Lots of virtual appliances come in ovf format. There isn’t a way to import it into an oVirt/RHEV instance without a live ESX instance. This is very inconvenient and inefficient
-----Original Message----- From: Sven Kieske [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2014 5:01 AM To: Itamar Heim; [email protected] Cc: [email protected] List; Richard W.M. Jones; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; R P Herrold; [email protected] Subject: Re: [ovirt-users] [ovirt-devel] virt-v2v integration feature Am 10.07.2014 09:41, schrieb Itamar Heim: > On 07/10/2014 10:29 AM, Sven Kieske wrote: >> >> >> Am 09.07.2014 20:30, schrieb Arik Hadas: >>> Hi All, >>> >>> The proposed feature will introduce a new process of import virtual >>> machines from external systems using virt-v2v in oVirt. >>> I've created a wiki page that contains initial thoughts and design >>> for it: >>> http://www.ovirt.org/Features/virt-v2v_Integration >>> >>> You are more than welcome to share your thoughts and insights. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Arik >> >> Am I right that this still involves a full operational e.g. esxi host >> to import vmware vms? >> >> There is a huge user demand on a simpler process for just converting >> and importing an vmware disk image. This feature will not solve this >> use case, will it? >> >> > > I agree it should. need to check if virt-v2v can cover this. if not, > need to fix it so it will... > > > Well here are the relevant BZ entries: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1062910 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1049604 CC'ing the users from this Bugzilla entries, maybe they can add something to gain some traction :) -- Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Regards Sven Kieske Systemadministrator Mittwald CM Service GmbH & Co. KG Königsberger Straße 6 32339 Espelkamp T: +49-5772-293-100 F: +49-5772-293-333 https://www.mittwald.de Geschäftsführer: Robert Meyer St.Nr.: 331/5721/1033, USt-IdNr.: DE814773217, HRA 6640, AG Bad Oeynhausen Komplementärin: Robert Meyer Verwaltungs GmbH, HRB 13260, AG Bad Oeynhausen _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
