Hi All, Is there an easier way to migrate existing VMs on a VMware host into Cloudstack without exporting as OVF/OVA then importing into Cloudstack as a template, then deploying again? This method is also hit or miss. A lot of times I get a BSoD or Kernal Panic with some VMs I migrated.
If this is the only way to migrate then Cloudstack is going to have a big problem trying to get people with large existing infrastructures to switch over to Cloudstack. There has to be a way that the management server can look at vCenter for existing VMs and have some sort of wizard or even API only script that does the following. 1. Lists Existing VMs on a vCenter cluster. 2. Allow you to select the VMs you would like to migrate into cloudstack and assign each vm to a user/group Click migrate 3. A process starts to snapshot the existing server, renames and copies the VM files to Cloudstack primary storage. 4. Cloudstack then updates its database to reflect the new inventory. I am sure my process is missing a bunch of things but in general this should be possible I think. I wish I was a programmer so I could help with this. Thank you very much!
