[ovirt-users] export VM from oVirt engine 3.5

[fddi]

Hello,
I am trying to export a bunch o VM from  oVirt version 3.5
The problem is that there is no OVA support for exporting them. I also tryed to 
export VMs into OVA format using ovirtsdk4 which anyway won't work on oVirt 3.5.
I can successfully export to a NFS partition but for each VM there are several 
qcow v2 files which I suppose to be the VM image and its snapshots.
How to identify the correct file to represent the current VM status ?
If I delete all the snapshots, will I end up with only one valid qcow v2 image 
that I can use ?
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[ovirt-users] export vm from 3.4 to 4.3

[Budur Nagaraju]

 Hi

Can someone help in exporting a vm from  3.5  to 4.3  version , any help or
links for exporting a vm ?

Thanks,
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Re: [ovirt-users] Export VM to OVA failed

[Arik Hadas]

On Mon, Mar 5, 2018 at 7:13 PM, Fabrice SOLER <
fabrice.so...@ac-guadeloupe.fr> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Thank for your answer, I have put all permissions for the directory and I
> always have errors.
>
> Here are the ERROR in logs on the engine :
>
> 2018-03-05 13:03:18,525-04 INFO  [org.ovirt.engine.core.
> vdsbroker.vdsbroker.GetVolumeInfoVDSCommand] 
> (EE-ManagedThreadFactory-engineScheduled-Thread-23)
> [7dcef072] FINISH, GetVolumeInfoVDSCommand, return:
> org.ovirt.engine.core.common.businessentities.storage.DiskImage@90e3c610,
> log id: 84f89c3
> 2018-03-05 13:03:18,529-04 ERROR [org.ovirt.engine.core.bll.CreateOvaCommand]
> (EE-ManagedThreadFactory-engineScheduled-Thread-23) [7dcef072] Command
> 'org.ovirt.engine.core.bll.CreateOvaCommand' failed: null
> 2018-03-05 13:03:18,529-04 ERROR [org.ovirt.engine.core.bll.CreateOvaCommand]
> (EE-ManagedThreadFactory-engineScheduled-Thread-23) [7dcef072] Exception:
> java.lang.NullPointerException
> ...
>

The skipped part above is the most interesting one that may enable us to
investigate the error, can you share it? it would be best to file a bug [1]
and add the full log as an attachment (that can be made private if needed,
btw).

[1] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/


> 2018-03-05 13:03:18,533-04 ERROR 
> [org.ovirt.engine.core.bll.exportimport.ExportOvaCommand]
> (EE-ManagedThreadFactory-engineScheduled-Thread-23) [7dcef072] Failed to
> create OVA file
> 2018-03-05 13:03:18,533-04 INFO  [org.ovirt.engine.core.bll.
> SerialChildCommandsExecutionCallback] 
> (EE-ManagedThreadFactory-engineScheduled-Thread-23)
> [7dcef072] Command 'ExportOva' id: 'c484392e-3540-4a11-97bf-3fecbc13e080'
> failed when attempting to perform the next operation, marking as FAILED
> '[d5d4381b-ec82-4927-91a4-74597cd2511d]'
> 2018-03-05 13:03:18,533-04 INFO  [org.ovirt.engine.core.bll.
> SerialChildCommandsExecutionCallback] 
> (EE-ManagedThreadFactory-engineScheduled-Thread-23)
> [7dcef072] Command 'ExportOva' id: 'c484392e-3540-4a11-97bf-3fecbc13e080'
> child commands '[d5d4381b-ec82-4927-91a4-74597cd2511d]' executions were
> completed, status 'FAILED'
> 2018-03-05 13:03:19,542-04 ERROR 
> [org.ovirt.engine.core.bll.exportimport.ExportOvaCommand]
> (EE-ManagedThreadFactory-engineScheduled-Thread-98)
> [c99e94b0-a9dd-486f-9274-9aa17c9590a0] Ending command
> 'org.ovirt.engine.core.bll.exportimport.ExportOvaCommand' with failure.
> 2018-03-05 13:03:19,543-04 INFO  
> [org.ovirt.engine.core.bll.exportimport.ExportOvaCommand]
> (EE-ManagedThreadFactory-engineScheduled-Thread-98)
> [c99e94b0-a9dd-486f-9274-9aa17c9590a0] Lock freed to object
> 'EngineLock:{exclusiveLocks='[3ae307cb-53d6-4d70-87b6-4e073c6f5eb6=VM]',
> sharedLocks=''}'
> 2018-03-05 13:03:19,550-04 ERROR [org.ovirt.engine.core.dal.
> dbbroker.auditloghandling.AuditLogDirector] 
> (EE-ManagedThreadFactory-engineScheduled-Thread-98)
> [c99e94b0-a9dd-486f-9274-9aa17c9590a0] EVENT_ID:
> IMPORTEXPORT_EXPORT_VM_TO_OVA_FAILED(1,225), Failed to export Vm pfSense
> as a Virtual Appliance to path /ova/pfSense.ova on Host eple-rectorat-proto
> ...
>
> Sincerely,
> Fabrice
>
>
> Le 05/03/2018 à 12:50, Arik Hadas a écrit :
>
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 5, 2018 at 6:48 PM, Arik Hadas  wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 5, 2018 at 6:29 PM, Fabrice SOLER <
>> fabrice.so...@ac-guadeloupe.fr> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I need to export my VM to OVA format from the administration portail
>>> Ovirt. It fails with this message :
>>>
>>> *Failed to export Vm CentOS as a Virtual Appliance to path
>>> /data/CentOS.ova on Host eple-rectorat-proto*
>>>
>>> My storage is local (not NFS or iSCSI), is there some particulars
>>> permissions to put to the destination directory ?
>>>
>> No, the script that packs the OVA is executed with root permissions.
>>
>>
>>> The path is the path to an export domain ?
>>>
>> Not necessarily.
>>
>
> Oh, and please share the (engine, ansible) logs if you want more eyes
> looking at that failure.
>
>
>>
>>
>>> Sincerely,
>>>
>>> Fabrice SOLER
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Re: [ovirt-users] Export VM to OVA failed

[Fabrice SOLER]

Hello,

Thank for your answer, I have put all permissions for the directory and 
I always have errors.


Here are the ERROR in logs on the engine :

2018-03-05 13:03:18,525-04 INFO 
[org.ovirt.engine.core.vdsbroker.vdsbroker.GetVolumeInfoVDSCommand] 
(EE-ManagedThreadFactory-engineScheduled-Thread-23) [7dcef072] FINISH, 
GetVolumeInfoVDSCommand, return: 
org.ovirt.engine.core.common.businessentities.storage.DiskImage@90e3c610, 
log id: 84f89c3
2018-03-05 13:03:18,529-04 ERROR 
[org.ovirt.engine.core.bll.CreateOvaCommand] 
(EE-ManagedThreadFactory-engineScheduled-Thread-23) [7dcef072] Command 
'org.ovirt.engine.core.bll.CreateOvaCommand' failed: null
2018-03-05 13:03:18,529-04 ERROR 
[org.ovirt.engine.core.bll.CreateOvaCommand] 
(EE-ManagedThreadFactory-engineScheduled-Thread-23) [7dcef072] 
Exception: java.lang.NullPointerException

...
2018-03-05 13:03:18,533-04 ERROR 
[org.ovirt.engine.core.bll.exportimport.ExportOvaCommand] 
(EE-ManagedThreadFactory-engineScheduled-Thread-23) [7dcef072] Failed to 
create OVA file
2018-03-05 13:03:18,533-04 INFO 
[org.ovirt.engine.core.bll.SerialChildCommandsExecutionCallback] 
(EE-ManagedThreadFactory-engineScheduled-Thread-23) [7dcef072] Command 
'ExportOva' id: 'c484392e-3540-4a11-97bf-3fecbc13e080' failed when 
attempting to perform the next operation, marking as FAILED 
'[d5d4381b-ec82-4927-91a4-74597cd2511d]'
2018-03-05 13:03:18,533-04 INFO 
[org.ovirt.engine.core.bll.SerialChildCommandsExecutionCallback] 
(EE-ManagedThreadFactory-engineScheduled-Thread-23) [7dcef072] Command 
'ExportOva' id: 'c484392e-3540-4a11-97bf-3fecbc13e080' child commands 
'[d5d4381b-ec82-4927-91a4-74597cd2511d]' executions were completed, 
status 'FAILED'
2018-03-05 13:03:19,542-04 ERROR 
[org.ovirt.engine.core.bll.exportimport.ExportOvaCommand] 
(EE-ManagedThreadFactory-engineScheduled-Thread-98) 
[c99e94b0-a9dd-486f-9274-9aa17c9590a0] Ending command 
'org.ovirt.engine.core.bll.exportimport.ExportOvaCommand' with failure.
2018-03-05 13:03:19,543-04 INFO 
[org.ovirt.engine.core.bll.exportimport.ExportOvaCommand] 
(EE-ManagedThreadFactory-engineScheduled-Thread-98) 
[c99e94b0-a9dd-486f-9274-9aa17c9590a0] Lock freed to object 
'EngineLock:{exclusiveLocks='[3ae307cb-53d6-4d70-87b6-4e073c6f5eb6=VM]', 
sharedLocks=''}'
2018-03-05 13:03:19,550-04 ERROR 
[org.ovirt.engine.core.dal.dbbroker.auditloghandling.AuditLogDirector] 
(EE-ManagedThreadFactory-engineScheduled-Thread-98) 
[c99e94b0-a9dd-486f-9274-9aa17c9590a0] EVENT_ID: 
IMPORTEXPORT_EXPORT_VM_TO_OVA_FAILED(1,225), Failed to export Vm pfSense 
as a Virtual Appliance to path /ova/pfSense.ova on Host eple-rectorat-proto

...

Sincerely,
Fabrice

Le 05/03/2018 à 12:50, Arik Hadas a écrit :



On Mon, Mar 5, 2018 at 6:48 PM, Arik Hadas > wrote:




On Mon, Mar 5, 2018 at 6:29 PM, Fabrice SOLER
> wrote:

Hello,

I need to export my VM to OVA format from the administration
portail Ovirt. It fails with this message :

/Failed to export Vm CentOS as a Virtual Appliance to path
/data/CentOS.ova on Host eple-rectorat-proto/

My storage is local (not NFS or iSCSI), is there some
particulars permissions to put to the destination directory ?

No, the script that packs the OVA is executed with root permissions.

The path is the path to an export domain ?

Not necessarily.


Oh, and please share the (engine, ansible) logs if you want more eyes 
looking at that failure.


Sincerely,

Fabrice SOLER

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Re: [ovirt-users] Export VM to OVA failed

[Arik Hadas]

On Mon, Mar 5, 2018 at 6:48 PM, Arik Hadas  wrote:

>
>
> On Mon, Mar 5, 2018 at 6:29 PM, Fabrice SOLER <
> fabrice.so...@ac-guadeloupe.fr> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I need to export my VM to OVA format from the administration portail
>> Ovirt. It fails with this message :
>>
>> *Failed to export Vm CentOS as a Virtual Appliance to path
>> /data/CentOS.ova on Host eple-rectorat-proto*
>>
>> My storage is local (not NFS or iSCSI), is there some particulars
>> permissions to put to the destination directory ?
>>
> No, the script that packs the OVA is executed with root permissions.
>
>
>> The path is the path to an export domain ?
>>
> Not necessarily.
>

Oh, and please share the (engine, ansible) logs if you want more eyes
looking at that failure.


>
>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> Fabrice SOLER
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Re: [ovirt-users] Export VM to OVA failed

[Arik Hadas]

On Mon, Mar 5, 2018 at 6:29 PM, Fabrice SOLER <
fabrice.so...@ac-guadeloupe.fr> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I need to export my VM to OVA format from the administration portail
> Ovirt. It fails with this message :
>
> *Failed to export Vm CentOS as a Virtual Appliance to path
> /data/CentOS.ova on Host eple-rectorat-proto*
>
> My storage is local (not NFS or iSCSI), is there some particulars
> permissions to put to the destination directory ?
>
No, the script that packs the OVA is executed with root permissions.


> The path is the path to an export domain ?
>
Not necessarily.


> Sincerely,
>
> Fabrice SOLER
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[ovirt-users] Export VM to OVA failed

[Fabrice SOLER]

Hello,

I need to export my VM to OVA format from the administration portail 
Ovirt. It fails with this message :


/Failed to export Vm CentOS as a Virtual Appliance to path 
/data/CentOS.ova on Host eple-rectorat-proto/


My storage is local (not NFS or iSCSI), is there some particulars 
permissions to put to the destination directory ?


The path is the path to an export domain ?

Sincerely,

Fabrice SOLER

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Re: [ovirt-users] Export VM to ova or ovf format

[Brett Holcomb]

Thanks.  I had hoped the ova/ovf spec was good enough that it worked 
both ways.  I was originally running ESXi 6 on this hardware and then 
moved to oVirt 3.6.  I did that by moving all the ESXi stuff to VMware 
Workstation and running it there.  Once oVirt replaced ESXi I then 
exported from workstation and imported successfully to oVirt so it 
worked that way but VMware has no real interest in making other stuff 
importable to them.


I did find out I can run ESXi in a VMware Workstation instance so if 
push comes to shove I can do that and do the VMware P2V to ESXi and then to

Workstation.

On 06/02/2017 07:42 AM, Tomáš Golembiovský wrote:

Hi,

On Wed, 31 May 2017 18:14:53 -0400
Brett Holcomb  wrote:


Is there anyway to export a oVirt VM to an ova or ovf format. Right
click export seems to be intended to transfer between oVirt storage
domains. There is a project to setup a gui to do this but it's still in
the planning stage.

Yes, this is still work in progress. But it is intended only to simplify
transfer of VMs between oVirt instances. It is not guaranteed that the OVA
will work in VMware -- unless VMware produces a conversion tool or
something.


I've found various references that basically export
it to an export domain and then you strip the disk or disks from it,

Yes that is probably the only way right now. There should be also an OVF
in the export domain -- inside master/vms directory. You can try to
fix the paths to disks and pack it all together to produce an OVA.

But than again, it's questionable whether such OVA will be importable to
VMware.

The OVF specification is too vague and too broad. It does not guarantee
interoperability between various platforms.



create a VMware workstation VM, and then point it at the new disks you
have.  VMware's P2V converter is useless because it only converts Linux
machines to an ESXi server which I don't have and once you do that it's
another conversion to VMware Workstation.  Guess nobody wants to run
Linux on VMware workstation according to VMware.  I'm trying to get some
of my critical servers over to VMware Workstation on my Windows Physical
box so when I upgrade oVirt I still have my basic network.  I'm running
a self-hosted Engine setup with only one Physical server at the moment.

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Re: [ovirt-users] Export VM to ova or ovf format

[Tomáš Golembiovský]

Hi,

On Wed, 31 May 2017 18:14:53 -0400
Brett Holcomb  wrote:

> Is there anyway to export a oVirt VM to an ova or ovf format. Right 
> click export seems to be intended to transfer between oVirt storage 
> domains. There is a project to setup a gui to do this but it's still in 
> the planning stage.

Yes, this is still work in progress. But it is intended only to simplify
transfer of VMs between oVirt instances. It is not guaranteed that the OVA
will work in VMware -- unless VMware produces a conversion tool or
something.

> I've found various references that basically export 
> it to an export domain and then you strip the disk or disks from it, 

Yes that is probably the only way right now. There should be also an OVF
in the export domain -- inside master/vms directory. You can try to
fix the paths to disks and pack it all together to produce an OVA.

But than again, it's questionable whether such OVA will be importable to
VMware.

The OVF specification is too vague and too broad. It does not guarantee
interoperability between various platforms.


> create a VMware workstation VM, and then point it at the new disks you 
> have.  VMware's P2V converter is useless because it only converts Linux 
> machines to an ESXi server which I don't have and once you do that it's 
> another conversion to VMware Workstation.  Guess nobody wants to run 
> Linux on VMware workstation according to VMware.  I'm trying to get some 
> of my critical servers over to VMware Workstation on my Windows Physical 
> box so when I upgrade oVirt I still have my basic network.  I'm running 
> a self-hosted Engine setup with only one Physical server at the moment.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
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[ovirt-users] Export VM to ova or ovf format

[Brett Holcomb]

Is there anyway to export a oVirt VM to an ova or ovf format. Right 
click export seems to be intended to transfer between oVirt storage 
domains. There is a project to setup a gui to do this but it's still in 
the planning stage.  I've found various references that basically export 
it to an export domain and then you strip the disk or disks from it, 
create a VMware workstation VM, and then point it at the new disks you 
have.  VMware's P2V converter is useless because it only converts Linux 
machines to an ESXi server which I don't have and once you do that it's 
another conversion to VMware Workstation.  Guess nobody wants to run 
Linux on VMware workstation according to VMware.  I'm trying to get some 
of my critical servers over to VMware Workstation on my Windows Physical 
box so when I upgrade oVirt I still have my basic network.  I'm running 
a self-hosted Engine setup with only one Physical server at the moment.


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Re: [ovirt-users] Export VM

[Yura Poltoratskiy]

15.02.2017 10:10, Yaniv Kaul пишет:



On Wed, Feb 15, 2017 at 10:08 AM, Yura Poltoratskiy 
> wrote:


Export VM one can do only to the EXPORT_DOMAIN. Basically, export
domain is (can be) on the public net, which is not a part of oVirt
infrastructure. Exporting process itself is converting disk of a
vm from DATA domain to the EXPORT domain, which can be done only
by host with SPM role (Storage Pool Manager). So, the main idea
is: SPM host should have access to the EXPORT domain, and this
domain is on the public net, and the host has the default gateway
on the management network. So, exporting traffic should go through
the management network.


Wouldn't it be more accurate to say that it is on the same network 
where the storage traffic is going over?

Y.

Ok, let us say in such a way :)

if (export domain is on the network which is not a part of oVirt)
then
traffic will go through the management network
else
depends on which network domain is connected to
fi



You can do unexpected network config and get the exporting traffic
through the Migration network, but this is very specific scenario.
15.02.2017 09:27, Yura Poltoratskiy пишет:


Hi.

Through the management.

I can explain more detail if need.


15.02.2017 09:09, David David пишет:

Hi.
There are several network roles as Management, VM and Migration.
Export VM action through which network role is going on?
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Re: [ovirt-users] Export VM

[Yaniv Kaul]

On Wed, Feb 15, 2017 at 10:08 AM, Yura Poltoratskiy 
wrote:

> Export VM one can do only to the EXPORT_DOMAIN. Basically, export domain
> is (can be) on the public net, which is not a part of oVirt infrastructure.
> Exporting process itself is converting disk of a vm from DATA domain to the
> EXPORT domain, which can be done only by host with SPM role (Storage Pool
> Manager). So, the main idea is: SPM host should have access to the EXPORT
> domain, and this domain is on the public net, and the host has the default
> gateway on the management network. So, exporting traffic should go through
> the management network.
>

Wouldn't it be more accurate to say that it is on the same network where
the storage traffic is going over?
Y.


> You can do unexpected network config and get the exporting traffic through
> the Migration network, but this is very specific scenario.
> 15.02.2017 09:27, Yura Poltoratskiy пишет:
>
> Hi.
>
> Through the management.
>
> I can explain more detail if need.
>
> 15.02.2017 09:09, David David пишет:
>
> Hi.
> There are several network roles as Management, VM and Migration.
> Export VM action through which network role is going on?
> Thanks.
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Re: [ovirt-users] Export VM

[Yura Poltoratskiy]

Export VM one can do only to the EXPORT_DOMAIN. Basically, export domain 
is (can be) on the public net, which is not a part of oVirt 
infrastructure. Exporting process itself is converting disk of a vm from 
DATA domain to the EXPORT domain, which can be done only by host with 
SPM role (Storage Pool Manager). So, the main idea is: SPM host should 
have access to the EXPORT domain, and this domain is on the public net, 
and the host has the default gateway on the management network. So, 
exporting traffic should go through the management network.


You can do unexpected network config and get the exporting traffic 
through the Migration network, but this is very specific scenario.

15.02.2017 09:27, Yura Poltoratskiy пишет:


Hi.

Through the management.

I can explain more detail if need.


15.02.2017 09:09, David David пишет:

Hi.
There are several network roles as Management, VM and Migration.
Export VM action through which network role is going on?
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Re: [ovirt-users] Export VM

[Yura Poltoratskiy]

Hi.

Through the management.

I can explain more detail if need.


15.02.2017 09:09, David David пишет:

Hi.
There are several network roles as Management, VM and Migration.
Export VM action through which network role is going on?
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[ovirt-users] Export VM

[David David]

Hi.
There are several network roles as Management, VM and Migration.
Export VM action through which network role is going on?
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Re: [ovirt-users] Export VM from oVirt/RHEV to VMWare

[Colin Coe]

Hi Zach

Thanks for the helpful suggestion.  I was hoping to avoid this but it looks
like my only option.

Thanks again

CC

On Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at 5:58 PM, Zach Brown  wrote:

> That link only explains how to import VMs to VMWare, not create OVFs.
>
> You might have to export to VMWare, and then use the VMWare trial period
> to export from VMWare itself.
>
> On Tue, Jan 17, 2017, 3:42 AM Sven Kieske  wrote:
>
>> On 16/01/17 13:57, Colin Coe wrote:
>> > Hi all
>> >
>> > We run RHEV exclusively and I need to export a guest to one of our
>> vendors
>> > for analysis.
>> >
>> > The vendor uses VMWare.  How can I export a VM in OVF format out of RHEV
>> > v3.5.8?
>>
>> Are you to lazy to google?
>>
>> https://access.redhat.com/discussions/881153
>>
>> found via "export ova from ovirt" 6. Link
>>
>> HTH
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Re: [ovirt-users] Export VM from oVirt/RHEV to VMWare

[Zach Brown]

That link only explains how to import VMs to VMWare, not create OVFs.

You might have to export to VMWare, and then use the VMWare trial period to
export from VMWare itself.

On Tue, Jan 17, 2017, 3:42 AM Sven Kieske  wrote:

> On 16/01/17 13:57, Colin Coe wrote:
> > Hi all
> >
> > We run RHEV exclusively and I need to export a guest to one of our
> vendors
> > for analysis.
> >
> > The vendor uses VMWare.  How can I export a VM in OVF format out of RHEV
> > v3.5.8?
>
> Are you to lazy to google?
>
> https://access.redhat.com/discussions/881153
>
> found via "export ova from ovirt" 6. Link
>
> HTH
>
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> Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Regards
>
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>
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> Mittwald CM Service GmbH & Co. KG
> Königsberger Straße 6
> 32339 Espelkamp
> T: +495772 293100
> F: +495772 29
> https://www.mittwald.de
> Geschäftsführer: Robert Meyer
> St.Nr.: 331/5721/1033, USt-IdNr.: DE814773217, HRA 6640, AG Bad Oeynhausen
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Re: [ovirt-users] Export VM from oVirt/RHEV to VMWare

[Sven Kieske]

On 16/01/17 13:57, Colin Coe wrote:
> Hi all
> 
> We run RHEV exclusively and I need to export a guest to one of our vendors
> for analysis.
> 
> The vendor uses VMWare.  How can I export a VM in OVF format out of RHEV
> v3.5.8?

Are you to lazy to google?

https://access.redhat.com/discussions/881153

found via "export ova from ovirt" 6. Link

HTH

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Re: [ovirt-users] Export VM from oVirt/RHEV to VMWare

[Colin Coe]

Hi all

The VM in question is a Windows 2008R2 server.  Any one have any thoughts
on this?

Thanks

On Mon, Jan 16, 2017 at 8:57 PM, Colin Coe  wrote:

> Hi all
>
> We run RHEV exclusively and I need to export a guest to one of our vendors
> for analysis.
>
> The vendor uses VMWare.  How can I export a VM in OVF format out of RHEV
> v3.5.8?
>
> Thanks
>
> CC
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[ovirt-users] Export VM from oVirt/RHEV to VMWare

[Colin Coe]

Hi all

We run RHEV exclusively and I need to export a guest to one of our vendors
for analysis.

The vendor uses VMWare.  How can I export a VM in OVF format out of RHEV
v3.5.8?

Thanks

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Re: [Users] export VM

[Alissa Bonas]

Hello Cristian,

I tried to reproduce the issue you mentioned, however the straightforward 
scenario creates the disk as you expect it to be (sparse), not with its full 
size.

Please provide some more information regarding the use case you brought up:

1. Was the disk created from template?
2. Was the disk with snapshots?
3. Was it NFS or SCSI?
4. Where (and how) did you see that the exported disk size is full ?
5. Which build (or from which approximate date) is your ovirt ?

You can also try to run the below command on vdsm to check the size:

getVolumeSize   sdUUID spUUID imgUUID volUUID

(by invoking it via vdsClient)

vdsClient 0 getVolumeSize   sdUUID spUUID imgUUID volUUID


Thank you,
Alissa


 From: Cristian Falcas cristi.fal...@gmail.com
 To: Alexandre Santos santosa...@gmail.com
 Cc: users@ovirt.org
 Sent: Monday, November 19, 2012 6:06:03 PM
 Subject: Re: [Users] export VM
 
 
 Shrinking can also be made with the normal cp from linux:
 
 cp --sparse=always
 
 This will create usually files smaller then the original even.
 
 But maybe this can be fixed from the source. Exporting some images
 that have 10s/100s of gigabytes but only use a few gb is time and
 space consuming with no benefits.
 
 best regards,
 
 
 
 
 
 On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 2:00 PM, Alexandre Santos 
 santosa...@gmail.com  wrote:
 
 
 Hi Cristian,
 I don't know what ovirt is doing but if the final file is a raw
 image, you can shrink it with qemu-img and transform it in a qcow2.
 What I think was on the head of who implemented this is that you
 export a VM to a NAS that has normally Teras of space, so it is more
 compatible to save it in raw format. My 2 cents :-)
 
 Alex
 
 
 
 
 2012/11/19 Cristian Falcas  cristi.fal...@gmail.com 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 12:51 PM, Alexandre Santos 
 santosa...@gmail.com  wrote:
 
 
 
 2012/11/18 Cristian Falcas  cristi.fal...@gmail.com 
 
 
 
 
 Hi all,
 
 I see that exporting a VM with ThinProvisioning will make an image
 with the full disk size, instead of the currently used size:
 - VM has a 20GB disk
 - installed OS is taking 1.3GB
 - exported disk is taking 20GB
 
 Is this mandatory? Couldn't the export make a file with the same
 size, also sparse? It seems it only does a copy of the folder and
 the normal linux cp can make a sparse copy.
 
 thank you,
 Cristian Falcas
 
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 Is it exporting a a raw image, right?
 
 Alex
 
 
 Hi Alex,
 
 I don't understand what you mean by raw.
 
 I was saying that the same file could be copied as a sparse file
 instead.
 
 Cristian
 
 
 
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Re: [Users] export VM

[Cristian Falcas]

On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 12:51 PM, Alexandre Santos santosa...@gmail.comwrote:

 2012/11/18 Cristian Falcas cristi.fal...@gmail.com

 Hi all,

 I see that exporting a VM with ThinProvisioning will make an image with
 the full disk size, instead of the currently used size:
 - VM has a 20GB disk
 - installed OS is taking 1.3GB
 - exported disk is taking 20GB

 Is this mandatory? Couldn't the export make a file with the same size,
 also sparse? It seems it only does a copy of the folder and the normal
 linux cp can make a sparse copy.

 thank  you,
 Cristian Falcas

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 Is it exporting a a raw image, right?

 Alex



Hi Alex,

I don't understand what you mean by raw.

I was saying that the same file could be copied as a sparse file instead.

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Re: [Users] export VM

[Alexandre Santos]

Hi Cristian,
I don't know what ovirt is doing but if the final file is a raw image, you
can shrink it with qemu-img and transform it in a qcow2.
What I think was on the head of who implemented this is that you export a
VM to a NAS that has normally Teras of space, so it is more compatible to
save it in raw format. My 2 cents :-)

Alex

2012/11/19 Cristian Falcas cristi.fal...@gmail.com




 On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 12:51 PM, Alexandre Santos 
 santosa...@gmail.comwrote:

 2012/11/18 Cristian Falcas cristi.fal...@gmail.com

 Hi all,

 I see that exporting a VM with ThinProvisioning will make an image with
 the full disk size, instead of the currently used size:
 - VM has a 20GB disk
 - installed OS is taking 1.3GB
 - exported disk is taking 20GB

 Is this mandatory? Couldn't the export make a file with the same size,
 also sparse? It seems it only does a copy of the folder and the normal
 linux cp can make a sparse copy.

 thank  you,
 Cristian Falcas

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 Is it exporting a a raw image, right?

 Alex



 Hi Alex,

 I don't understand what you mean by raw.

 I was saying that the same file could be copied as a sparse file instead.

 Cristian

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Re: [Users] export VM

[Cristian Falcas]

Shrinking can also be made with the normal cp from linux:

cp --sparse=always

This will create usually files smaller then the original even.

But maybe this can be fixed from the source. Exporting some images that
have 10s/100s of gigabytes but only use a few gb is time and space
consuming with no benefits.

best regards,



On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 2:00 PM, Alexandre Santos santosa...@gmail.comwrote:

 Hi Cristian,
 I don't know what ovirt is doing but if the final file is a raw image, you
 can shrink it with qemu-img and transform it in a qcow2.
 What I think was on the head of who implemented this is that you export a
 VM to a NAS that has normally Teras of space, so it is more compatible to
 save it in raw format. My 2 cents :-)

 Alex


 2012/11/19 Cristian Falcas cristi.fal...@gmail.com




 On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 12:51 PM, Alexandre Santos 
 santosa...@gmail.comwrote:

 2012/11/18 Cristian Falcas cristi.fal...@gmail.com

 Hi all,

 I see that exporting a VM with ThinProvisioning will make an image with
 the full disk size, instead of the currently used size:
 - VM has a 20GB disk
 - installed OS is taking 1.3GB
 - exported disk is taking 20GB

 Is this mandatory? Couldn't the export make a file with the same size,
 also sparse? It seems it only does a copy of the folder and the normal
 linux cp can make a sparse copy.

 thank  you,
 Cristian Falcas

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 Is it exporting a a raw image, right?

 Alex



 Hi Alex,

 I don't understand what you mean by raw.

 I was saying that the same file could be copied as a sparse file instead.

 Cristian



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[Users] export VM

[Cristian Falcas]

Hi all,

I see that exporting a VM with ThinProvisioning will make an image with the
full disk size, instead of the currently used size:
- VM has a 20GB disk
- installed OS is taking 1.3GB
- exported disk is taking 20GB

Is this mandatory? Couldn't the export make a file with the same size, also
sparse? It seems it only does a copy of the folder and the normal linux cp
can make a sparse copy.

thank  you,
Cristian Falcas
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