[ovirt-users] Export/Import Virtual Machcines

[Nir Soffer]

On Thu, Feb 2, 2017 at 10:38 PM, Fernando Frediani
<fernando.frediani at upx.com.br> wrote:
> Hi.
>
> I found that it is possible to import Virtual Machines from a VMware
> environment,  XEN or even Libvirt/KVM but it is not directly from another
> oVirt environment. Is this expected ?

Yes, but I agree that having *one* import UI for any kind of virtualization
solution would be cool.

> I have two environments where I need to transfer VMs from one to another and
> the only way I see is Export it to a Export Domain, copy it over to another
> Export Domain in the other side then Import.

No, you can export the vm to the export domain, and then detach the export
domain from one environment and attach to another, where you can import
the vm.

Another way is to detach entire data domain from one environment, and attach
it to another environment, where you can import the vms without copying
anything, assuming that you can leave the domain attached to the new
environment.

We support upload/download of disk snapshots. If you have a vm with one disk
without snapshots, you can download the disk from one environment, and upload
it to the new environment, and then attach it to existing or new vm. We plan to
support upload/download of entire vms in the future.

Can you share more details why do you need to move vms from one environment
to another regularly?

Nir