I think it would be a great if you could post this. # Shawn Hartsock
----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jay Kumbhani" <[email protected]> > To: "Anne Gentle" <[email protected]> > Cc: "Shawn Hartsock" <[email protected]>, "Openstack" > <[email protected]>, "Openstack" > <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, May 17, 2013 9:05:20 AM > Subject: Re: [Openstack] Vmware running images > Team, > Thank you for support. > Finally i am able to migrate running VM from VMware player to openstack > private cloud. > I used thick ("-flat.vmdk") for importing to openstack. > Let me know if anyone looking for steps. I am happy to help. > Thanks > Jay > On May 16, 2013, at 7:39 PM, Anne Gentle < [email protected] > wrote: > > On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 9:02 AM, Shawn Hartsock < [email protected] > > > wrote: > > > > So, a couple of points: > > > > > > * when OpenStack manages a VM it does so, cradle to grave > > > > > > * it sounds like you want to manage existing vSphere inventory and that's > > > not > > > a supported use case remember: cradle-to-grave in one stack or the other. > > > > > > * at the moment sharing part of your vSphere resources (say a resource > > > pool) > > > with OpenStack is possible but not documented someone needs to write that > > > doc (and perhaps submit code) > > > > > > * > > > > > > use thick ("-flat.vmdk") provisioned VMDK with glance at the moment (we > > > notice problems using 'thin' in some setups) * official docs > > > http://docs.openstack.org/trunk/openstack-compute/admin/content/vmware.html > > > > > > * These docs need updating, I'd do it but I don't know how > > > > > Hi Shawn, I'm happy to walk you through the process if you get stuck, > > basically git clone the openstack-manuals directory and edit > > https://github.com/openstack/openstack-manuals/blob/master/doc/src/docbkx/common/vmware.xml > > . Dan Wendlandt had a patch go in last week to improve those docs so you > > might want to coordinate efforts. > > > See http://wiki.openstack.org/Documentation/HowTo for details. > > > Thanks, > > > Anne > > > > * BTW: we fixed the bit where you do stuff with tomcat and the SDK > > > > > > Hope that helps. Please correct me if I've gotten something wrong. > > > > > > # Shawn Hartsock > > > > > > > From: "Marcos Antônio Cavenaghi" < [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > > To: "Jay Kumbhani" < [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > > Cc: "Openstack" < [email protected] >, > > > > "Openstack" > > > > < > > > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > > Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2013 9:39:33 AM > > > > > > > > > > Subject: Re: [Openstack] Vmware running images > > > > > > > > > > You have to pick up the <image>.vmdk file and add it using glance. The > > > > syntax > > > > here depends on the version (essex, folsom, ...) you are using. > > > > > > > > > > glance add name="My VMware Image" is_public=true container_format=bare > > > > disk_format=vmdk < My_VMware_Image.vmdk > > > > > > > > > > If you have more than one vmdk file (the image is split), use qemu-img > > > > to > > > > convert them to a single file. > > > > > > > > > > Marcos > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 11:36 PM, Jay Kumbhani < [email protected] > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Guys > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I am trying to import running vmware virtual machines into openstack > > > > > private > > > > > cloud. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I did some steps but couldn't succeed. Please send me steps or links > > > > > to > > > > > follow. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Jay > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sent from my iPad > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Post to : [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > > > > > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack > > > > > > > > > > Post to : [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack > > > > > > > > > > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack > > > > > > Post to : [email protected] > > > > > > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack > > > > > > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack > > > Post to : [email protected] > > > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack > > > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >
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