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Finally i am able to migrate running VM from VMware player to openstack private cloud. I used thick ("-flat.vmdk") for importing to openstack. Let me know if anyone looking for steps. I am happy to help. Thanks Jay On May 16, 2013, at 7:39 PM, Anne Gentle <a...@openstack.org> wrote: > > > > On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 9:02 AM, Shawn Hartsock <hartso...@vmware.com> wrote: > So, a couple of points: > when OpenStack manages a VM it does so, cradle to grave > it sounds like you want to manage existing vSphere inventory and that's not a > supported use case remember: cradle-to-grave in one stack or the other. > at the moment sharing part of your vSphere resources (say a resource pool) > with OpenStack is possible but not documented someone needs to write that doc > (and perhaps submit code) > use thick ("-flat.vmdk") provisioned VMDK with glance at the moment (we > notice problems using 'thin' in some setups) > official docs > http://docs.openstack.org/trunk/openstack-compute/admin/content/vmware.html > These docs need updating, I'd do it but I don't know how > Hi Shawn, I'm happy to walk you through the process if you get stuck, > basically git clone the openstack-manuals directory and edit > https://github.com/openstack/openstack-manuals/blob/master/doc/src/docbkx/common/vmware.xml. > Dan Wendlandt had a patch go in last week to improve those docs so you might > want to coordinate efforts. > > See http://wiki.openstack.org/Documentation/HowTo for details. > Thanks, > Anne > > BTW: we fixed the bit where you do stuff with tomcat and the SDK > Hope that helps. Please correct me if I've gotten something wrong. > > # Shawn Hartsock > > From: "Marcos Antônio Cavenaghi" <mar...@cavenaghi.ca> > To: "Jay Kumbhani" <jkumbh...@gmail.com> > Cc: "Openstack" <openstack-translat...@lists.launchpad.net>, "Openstack" > <openstack@lists.launchpad.net> > Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2013 9:39:33 AM > Subject: Re: [Openstack] Vmware running images > > > You have to pick up the <image>.vmdk file and add it using glance. The syntax > here depends on the version (essex, folsom, ...) you are using. > > glance add name="My VMware Image" is_public=true container_format=bare > disk_format=vmdk < My_VMware_Image.vmdk > > If you have more than one vmdk file (the image is split), use qemu-img to > convert them to a single file. > > Marcos > > > On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 11:36 PM, Jay Kumbhani <jkumbh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Guys > > I am trying to import running vmware virtual machines into openstack private > cloud. > > I did some steps but couldn't succeed. Please send me steps or links to > follow. > > Thanks > Jay > > > Sent from my iPad > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack > Post to : openstack@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack > Post to : openstack@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack > Post to : openstack@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack > Post to : openstack@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
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