+1 -- mark
Sebastien Roy wrote: > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > opensolaris-arc mailing list > opensolaris-arc at opensolaris.org > -- <http://www.sun.com> * Mark A. Carlson * Sr. Architect *Systems Group* Phone x69559 / 303-223-6139 Email Mark.Carlson at Sun.COM
