One of the issues I have with virt-v2v is that it requires an import storage domain on your ovirt server to import the image to, then you need to copy that image again into your vm datastore. Lots of data moving around slow gigabit networks.

oVirt still needs a way to easily add a vm disk image w/o having to go through the silly import method.

On 2/19/2014 7:54 PM, Bob Doolittle wrote:
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

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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?

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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

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Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2014 2:24 PM
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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_Enterpris
e _Virtua lization/3.3/html-single/V2V_Guide/index.html

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Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2014 4:52 AM
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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



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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

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