Hi, This is something we are working on for the Icehouse release. The first step in that direction is https://blueprints.launchpad.net/glance/+spec/vmware-datastore-storage-back end which is currently under development. There is also a patch in review for Nova that enables on to boot from a template: https://review.openstack.org/#/c/34903/ Thanks Gary
On 1/23/14 12:09 PM, "Rajshree Thorat" <rajshree.tho...@gslab.com> wrote: >Hi All, > >I'm deploying OpenStack Havana for provisioning VMs using EXSi as >hypervisor. >VMWare driver is able to swap instances from vmdk disks and everything >works fine. > >Now what I want to do is to use OVA/OVF templates exported from ESXi in >order to easily create my own custom >images and be able to provision them in a reasonable amount of time. > >So what is the right way to upload OVA/OVF images using glance? > >The OVA file upload goes correctly on glance, but when I deploy the VM >it comes up without OS(using >vSphere console all I get is "Operating System not Found".) > >Does Havana supports ESXi OVA/OVF templates upload on glance? Or >Icehouse will support this feature? > >Does anyone have any idea? Pointers in the right direction are welcome. > >Regards, >Rajshree > > >_______________________________________________ >Mailing list: >https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v1/url?u=http://lists.openstack.org/cgi- >bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack&k=oIvRg1%2BdGAgOoM1BIlLLqw%3D%3D%0A&r=eH0px >TUZo8NPZyF6hgoMQu%2BfDtysg45MkPhCZFxPEq8%3D%0A&m=z7jN76vKf%2FEruQP6KAUx2ge >r8lL5hchbfHfdALF3hHs%3D%0A&s=873d1939e7e90c95adf531f7a4e924a230477deae55ff >56a18c16a55e50388f0 >Post to : openstack@lists.openstack.org >Unsubscribe : >https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v1/url?u=http://lists.openstack.org/cgi- >bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack&k=oIvRg1%2BdGAgOoM1BIlLLqw%3D%3D%0A&r=eH0px >TUZo8NPZyF6hgoMQu%2BfDtysg45MkPhCZFxPEq8%3D%0A&m=z7jN76vKf%2FEruQP6KAUx2ge >r8lL5hchbfHfdALF3hHs%3D%0A&s=873d1939e7e90c95adf531f7a4e924a230477deae55ff >56a18c16a55e50388f0 _______________________________________________ Mailing list: http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack Post to : openstack@lists.openstack.org Unsubscribe : http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack