Hi, thanks for reply
On 09/12/2017 12:44 PM, Michal Skrivanek wrote: > >> On 11 Sep 2017, at 14:12, Jiří Sléžka <jiri.sle...@slu.cz> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> today I tested vmware ova import for first time but unfortunately it >> failed. (btw. it would be great to have a possibility to upload ova >> directly from manager…) > > in 4.1 you can only upload qcow disks, in future we will support complete OVA > (native oVirt’s OVA’s though) good news :-) >> >> problem seems to be this (vdsm/import log) >> >> ... >> libguestfs: trace: v2v: inspect_get_type = "linux" >> i_root = /dev/sda1 >> i_type = >> linux >> i_distro = debian >> i_arch = i386 >> >> i_major_version = 9 >> i_minor_version = 0 >> >> i_package_format = deb >> i_package_management = apt >> >> i_product_name = 9.0 >> i_product_variant = unknown >> i_uefi = >> false >> >> ... >> ... >> ... >> [ 13.7] Converting 9.0 to run on KVM >> virt-v2v: error: virt-v2v is unable to >> convert this guest type >> (linux/debian) >> rm -rf '/var/tmp/ova.lB3mEN' >> rm -rf >> '/var/tmp/null.kaX2uZ' >> ... >> >> so is debian really unsupported to be imported fom vmware ova? > > it is supported only in libguestfs 1.36+ which is released in EL 7.4 nice, I can't wait for CentOS7.4 release >> >> I believe this vm could run as is, even without v2v convert. >> >> It would be nice to have a possibility to bypass v2v process and import >> appliance as is, just disk(s) and vm definition. Does it make sense? > > the disk needs conversion, as well as changes to be able to boot (that’s the > part originally missing for debina-based guests) It depends. In this case I converted vmdk disk to raw, created vm in oVirt, dded raw image to this vm and I had to change just ethernet interface name. It was ugly workaround but it is working. So for this case it would be nice to have a possibility to bypass v2v :-) but ok, this is very specific case. Cheers, Jiri Slezka > > Thanks, > michal > >> >> Cheers, >> >> Jiri Slezka >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Users mailing list >> Users@ovirt.org >> http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users >
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