NuxRo commented on code in PR #342:
URL:
https://github.com/apache/cloudstack-documentation/pull/342#discussion_r1386239032
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+.. note:: This functionality requires to install the **virt-v2v**
(https://www.libguestfs.org/virt-v2v.1.html) binary installed on destination
cluster hosts, as it is not a dependency of the CloudStack agent installed on
the hosts.
+
+As of CS 4.19, it is possible to select a VMware VM from an external or
existing VMware datacenter, convert it to a KVM Virtual Machine and importing
it into an existing KVM cluster.
+
+Requirements on the KVM hosts
+-
+
+The CloudStack agent does not install the virt-v2v binary as a dependency, for
which this functionality is not supported by default. To enable this
functionality, the virt-v2v binary must be installed on the destination KVM
hosts where to import the Virtual Machines.
+
+In case virt-v2v is not installed on a KVM host attempting a Virtual Machine
conversion from VMware, the process fails.
+
+The virt-v2v output is logged on the CloudStack agent logs to help
administrators tracking the progress on the Virtual Machines conversion
processes. The verbose mode for virt-v2v can be enabled by adding the following
line to /etc/cloudstack/agent/agent.properties and restart cloudstack-agent:
+
+::
+
+virtv2v.verbose.enabled=true
+
+
+Installing virt-v2v on Ubuntu KVM hosts does not install nbdkit which is
required in the conversion of VMWare VCenter guests. To install it, please
execute:
+
+::
+
+apt install nbdkit
+
+
+Supported Distributions for KVM Hypervisor:
+
+
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+
+
+Linux Distribution Supported Versions
+
+Alma Linux 8, 9
+Red Hat Enterprise Linux8, 9
+Rocky Linux 8, 9
+Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
+
+
+
+Importing Windows guest VMs from VMware requires installing the virtio drivers
on the hypervisor hosts for the virt-v2v conversion.
+
+On (RH)EL hosts:
+
+::
+
+yum install virtio-win
+
+You can also install the RPM manually from
https://fedorapeople.org/groups/virt/virtio-win/direct-downloads/stable-virtio/virtio-win.noarch.rpm
+
+
+For Debian-based distributions:
+
+::
+
+apt install virtio-win
+
+Usage
+-
+
+In the UI, Virtual Machines to import from VMware are listed in *Tools >
Import-Export Instances* section, selecting:
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+
+
+Source Destination Hypervisor
+
+Migrate From VMware KVM
+
+
+|import-vm-from-vmware-to-kvm.png|
+
+Selecting the Destination cluster
+-
+
+CloudStack administrators must select a KVM cluster to import the VMware
Virtual Machines (left side of the image above). Once a KVM cluster is
selected, the VMware Datacenter selection part is displayed (right side of the
image above).
+
+Selecting the VM from a VMware Datacenter
+-
+
+CloudStack administrators must select the Source VMware Datacenter:
+
+- Existing: The existing zones are listed, and for each zone CloudStack
will list if there is any VMware Datacenter associated to it. In case it is, it
can be selected
+- External: CloudStack allows listing Virtual Machines from a VMware
Datacenter that is not associated to any CloudStack zone. To do so, it needs
the vCenter IP address, the datacenter name, and username and password
credentials to log in the vCenter.
+
+Once the VMware Datacenter is selected, click on List VMware Instances to
display the list of Virtual Machines on the Datacenter
+
+
+Converting and importing a VMware VM
+
+
+.. note:: CloudStack allows importing
