I'm submitting this fast-track for Susan Kamm-Worrell, it times out on 10/16/2009. The release binding is Patch. The proposed man page changes are contained in the case's materials directory.
1. Introduction This case introduces another input format to the xvm command-line utility, virt-convert(1). A patch binding is requested. 2. Discussion The Open Virtualization Format (OVF) is the latest industry wide format used to move guest VMs between different v12n platforms. In following the upstream virt-install project, virt-convert has been enhanced to auto-detect the OVF format as an input type or to have it explicitly set on use as follows: usage: virt-convert -i ovf inputdir|input.vmx|input.ovf [outputdir|output.xml] The manpage has also been updated to reflect the support of the OVF format. (see the man page in the materials directory). 3. Input/output formats virt-convert now supports both .vmx and OVF format input files. 4. Interface table An additional input format is listed in the interface table describing the still changing OVF specification. virt-convert command line Uncommitted virt-convert output Not-an-interface virt-instance output format Uncommitted VMX input format Volatile OVF input format Volatile 5. References PSARC/2008/579 virt-convert
