn't aware that virt-v2v doesn't like being
run as root, so I will try it as user vdsm. I will try your other
suggestions too, and post the results.

Cheers,

Cam

On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 9:29 PM, Brett I. Holcomb <biholcomb at l1049h.com>
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> I haven't had any luck using the oVirt GUI or virt-v2v (see earlier
> email), and I need to find a way to migrate quite a few Windows hosts
> (Windows 7, 2012, 2008, 2k3 etc) into my test oVirt cluster as a PoC so I
> can make a compelling case for getting rid of VMware. Using OVF files looks
> like a lot more manual work as compared to the GUI or virt-v2v, with their
> nice conversion features.
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> **  Make sure the export directory is mounted. *  virt-v2v doesn't like
> being run as root so run it as vdsm user and you need to specify the shell.
>   su - vdsm -s /bin/bash For Export storage located on another computer
> remote to the one running virt-v2v use the host:/export format   virt-v2v
> -i ova -of raw -o rhev -os ovhost1:/srv/exports/ovirt/export1 --network
> VLAN100 -oa sparse -on <vm name> <input file name> For Export storage
> located on a server that is doing exporting use this format with local
> directory path for -os   virt-v2v -i ova -of raw -o rhev -os
> /srv/exports/ovirt/export1 -oa sparse --network VLAN100 -on <vm name>
> /path/<input file name> I moved my ova files to my host (I run hosted
> engine deployment).  Then I su'd and ran the second command since my host
> exports the oVirt Export directory. Once the command completes I run the
> oVirt admin import and select the VMs from the list and move them over.  I
> have to change the location of the storage since it defaults to the Engine
> storage and not my iSCSI storage. I've done it on mainly Linux and a Win 7
> VM and it worked.  I haven't tried any servers yet. *
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