Re: [Users] vmware image conversion
Hi, Maurice, Have you tried virt-convert to convert vmx image to virt-image(raw or qcow2) format? Which support off-line conversion without a running ESX server -Lei - Original Message - From: Maurice James midnightst...@msn.com To: Bob Doolittle b...@doolittle.us.com, Ted Miller tmil...@hcjb.org, users@ovirt.org Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2014 9:59:07 AM Subject: Re: [Users] vmware image conversion Forgive my noobness, but are you telling me that I can convert an ESX image without the existence of a running ESX server? If someone gave me an ESX image on a DVD or hard drive I could then use virt-v2v to convert it? -Original Message- From: Bob Doolittle [mailto:b...@doolittle.us.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2014 8:54 PM To: Maurice James; 'Ted Miller'; users@ovirt.org Subject: Re: [Users] vmware image conversion Yes. So: VMware non-ESX - ESX, using VMware's tool, then ESX - RHEV using virt-v2v no? If this is viable, it's easy to understand why nobody wants to put effort into supporting a bevy of VMware VM formats, when there's a tool already available to convert to one and they can focus on it. -Bob On 02/19/2014 05:52 PM, Maurice James wrote: I want to change it from VMware to RHEV/oVirt -Original Message- From: Bob Doolittle [mailto:b...@doolittle.us.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2014 8:51 PM To: Maurice James; 'Ted Miller'; users@ovirt.org Subject: Re: [Users] vmware image conversion My recollection is that VMware provides a converter to change your VMware non-ESX VMs into ESX format. Do you have to buy ESX to gain access to it? -Bob On 02/19/2014 05:46 PM, Maurice James wrote: I even open a feature request that they closed pretty quickly with WONTFIX https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1062910 . Why is this such a touchy issue? -Original Message- From: users-boun...@ovirt.org [mailto:users-boun...@ovirt.org] On Behalf Of Ted Miller Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2014 7:28 PM To: users@ovirt.org Subject: Re: [Users] vmware image conversion On 2/9/2014 4:27 PM, Itamar Heim wrote: On 02/09/2014 10:28 PM, Maurice James wrote: The instructions assume that I have an ESX instance to connect to. How do I do this with an already exported vmware image with no esx available to connect to? I have a turnkey drupal vm in ovf format -Original Message- From: Itamar Heim [mailto:ih...@redhat.com] Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2014 2:24 PM To: Maurice James; 'users' Subject: Re: [Users] vmware image conversion On 02/09/2014 07:02 PM, Maurice James wrote: According to this https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2013-1749.html It does not do it please review: https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterpri s e _Virtua lization/3.3/html-single/V2V_Guide/index.html -Original Message- From: Itamar Heim [mailto:ih...@redhat.com] Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2014 4:52 AM To: Maurice James; 'users' Subject: Re: [Users] vmware image conversion On 02/08/2014 04:18 PM, Maurice James wrote: I submitted an RFE to have vmware image conversion added to 3.5. I think that is a key feature that is lacking. Im just trying to get some eyes on it here. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1062910 ___ Users mailing list Users@ovirt.org http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users can you comment on the gaps from virt-v2v which does this today (in the bug as well). thanks, Itamar iirc, you need an ESX currently. Some of us are stuck without a way to try out ovirt because of this. ESX is not the only platform that people run VMWare on. I am trying to bring over VMs from an old VMWare Server setup on Centos 5. Works fine, but there is no migration path. Other people may have VMs on VMWare Workstation or other, older products. We just get told to go fly a kite? If the only choice is to bring up a full-blown, working ESX instance, I may bring up ESXi and stay there. Ted Miller Elkhart, IN ___ Users mailing list Users@ovirt.org http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users ___ Users mailing list Users@ovirt.org http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users ___ Users mailing list Users@ovirt.org http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users ___ Users mailing list Users@ovirt.org http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users
Re: [Users] vmware image conversion
Or used #qemu-img convert es.vmdk imagexxx.img to finish the conversion -Lei - Original Message - From: Lei Cui l...@redhat.com To: Maurice James midnightst...@msn.com Cc: users@ovirt.org Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2014 10:49:39 AM Subject: Re: [Users] vmware image conversion Hi, Maurice, Have you tried virt-convert to convert vmx image to virt-image(raw or qcow2) format? Which support off-line conversion without a running ESX server -Lei - Original Message - From: Maurice James midnightst...@msn.com To: Bob Doolittle b...@doolittle.us.com, Ted Miller tmil...@hcjb.org, users@ovirt.org Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2014 9:59:07 AM Subject: Re: [Users] vmware image conversion Forgive my noobness, but are you telling me that I can convert an ESX image without the existence of a running ESX server? If someone gave me an ESX image on a DVD or hard drive I could then use virt-v2v to convert it? -Original Message- From: Bob Doolittle [mailto:b...@doolittle.us.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2014 8:54 PM To: Maurice James; 'Ted Miller'; users@ovirt.org Subject: Re: [Users] vmware image conversion Yes. So: VMware non-ESX - ESX, using VMware's tool, then ESX - RHEV using virt-v2v no? If this is viable, it's easy to understand why nobody wants to put effort into supporting a bevy of VMware VM formats, when there's a tool already available to convert to one and they can focus on it. -Bob On 02/19/2014 05:52 PM, Maurice James wrote: I want to change it from VMware to RHEV/oVirt -Original Message- From: Bob Doolittle [mailto:b...@doolittle.us.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2014 8:51 PM To: Maurice James; 'Ted Miller'; users@ovirt.org Subject: Re: [Users] vmware image conversion My recollection is that VMware provides a converter to change your VMware non-ESX VMs into ESX format. Do you have to buy ESX to gain access to it? -Bob On 02/19/2014 05:46 PM, Maurice James wrote: I even open a feature request that they closed pretty quickly with WONTFIX https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1062910 . Why is this such a touchy issue? -Original Message- From: users-boun...@ovirt.org [mailto:users-boun...@ovirt.org] On Behalf Of Ted Miller Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2014 7:28 PM To: users@ovirt.org Subject: Re: [Users] vmware image conversion On 2/9/2014 4:27 PM, Itamar Heim wrote: On 02/09/2014 10:28 PM, Maurice James wrote: The instructions assume that I have an ESX instance to connect to. How do I do this with an already exported vmware image with no esx available to connect to? I have a turnkey drupal vm in ovf format -Original Message- From: Itamar Heim [mailto:ih...@redhat.com] Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2014 2:24 PM To: Maurice James; 'users' Subject: Re: [Users] vmware image conversion On 02/09/2014 07:02 PM, Maurice James wrote: According to this https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2013-1749.html It does not do it please review: https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterpri s e _Virtua lization/3.3/html-single/V2V_Guide/index.html -Original Message- From: Itamar Heim [mailto:ih...@redhat.com] Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2014 4:52 AM To: Maurice James; 'users' Subject: Re: [Users] vmware image conversion On 02/08/2014 04:18 PM, Maurice James wrote: I submitted an RFE to have vmware image conversion added to 3.5. I think that is a key feature that is lacking. Im just trying to get some eyes on it here. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1062910 ___ Users mailing list Users@ovirt.org http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users can you comment on the gaps from virt-v2v which does this today (in the bug as well). thanks, Itamar iirc, you need an ESX currently. Some of us are stuck without a way to try out ovirt because of this. ESX is not the only platform that people run VMWare on. I am trying to bring over VMs from an old VMWare Server setup on Centos 5. Works fine, but there is no migration path. Other people may have VMs on VMWare Workstation or other, older products. We just get told to go fly a kite? If the only choice is to bring up a full-blown, working ESX instance, I may bring up ESXi and stay there. Ted Miller Elkhart, IN ___ Users mailing list Users@ovirt.org http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users ___ Users mailing list Users@ovirt.org http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users ___ Users mailing list Users@ovirt.org http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users ___ Users mailing list Users@ovirt.org http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users ___ Users mailing list Users@ovirt.org http
Re: [Users] virt-v2v failing
Hi, Maurice Would you please provide detail info to Mattew Booth, who is the developer of virt-v2v. there is a exist bug https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=872301, which develop would not reproduce the issue locally. Thanks for your information. Regards, Lei - Original Message - From: Maurice James midnightst...@msn.com To: users@ovirt.org Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2014 9:58:02 AM Subject: [Users] virt-v2v failing Im trying to import an image from esx and virt-v2v is failing with Didnt receive full volume any ideas? ___ Users mailing list Users@ovirt.org http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users ___ Users mailing list Users@ovirt.org http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users
Re: [Users] virt-v2v failing
The bug is still new status, please wait for developer's response - Original Message - From: Maurice James midnightst...@msn.com To: Lei Cui l...@redhat.com, Matthew Booth mbo...@redhat.com Cc: users@ovirt.org Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2014 11:17:40 AM Subject: RE: [Users] virt-v2v failing The command that I ran was:virt-v2v -ic esx://hostname/?no-verify=1 -o rhev -os hostname:/var/lib/exports/in --network ovirtmgmt vmname The progress went to 7% at most then:Did'nt receive full volume Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2014 22:10:36 -0500 From: l...@redhat.com To: midnightst...@msn.com; mbo...@redhat.com CC: users@ovirt.org Subject: Re: [Users] virt-v2v failing Hi, Maurice Would you please provide detail info to Mattew Booth, who is the developer of virt-v2v. there is a exist bug https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=872301, which develop would not reproduce the issue locally. Thanks for your information. Regards, Lei - Original Message - From: Maurice James midnightst...@msn.com To: users@ovirt.org Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2014 9:58:02 AM Subject: [Users] virt-v2v failing Im trying to import an image from esx and virt-v2v is failing with Didnt receive full volume any ideas? ___ Users mailing list Users@ovirt.org http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users ___ Users mailing list Users@ovirt.org http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users
