I agree with this statement. Configuration of EL6 or Ubuntu or even Windows image should be trivial given configuration management.
That said, I understand there are some situations where it isn't practical, or config management isn't in use. The technical answer is: For converting to/from KVM to to/from raw formats or VMDK qemu-img is your friend. For converting to/from VHD for xen, vhd-util is your friend, though there are several other apps out there. I have been in places where I had to use qemu-img to do conversions rather than 'doing it the right way' and it's worked well. If I had the option though, I think I'd have preferred to put config management in place and do it in that manner. --David On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 12:04 PM, Kirk Jantzer <kirk.jant...@gmail.com> wrote: > It is my belief that the cloud is the IaaS and that the applications that > run on the cloud should be built for failure of the IaaS: they > (instances/applications) should be rapidly deployable. So, it shouldn't > matter what cloud product (openstack/cloudstack/vmware/aws/etc...) you > provide to your customers, they should be able to redeploy their > application whereever they go or are given for IaaS. > > > On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 11:57 AM, Jason Pavao <jason.pa...@oracle.com>wrote: > >> This is a VERY high level of the steps, dealing with different >> Hyper-visors will produce varying results. >> >> Is there a low level guide to importing/exporting imagery between kvm, xen >> and vmware? >> >> Something concise enough to work well with any cloud? >> >> -jason >> >> >> On 7/14/2013 12:18 AM, Nils Vogels wrote: >> >>> Hi Tao Lin, >>> >>> Currently, the only way known to me is >>> >>> 1) Stop the instance in OpenStack >>> 2) Import the instance as a template >>> 3) Create a new instance, based on that template >>> 4) Run the new instance in CloudStack >>> 5) Discard the OpenStack instance >>> >>> HTH & HAND. >>> >>> Nils >>> >>> >>> On Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 7:50 AM, Tao Lin <linba...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Hi,all: >>>> Is there any method to move instances from Openstack to Cloudstack? >>>> Both >>>> OS and CS are using KVM as hypervisor. >>>> >>>> >>>> Best regards. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> -- >> Thanks. >> -Jason >> >> > > > -- > Regards, > > Kirk Jantzer > c: (678) 561-5475 > http://about.met/kirkjantzer
