Re: [PR] Import VMware VMs into KVM - Documentation [cloudstack-documentation]
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Re: [PR] Import VMware VMs into KVM - Documentation [cloudstack-documentation]
andrijapanicsb commented on code in PR #342: URL: https://github.com/apache/cloudstack-documentation/pull/342#discussion_r1453644109 ## source/adminguide/virtual_machines/importing_vmware_vms_into_kvm.rst: ## @@ -0,0 +1,120 @@ +.. Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one + or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file + distributed with this work for additional information# + regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file + to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the + "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance + with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at + http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 + Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, + software distributed under the License is distributed on an + "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY + KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the + specific language governing permissions and limitations + under the License. + +.. note:: This functionality requires to install the **virt-v2v** (https://www.libguestfs.org/virt-v2v.1.html) binary installed on destination cluster hosts, as it is not a dependency of the CloudStack agent installed on the hosts. + +As of CS 4.19, it is possible to select a VMware VM from an external or existing VMware datacenter, convert it to a KVM Virtual Machine and importing it into an existing KVM cluster. + +Requirements on the KVM hosts +- + +The CloudStack agent does not install the virt-v2v binary as a dependency, for which this functionality is not supported by default. To enable this functionality, the virt-v2v binary must be installed on the destination KVM hosts where to import the Virtual Machines. + +In case virt-v2v is not installed on a KVM host attempting a Virtual Machine conversion from VMware, the process fails. + +The virt-v2v output is logged on the CloudStack agent logs to help administrators tracking the progress on the Virtual Machines conversion processes. The verbose mode for virt-v2v can be enabled by adding the following line to /etc/cloudstack/agent/agent.properties and restart cloudstack-agent: + +:: + +virtv2v.verbose.enabled=true + + +Installing virt-v2v on Ubuntu KVM hosts does not install nbdkit which is required in the conversion of VMWare VCenter guests. To install it, please execute: + +:: + +apt install nbdkit + + +Supported Distributions for KVM Hypervisor: + + +.. cssclass:: table-striped table-bordered table-hover + + +Linux Distribution Supported Versions + +Alma Linux 8, 9 +Red Hat Enterprise Linux8, 9 +Rocky Linux 8, 9 +Ubuntu 22.04 LTS + + + +Importing Windows guest VMs from VMware requires installing the virtio drivers on the hypervisor hosts for the virt-v2v conversion. + +On (RH)EL hosts: + +:: + +yum install virtio-win + +You can also install the RPM manually from https://fedorapeople.org/groups/virt/virtio-win/direct-downloads/stable-virtio/virtio-win.noarch.rpm + + +For Debian-based distributions: + +:: + +apt install virtio-win + +Usage +- + +In the UI, Virtual Machines to import from VMware are listed in *Tools > Import-Export Instances* section, selecting: + +.. cssclass:: table-striped table-bordered table-hover + + +Source Destination Hypervisor + +Migrate From VMware KVM + + +|import-vm-from-vmware-to-kvm.png| + +Selecting the Destination cluster +- + +CloudStack administrators must select a KVM cluster to import the VMware Virtual Machines (left side of the image above). Once a KVM cluster is selected, the VMware Datacenter selection part is displayed (right side of the image above). + +Selecting the VM from a VMware Datacenter +- + +CloudStack administrators must select the Source VMware Datacenter: + +- Existing: The existing zones are listed, and for each zone CloudStack will list if there is any VMware Datacenter associated to it. In case it is, it can be selected +- External: CloudStack allows listing Virtual Machines from a VMware Datacenter that is not associated to any CloudStack zone. To do so, it needs the vCenter IP address, the datacenter name, and username and password credentials to log in the vCenter. + +Once the VMware Datacenter is selected, click on List VMware Instances to display the list of Virtual Machines on the Datacenter + + +Converting and importing a VMware VM + + +.. note:: CloudStack allows
Re: [PR] Import VMware VMs into KVM - Documentation [cloudstack-documentation]
andrijapanicsb commented on code in PR #342: URL: https://github.com/apache/cloudstack-documentation/pull/342#discussion_r1453642001 ## source/adminguide/virtual_machines/importing_vmware_vms_into_kvm.rst: ## @@ -0,0 +1,120 @@ +.. Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one + or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file + distributed with this work for additional information# + regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file + to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the + "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance + with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at + http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 + Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, + software distributed under the License is distributed on an + "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY + KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the + specific language governing permissions and limitations + under the License. + +.. note:: This functionality requires to install the **virt-v2v** (https://www.libguestfs.org/virt-v2v.1.html) binary installed on destination cluster hosts, as it is not a dependency of the CloudStack agent installed on the hosts. + +As of CS 4.19, it is possible to select a VMware VM from an external or existing VMware datacenter, convert it to a KVM Virtual Machine and importing it into an existing KVM cluster. + +Requirements on the KVM hosts +- + +The CloudStack agent does not install the virt-v2v binary as a dependency, for which this functionality is not supported by default. To enable this functionality, the virt-v2v binary must be installed on the destination KVM hosts where to import the Virtual Machines. + +In case virt-v2v is not installed on a KVM host attempting a Virtual Machine conversion from VMware, the process fails. + +The virt-v2v output is logged on the CloudStack agent logs to help administrators tracking the progress on the Virtual Machines conversion processes. The verbose mode for virt-v2v can be enabled by adding the following line to /etc/cloudstack/agent/agent.properties and restart cloudstack-agent: + +:: + +virtv2v.verbose.enabled=true + + +Installing virt-v2v on Ubuntu KVM hosts does not install nbdkit which is required in the conversion of VMWare VCenter guests. To install it, please execute: + +:: + +apt install nbdkit + + +Supported Distributions for KVM Hypervisor: + + +.. cssclass:: table-striped table-bordered table-hover + + +Linux Distribution Supported Versions + +Alma Linux 8, 9 +Red Hat Enterprise Linux8, 9 +Rocky Linux 8, 9 +Ubuntu 22.04 LTS + + + +Importing Windows guest VMs from VMware requires installing the virtio drivers on the hypervisor hosts for the virt-v2v conversion. + +On (RH)EL hosts: + +:: + +yum install virtio-win + +You can also install the RPM manually from https://fedorapeople.org/groups/virt/virtio-win/direct-downloads/stable-virtio/virtio-win.noarch.rpm + + +For Debian-based distributions: + +:: + +apt install virtio-win + +Usage +- + +In the UI, Virtual Machines to import from VMware are listed in *Tools > Import-Export Instances* section, selecting: + +.. cssclass:: table-striped table-bordered table-hover + + +Source Destination Hypervisor + +Migrate From VMware KVM + + +|import-vm-from-vmware-to-kvm.png| + +Selecting the Destination cluster +- + +CloudStack administrators must select a KVM cluster to import the VMware Virtual Machines (left side of the image above). Once a KVM cluster is selected, the VMware Datacenter selection part is displayed (right side of the image above). + +Selecting the VM from a VMware Datacenter +- + +CloudStack administrators must select the Source VMware Datacenter: + +- Existing: The existing zones are listed, and for each zone CloudStack will list if there is any VMware Datacenter associated to it. In case it is, it can be selected +- External: CloudStack allows listing Virtual Machines from a VMware Datacenter that is not associated to any CloudStack zone. To do so, it needs the vCenter IP address, the datacenter name, and username and password credentials to log in the vCenter. + +Once the VMware Datacenter is selected, click on List VMware Instances to display the list of Virtual Machines on the Datacenter + + +Converting and importing a VMware VM + + +.. note:: CloudStack allows
Re: [PR] Import VMware VMs into KVM - Documentation [cloudstack-documentation]
andrijapanicsb commented on code in PR #342: URL: https://github.com/apache/cloudstack-documentation/pull/342#discussion_r1453627301 ## source/adminguide/virtual_machines/importing_vmware_vms_into_kvm.rst: ## @@ -0,0 +1,120 @@ +.. Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one + or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file + distributed with this work for additional information# + regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file + to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the + "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance + with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at + http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 + Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, + software distributed under the License is distributed on an + "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY + KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the + specific language governing permissions and limitations + under the License. + +.. note:: This functionality requires to install the **virt-v2v** (https://www.libguestfs.org/virt-v2v.1.html) binary installed on destination cluster hosts, as it is not a dependency of the CloudStack agent installed on the hosts. + +As of CS 4.19, it is possible to select a VMware VM from an external or existing VMware datacenter, convert it to a KVM Virtual Machine and importing it into an existing KVM cluster. + +Requirements on the KVM hosts +- + +The CloudStack agent does not install the virt-v2v binary as a dependency, for which this functionality is not supported by default. To enable this functionality, the virt-v2v binary must be installed on the destination KVM hosts where to import the Virtual Machines. + +In case virt-v2v is not installed on a KVM host attempting a Virtual Machine conversion from VMware, the process fails. + +The virt-v2v output is logged on the CloudStack agent logs to help administrators tracking the progress on the Virtual Machines conversion processes. The verbose mode for virt-v2v can be enabled by adding the following line to /etc/cloudstack/agent/agent.properties and restart cloudstack-agent: + +:: + +virtv2v.verbose.enabled=true + + +Installing virt-v2v on Ubuntu KVM hosts does not install nbdkit which is required in the conversion of VMWare VCenter guests. To install it, please execute: + +:: + +apt install nbdkit + + +Supported Distributions for KVM Hypervisor: + + +.. cssclass:: table-striped table-bordered table-hover + + +Linux Distribution Supported Versions + +Alma Linux 8, 9 +Red Hat Enterprise Linux8, 9 +Rocky Linux 8, 9 +Ubuntu 22.04 LTS + + + +Importing Windows guest VMs from VMware requires installing the virtio drivers on the hypervisor hosts for the virt-v2v conversion. + +On (RH)EL hosts: + +:: + +yum install virtio-win + +You can also install the RPM manually from https://fedorapeople.org/groups/virt/virtio-win/direct-downloads/stable-virtio/virtio-win.noarch.rpm + + +For Debian-based distributions: + +:: + +apt install virtio-win + +Usage +- + +In the UI, Virtual Machines to import from VMware are listed in *Tools > Import-Export Instances* section, selecting: + +.. cssclass:: table-striped table-bordered table-hover + + +Source Destination Hypervisor + +Migrate From VMware KVM + + +|import-vm-from-vmware-to-kvm.png| + +Selecting the Destination cluster +- + +CloudStack administrators must select a KVM cluster to import the VMware Virtual Machines (left side of the image above). Once a KVM cluster is selected, the VMware Datacenter selection part is displayed (right side of the image above). + +Selecting the VM from a VMware Datacenter +- + +CloudStack administrators must select the Source VMware Datacenter: + +- Existing: The existing zones are listed, and for each zone CloudStack will list if there is any VMware Datacenter associated to it. In case it is, it can be selected +- External: CloudStack allows listing Virtual Machines from a VMware Datacenter that is not associated to any CloudStack zone. To do so, it needs the vCenter IP address, the datacenter name, and username and password credentials to log in the vCenter. + +Once the VMware Datacenter is selected, click on List VMware Instances to display the list of Virtual Machines on the Datacenter + + +Converting and importing a VMware VM + + +.. note:: CloudStack allows
Re: [PR] Import VMware VMs into KVM - Documentation [cloudstack-documentation]
nvazquez commented on PR #342: URL: https://github.com/apache/cloudstack-documentation/pull/342#issuecomment-1893876230 This PR looks ready @shwstppr - @andrijapanicsb we have this note to warn about that, do you think it should be extended? https://github.com/apache/cloudstack-documentation/assets/5295080/973065e4-1937-491d-b24a-daf5244e24d9;> -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@cloudstack.apache.org For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org
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nvazquez commented on PR #342: URL: https://github.com/apache/cloudstack-documentation/pull/342#issuecomment-1893562687 Sure @shwstppr @blueorangutan docbuild -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@cloudstack.apache.org For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org
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shwstppr commented on PR #342: URL: https://github.com/apache/cloudstack-documentation/pull/342#issuecomment-1888990163 @nvazquez can you please have a look ^^ -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@cloudstack.apache.org For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org
Re: [PR] Import VMware VMs into KVM - Documentation [cloudstack-documentation]
andrijapanicsb commented on PR #342: URL: https://github.com/apache/cloudstack-documentation/pull/342#issuecomment-1885012670 I think we have not added a few lines, to indicate that success of the migration fully depends on the virt-v2v due to what OS are/are not supported as host/guest OS. i.e. the conversion depends on the external tool. -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@cloudstack.apache.org For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org
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shwstppr commented on PR #342: URL: https://github.com/apache/cloudstack-documentation/pull/342#issuecomment-1844814080 @nvazquez is this ready for review or does it need more changes? cc @andrijapanicsb @borisstoyanov -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@cloudstack.apache.org For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org
Re: [PR] Import VMware VMs into KVM - Documentation [cloudstack-documentation]
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NuxRo commented on code in PR #342: URL: https://github.com/apache/cloudstack-documentation/pull/342#discussion_r1386239032 ## source/adminguide/virtual_machines/importing_vmware_vms_into_kvm.rst: ## @@ -0,0 +1,120 @@ +.. Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one + or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file + distributed with this work for additional information# + regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file + to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the + "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance + with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at + http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 + Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, + software distributed under the License is distributed on an + "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY + KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the + specific language governing permissions and limitations + under the License. + +.. note:: This functionality requires to install the **virt-v2v** (https://www.libguestfs.org/virt-v2v.1.html) binary installed on destination cluster hosts, as it is not a dependency of the CloudStack agent installed on the hosts. + +As of CS 4.19, it is possible to select a VMware VM from an external or existing VMware datacenter, convert it to a KVM Virtual Machine and importing it into an existing KVM cluster. + +Requirements on the KVM hosts +- + +The CloudStack agent does not install the virt-v2v binary as a dependency, for which this functionality is not supported by default. To enable this functionality, the virt-v2v binary must be installed on the destination KVM hosts where to import the Virtual Machines. + +In case virt-v2v is not installed on a KVM host attempting a Virtual Machine conversion from VMware, the process fails. + +The virt-v2v output is logged on the CloudStack agent logs to help administrators tracking the progress on the Virtual Machines conversion processes. The verbose mode for virt-v2v can be enabled by adding the following line to /etc/cloudstack/agent/agent.properties and restart cloudstack-agent: + +:: + +virtv2v.verbose.enabled=true + + +Installing virt-v2v on Ubuntu KVM hosts does not install nbdkit which is required in the conversion of VMWare VCenter guests. To install it, please execute: + +:: + +apt install nbdkit + + +Supported Distributions for KVM Hypervisor: + + +.. cssclass:: table-striped table-bordered table-hover + + +Linux Distribution Supported Versions + +Alma Linux 8, 9 +Red Hat Enterprise Linux8, 9 +Rocky Linux 8, 9 +Ubuntu 22.04 LTS + + + +Importing Windows guest VMs from VMware requires installing the virtio drivers on the hypervisor hosts for the virt-v2v conversion. + +On (RH)EL hosts: + +:: + +yum install virtio-win + +You can also install the RPM manually from https://fedorapeople.org/groups/virt/virtio-win/direct-downloads/stable-virtio/virtio-win.noarch.rpm + + +For Debian-based distributions: + +:: + +apt install virtio-win + +Usage +- + +In the UI, Virtual Machines to import from VMware are listed in *Tools > Import-Export Instances* section, selecting: + +.. cssclass:: table-striped table-bordered table-hover + + +Source Destination Hypervisor + +Migrate From VMware KVM + + +|import-vm-from-vmware-to-kvm.png| + +Selecting the Destination cluster +- + +CloudStack administrators must select a KVM cluster to import the VMware Virtual Machines (left side of the image above). Once a KVM cluster is selected, the VMware Datacenter selection part is displayed (right side of the image above). + +Selecting the VM from a VMware Datacenter +- + +CloudStack administrators must select the Source VMware Datacenter: + +- Existing: The existing zones are listed, and for each zone CloudStack will list if there is any VMware Datacenter associated to it. In case it is, it can be selected +- External: CloudStack allows listing Virtual Machines from a VMware Datacenter that is not associated to any CloudStack zone. To do so, it needs the vCenter IP address, the datacenter name, and username and password credentials to log in the vCenter. + +Once the VMware Datacenter is selected, click on List VMware Instances to display the list of Virtual Machines on the Datacenter + + +Converting and importing a VMware VM + + +.. note:: CloudStack allows importing
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Re: [PR] Import VMware VMs into KVM - Documentation [cloudstack-documentation]
NuxRo commented on code in PR #342: URL: https://github.com/apache/cloudstack-documentation/pull/342#discussion_r1374752046 ## source/adminguide/virtual_machines/importing_vmware_vms_into_kvm.rst: ## @@ -0,0 +1,118 @@ +.. Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one + or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file + distributed with this work for additional information# + regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file + to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the + "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance + with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at + http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 + Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, + software distributed under the License is distributed on an + "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY + KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the + specific language governing permissions and limitations + under the License. + +.. note:: This functionality requires to install the **virt-v2v** (https://www.libguestfs.org/virt-v2v.1.html) binary installed on destination cluster hosts, as it is not a dependency of the CloudStack agent installed on the hosts. + +As of CS 4.19, it is possible to select a VMware VM from an external or existing VMware datacenter, convert it to a KVM Virtual Machine and importing it into an existing KVM cluster. + +Requirements on the KVM hosts +- + +The CloudStack agent does not install the virt-v2v binary as a dependency, for which this functionality is not supported by default. To enable this functionality, the virt-v2v binary must be installed on the destination KVM hosts where to import the Virtual Machines. + +In case virt-v2v is not installed on a KVM host attempting a Virtual Machine conversion from VMware, the process fails. + +The virt-v2v output is logged on the CloudStack agent logs to help administrators tracking the progress on the Virtual Machines conversion processes. The verbose mode for virt-v2v can be enabled by adding the following line to /etc/cloudstack/agent/agent.properties and restart cloudstack-agent: + +:: + +virtv2v.verbose.enabled=true + + +Installing virt-v2v on Ubuntu KVM hosts does not install nbdkit which is required in the conversion of VMWare VCenter guests. To install it, please execute: + +:: + +apt install nbdkit + + +Supported Distributions for KVM Hypervisor: + + +.. cssclass:: table-striped table-bordered table-hover + + +Linux Distribution Supported Versions + +Alma Linux 8, 9 +Red Hat Enterprise Linux8, 9 +Rocky Linux 8, 9 +Ubuntu 22.04 LTS + + + +Importing Windows guest VMs from VMware requires installing the virtio drivers on the hypervisor hosts for the virt-v2v conversion. + +On (RH)EL hosts: + +:: + +yum install virtio-win + +You can also install the RPM manually from https://fedorapeople.org/groups/virt/virtio-win/direct-downloads/stable-virtio/virtio-win.noarch.rpm + + +For Debian-based distributions: + +:: + +apt install virtio-win + +Usage +- + +In the UI, Virtual Machines to import from VMware are listed in *Tools > Import-Export Instances* section, selecting: + +.. cssclass:: table-striped table-bordered table-hover + + +Source Destination Hypervisor + +Migrate From VMware KVM + + +|import-vm-from-vmware-to-kvm.png| + +Selecting the Destination cluster +- + +CloudStack administrators must select a KVM cluster to import the VMware Virtual Machines (left side of the image above). Once a KVM cluster is selected, the VMware Datacenter selection part is displayed (right side of the image above). + +Selecting the VM from a VMware Datacenter +- + +CloudStack administrators must select the Source VMware Datacenter: + +- Existing: The existing zones are listed, and for each zone CloudStack will list if there is any VMware Datacenter associated to it. In case it is, it can be selected +- External: CloudStack allows listing Virtual Machines from a VMware Datacenter that is not associated to any CloudStack zone. To do so, it needs the vCenter IP address, the datacenter name, and username and password credentials to log in the vCenter. + +Once the VMware Datacenter is selected, click on List VMware Instances to display the list of Virtual Machines on the Datacenter + + +Converting and importing a VMware VM + + +.. note:: CloudStack allows importing
Re: [PR] Import VMware VMs into KVM - Documentation [cloudstack-documentation]
NuxRo commented on code in PR #342: URL: https://github.com/apache/cloudstack-documentation/pull/342#discussion_r1374747742 ## source/adminguide/virtual_machines/importing_vmware_vms_into_kvm.rst: ## @@ -0,0 +1,118 @@ +.. Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one + or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file + distributed with this work for additional information# + regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file + to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the + "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance + with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at + http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 + Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, + software distributed under the License is distributed on an + "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY + KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the + specific language governing permissions and limitations + under the License. + +.. note:: This functionality requires to install the **virt-v2v** (https://www.libguestfs.org/virt-v2v.1.html) binary installed on destination cluster hosts, as it is not a dependency of the CloudStack agent installed on the hosts. + +As of CS 4.19, it is possible to select a VMware VM from an external or existing VMware datacenter, convert it to a KVM Virtual Machine and importing it into an existing KVM cluster. + +Requirements on the KVM hosts +- + +The CloudStack agent does not install the virt-v2v binary as a dependency, for which this functionality is not supported by default. To enable this functionality, the virt-v2v binary must be installed on the destination KVM hosts where to import the Virtual Machines. + +In case virt-v2v is not installed on a KVM host attempting a Virtual Machine conversion from VMware, the process fails. + +The virt-v2v output is logged on the CloudStack agent logs to help administrators tracking the progress on the Virtual Machines conversion processes. The verbose mode for virt-v2v can be enabled by adding the following line to /etc/cloudstack/agent/agent.properties and restart cloudstack-agent: + +:: + +virtv2v.verbose.enabled=true + + +Installing virt-v2v on Ubuntu KVM hosts does not install nbdkit which is required in the conversion of VMWare VCenter guests. To install it, please execute: + +:: + +apt install nbdkit + + +Supported Distributions for KVM Hypervisor: + + +.. cssclass:: table-striped table-bordered table-hover + + +Linux Distribution Supported Versions + +Alma Linux 8, 9 +Red Hat Enterprise Linux8, 9 +Rocky Linux 8, 9 +Ubuntu 22.04 LTS + + + +Importing Windows guest VMs from VMware requires installing the virtio drivers on the hypervisor hosts for the virt-v2v conversion. + +On (RH)EL hosts: + +:: + +yum install virtio-win + +You can also install the RPM manually from https://fedorapeople.org/groups/virt/virtio-win/direct-downloads/stable-virtio/virtio-win.noarch.rpm + + +For Debian-based distributions: + +:: + +apt install virtio-win + +Usage +- + +In the UI, Virtual Machines to import from VMware are listed in *Tools > Import-Export Instances* section, selecting: + +.. cssclass:: table-striped table-bordered table-hover + + +Source Destination Hypervisor + +Migrate From VMware KVM + + +|import-vm-from-vmware-to-kvm.png| + +Selecting the Destination cluster +- + +CloudStack administrators must select a KVM cluster to import the VMware Virtual Machines (left side of the image above). Once a KVM cluster is selected, the VMware Datacenter selection part is displayed (right side of the image above). + +Selecting the VM from a VMware Datacenter +- + +CloudStack administrators must select the Source VMware Datacenter: + +- Existing: The existing zones are listed, and for each zone CloudStack will list if there is any VMware Datacenter associated to it. In case it is, it can be selected +- External: CloudStack allows listing Virtual Machines from a VMware Datacenter that is not associated to any CloudStack zone. To do so, it needs the vCenter IP address, the datacenter name, and username and password credentials to log in the vCenter. + +Once the VMware Datacenter is selected, click on List VMware Instances to display the list of Virtual Machines on the Datacenter + + +Converting and importing a VMware VM + + +.. note:: CloudStack allows importing
Re: [PR] Import VMware VMs into KVM - Documentation [cloudstack-documentation]
NuxRo commented on code in PR #342: URL: https://github.com/apache/cloudstack-documentation/pull/342#discussion_r1374613949 ## source/adminguide/virtual_machines/importing_vmware_vms_into_kvm.rst: ## @@ -0,0 +1,117 @@ +.. Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one + or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file + distributed with this work for additional information# + regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file + to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the + "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance + with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at + http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 + Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, + software distributed under the License is distributed on an + "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY + KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the + specific language governing permissions and limitations + under the License. + +.. note:: This functionality requires to install the **virt-v2v** (https://www.libguestfs.org/virt-v2v.1.html) binary installed on destination cluster hosts, as it is not a dependency of the CloudStack agent installed on the hosts. + +As of CS 4.19, it is possible to select a VMware VM from an external or existing VMware datacenter, convert it to a KVM Virtual Machine and importing it into an existing KVM cluster. + +Requirements on the KVM hosts +- + +The CloudStack agent does not install the virt-v2v binary as a dependency, for which this functionality is not supported by default. To enable this functionality, the virt-v2v binary must be installed on the destination KVM hosts where to import the Virtual Machines. + +In case virt-v2v is not installed on a KVM host attempting a Virtual Machine conversion from VMware, the process fails. + +The virt-v2v output is logged on the CloudStack agent logs to help administrators tracking the progress on the Virtual Machines conversion processes. The verbose mode for virt-v2v can be enabled by adding the following line to /etc/cloudstack/agent/agent.properties and restart cloudstack-agent: + +:: + +virtv2v.verbose.enabled=true + + +Installing virt-v2v on Ubuntu KVM hosts does not install nbdkit which is required in the conversion of VMWare VCenter guests. To install it, please execute: + +:: + +apt install nbdkit + + +Supported Distributions for KVM Hypervisor: + + +.. cssclass:: table-striped table-bordered table-hover + + +Linux Distribution Supported Versions + +Alma Linux 8, 9 +Red Hat Enterprise Linux8, 9 +Rocky Linux 8, 9 +Ubuntu 22.04 LTS + + + +Importing Windows guest VMs from VMware requires installing the virtio drivers on the hypervisor hosts for the virt-v2v conversion. + +On (RH)EL hosts: + +:: + +yum install virtio-win + +You can also install the RPM from [https://fedorapeople.org/groups/virt/virtio-win/direct-downloads/stable-virtio/virtio-win.noarch.rpm](https://fedorapeople.org/groups/virt/virtio-win/direct-downloads/stable-virtio/virtio-win.noarch.rpm) Review Comment: ```suggestion You can also install the RPM manually from https://fedorapeople.org/groups/virt/virtio-win/direct-downloads/stable-virtio/virtio-win.noarch.rpm ``` -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@cloudstack.apache.org For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org
Re: [PR] Import VMware VMs into KVM - Documentation [cloudstack-documentation]
NuxRo commented on code in PR #342: URL: https://github.com/apache/cloudstack-documentation/pull/342#discussion_r1374611060 ## source/adminguide/virtual_machines/importing_vmware_vms_into_kvm.rst: ## @@ -0,0 +1,116 @@ +.. Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one + or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file + distributed with this work for additional information# + regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file + to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the + "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance + with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at + http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 + Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, + software distributed under the License is distributed on an + "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY + KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the + specific language governing permissions and limitations + under the License. + +.. note:: This functionality requires to install the **virt-v2v** (https://www.libguestfs.org/virt-v2v.1.html) binary installed on destination cluster hosts, as it is not a dependency of the CloudStack agent installed on the hosts. + +As of CS 4.19, it is possible to select a VMware VM from an external or existing VMware datacenter, convert it to a KVM Virtual Machine and importing it into an existing KVM cluster. + +Requirements on the KVM hosts +- + +The CloudStack agent does not install the virt-v2v binary as a dependency, for which this functionality is not supported by default. To enable this functionality, the virt-v2v binary must be installed on the destination KVM hosts where to import the Virtual Machines. + +In case virt-v2v is not installed on a KVM host attempting a Virtual Machine conversion from VMware, the process fails. + +The virt-v2v output is logged on the CloudStack agent logs to help administrators tracking the progress on the Virtual Machines conversion processes. The verbose mode for virt-v2v can be enabled by adding the following line to /etc/cloudstack/agent/agent.properties and restart cloudstack-agent: + +:: + +virtv2v.verbose.enabled=true + + +Installing virt-v2v on Ubuntu KVM hosts does not install nbdkit which is required in the conversion of VMWare VCenter guests. To install it, please execute: + +:: + +apt install nbdkit + + +Supported Distributions for KVM Hypervisor: + + +.. cssclass:: table-striped table-bordered table-hover + + +Linux Distribution Supported Versions + +Alma Linux 8, 9 +Red Hat Enterprise Linux8, 9 +Rocky Linux 8, 9 +Ubuntu 22.04 LTS + + + +Importing Windows guest VMs from VMware requires installing the virtio drivers on the hypervisor hosts for the virt-v2v conversion. + +On (RH)EL hosts: + +:: + +yum install virtio-win +You can also install the RPM from https://fedorapeople.org/groups/virt/virtio-win/direct-downloads/stable-virtio/virtio-win.noarch.rpm Review Comment: ```suggestion You can also install the RPM from [https://fedorapeople.org/groups/virt/virtio-win/direct-downloads/stable-virtio/virtio-win.noarch.rpm](https://fedorapeople.org/groups/virt/virtio-win/direct-downloads/stable-virtio/virtio-win.noarch.rpm) ``` -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@cloudstack.apache.org For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org
Re: [PR] Import VMware VMs into KVM - Documentation [cloudstack-documentation]
NuxRo commented on code in PR #342: URL: https://github.com/apache/cloudstack-documentation/pull/342#discussion_r1374609142 ## source/adminguide/virtual_machines/importing_vmware_vms_into_kvm.rst: ## @@ -0,0 +1,116 @@ +.. Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one + or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file + distributed with this work for additional information# + regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file + to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the + "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance + with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at + http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 + Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, + software distributed under the License is distributed on an + "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY + KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the + specific language governing permissions and limitations + under the License. + +.. note:: This functionality requires to install the **virt-v2v** (https://www.libguestfs.org/virt-v2v.1.html) binary installed on destination cluster hosts, as it is not a dependency of the CloudStack agent installed on the hosts. + +As of CS 4.19, it is possible to select a VMware VM from an external or existing VMware datacenter, convert it to a KVM Virtual Machine and importing it into an existing KVM cluster. + +Requirements on the KVM hosts +- + +The CloudStack agent does not install the virt-v2v binary as a dependency, for which this functionality is not supported by default. To enable this functionality, the virt-v2v binary must be installed on the destination KVM hosts where to import the Virtual Machines. + +In case virt-v2v is not installed on a KVM host attempting a Virtual Machine conversion from VMware, the process fails. + +The virt-v2v output is logged on the CloudStack agent logs to help administrators tracking the progress on the Virtual Machines conversion processes. The verbose mode for virt-v2v can be enabled by adding the following line to /etc/cloudstack/agent/agent.properties and restart cloudstack-agent: + +:: + +virtv2v.verbose.enabled=true + + +Installing virt-v2v on Ubuntu KVM hosts does not install nbdkit which is required in the conversion of VMWare VCenter guests. To install it, please execute: + +:: + +apt install nbdkit + + +Supported Distributions for KVM Hypervisor: + + +.. cssclass:: table-striped table-bordered table-hover + + +Linux Distribution Supported Versions + +Alma Linux 8, 9 +Red Hat Enterprise Linux8, 9 +Rocky Linux 8, 9 +Ubuntu 22.04 LTS + + + +Importing Windows guest VMs from VMware requires installing the virtio drivers on the hypervisor hosts for the virt-v2v conversion. + +On RHEL9 hosts: + +:: + +yum -y install http://jenkins.openvm.eu/files/virtio-win/virtio-win-1.9.33-0.el9_2.noarch.rpm + + +For other Linux distributions: + +:: + +yum -y install https://fedorapeople.org/groups/virt/virtio-win/direct-downloads/stable-virtio/virtio-win.noarch.rpm + +Usage +- + +In the UI, Virtual Machines to import from VMware are listed in *Tools > Import-Export Instances* section, selecting: + +.. cssclass:: table-striped table-bordered table-hover + + +Source Destination Hypervisor + +Migrate From VMware KVM + + +|import-vm-from-vmware-to-kvm.png| + +Selecting the Destination cluster +- + +CloudStack administrators must select a KVM cluster to import the VMware Virtual Machines (left side of the image above). Once a KVM cluster is selected, the VMware Datacenter selection part is displayed (right side of the image above). + +Selecting the VM from a VMware Datacenter +- + +CloudStack administrators must select the Source VMware Datacenter: + +- Existing: The existing zones are listed, and for each zone CloudStack will list if there is any VMware Datacenter associated to it. In case it is, it can be selected +- External: CloudStack allows listing Virtual Machines from a VMware Datacenter that is not associated to any CloudStack zone. To do so, it needs the vCenter IP address, the datacenter name, and username and password credentials to log in the vCenter. + +Once the VMware Datacenter is selected, click on List VMware Instances to display the list of Virtual Machines on the Datacenter + + +Converting and importing a VMware VM + + +.. note:: CloudStack
Re: [PR] Import VMware VMs into KVM - Documentation [cloudstack-documentation]
NuxRo commented on code in PR #342: URL: https://github.com/apache/cloudstack-documentation/pull/342#discussion_r1374604440 ## source/adminguide/virtual_machines/importing_vmware_vms_into_kvm.rst: ## @@ -0,0 +1,116 @@ +.. Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one + or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file + distributed with this work for additional information# + regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file + to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the + "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance + with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at + http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 + Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, + software distributed under the License is distributed on an + "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY + KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the + specific language governing permissions and limitations + under the License. + +.. note:: This functionality requires to install the **virt-v2v** (https://www.libguestfs.org/virt-v2v.1.html) binary installed on destination cluster hosts, as it is not a dependency of the CloudStack agent installed on the hosts. + +As of CS 4.19, it is possible to select a VMware VM from an external or existing VMware datacenter, convert it to a KVM Virtual Machine and importing it into an existing KVM cluster. + +Requirements on the KVM hosts +- + +The CloudStack agent does not install the virt-v2v binary as a dependency, for which this functionality is not supported by default. To enable this functionality, the virt-v2v binary must be installed on the destination KVM hosts where to import the Virtual Machines. + +In case virt-v2v is not installed on a KVM host attempting a Virtual Machine conversion from VMware, the process fails. + +The virt-v2v output is logged on the CloudStack agent logs to help administrators tracking the progress on the Virtual Machines conversion processes. The verbose mode for virt-v2v can be enabled by adding the following line to /etc/cloudstack/agent/agent.properties and restart cloudstack-agent: + +:: + +virtv2v.verbose.enabled=true + + +Installing virt-v2v on Ubuntu KVM hosts does not install nbdkit which is required in the conversion of VMWare VCenter guests. To install it, please execute: + +:: + +apt install nbdkit + + +Supported Distributions for KVM Hypervisor: + + +.. cssclass:: table-striped table-bordered table-hover + + +Linux Distribution Supported Versions + +Alma Linux 8, 9 +Red Hat Enterprise Linux8, 9 +Rocky Linux 8, 9 +Ubuntu 22.04 LTS + + + +Importing Windows guest VMs from VMware requires installing the virtio drivers on the hypervisor hosts for the virt-v2v conversion. + +On RHEL9 hosts: + +:: + +yum -y install http://jenkins.openvm.eu/files/virtio-win/virtio-win-1.9.33-0.el9_2.noarch.rpm + + +For other Linux distributions: + +:: + +yum -y install https://fedorapeople.org/groups/virt/virtio-win/direct-downloads/stable-virtio/virtio-win.noarch.rpm Review Comment: ```suggestion apt install virtio-win ``` -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@cloudstack.apache.org For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org
Re: [PR] Import VMware VMs into KVM - Documentation [cloudstack-documentation]
NuxRo commented on code in PR #342: URL: https://github.com/apache/cloudstack-documentation/pull/342#discussion_r1374603913 ## source/adminguide/virtual_machines/importing_vmware_vms_into_kvm.rst: ## @@ -0,0 +1,116 @@ +.. Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one + or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file + distributed with this work for additional information# + regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file + to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the + "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance + with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at + http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 + Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, + software distributed under the License is distributed on an + "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY + KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the + specific language governing permissions and limitations + under the License. + +.. note:: This functionality requires to install the **virt-v2v** (https://www.libguestfs.org/virt-v2v.1.html) binary installed on destination cluster hosts, as it is not a dependency of the CloudStack agent installed on the hosts. + +As of CS 4.19, it is possible to select a VMware VM from an external or existing VMware datacenter, convert it to a KVM Virtual Machine and importing it into an existing KVM cluster. + +Requirements on the KVM hosts +- + +The CloudStack agent does not install the virt-v2v binary as a dependency, for which this functionality is not supported by default. To enable this functionality, the virt-v2v binary must be installed on the destination KVM hosts where to import the Virtual Machines. + +In case virt-v2v is not installed on a KVM host attempting a Virtual Machine conversion from VMware, the process fails. + +The virt-v2v output is logged on the CloudStack agent logs to help administrators tracking the progress on the Virtual Machines conversion processes. The verbose mode for virt-v2v can be enabled by adding the following line to /etc/cloudstack/agent/agent.properties and restart cloudstack-agent: + +:: + +virtv2v.verbose.enabled=true + + +Installing virt-v2v on Ubuntu KVM hosts does not install nbdkit which is required in the conversion of VMWare VCenter guests. To install it, please execute: + +:: + +apt install nbdkit + + +Supported Distributions for KVM Hypervisor: + + +.. cssclass:: table-striped table-bordered table-hover + + +Linux Distribution Supported Versions + +Alma Linux 8, 9 +Red Hat Enterprise Linux8, 9 +Rocky Linux 8, 9 +Ubuntu 22.04 LTS + + + +Importing Windows guest VMs from VMware requires installing the virtio drivers on the hypervisor hosts for the virt-v2v conversion. + +On RHEL9 hosts: + +:: + +yum -y install http://jenkins.openvm.eu/files/virtio-win/virtio-win-1.9.33-0.el9_2.noarch.rpm + + +For other Linux distributions: Review Comment: ```suggestion For Debian-based distributions: ``` -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@cloudstack.apache.org For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org
Re: [PR] Import VMware VMs into KVM - Documentation [cloudstack-documentation]
NuxRo commented on code in PR #342: URL: https://github.com/apache/cloudstack-documentation/pull/342#discussion_r1374603072 ## source/adminguide/virtual_machines/importing_vmware_vms_into_kvm.rst: ## @@ -0,0 +1,116 @@ +.. Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one + or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file + distributed with this work for additional information# + regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file + to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the + "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance + with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at + http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 + Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, + software distributed under the License is distributed on an + "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY + KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the + specific language governing permissions and limitations + under the License. + +.. note:: This functionality requires to install the **virt-v2v** (https://www.libguestfs.org/virt-v2v.1.html) binary installed on destination cluster hosts, as it is not a dependency of the CloudStack agent installed on the hosts. + +As of CS 4.19, it is possible to select a VMware VM from an external or existing VMware datacenter, convert it to a KVM Virtual Machine and importing it into an existing KVM cluster. + +Requirements on the KVM hosts +- + +The CloudStack agent does not install the virt-v2v binary as a dependency, for which this functionality is not supported by default. To enable this functionality, the virt-v2v binary must be installed on the destination KVM hosts where to import the Virtual Machines. + +In case virt-v2v is not installed on a KVM host attempting a Virtual Machine conversion from VMware, the process fails. + +The virt-v2v output is logged on the CloudStack agent logs to help administrators tracking the progress on the Virtual Machines conversion processes. The verbose mode for virt-v2v can be enabled by adding the following line to /etc/cloudstack/agent/agent.properties and restart cloudstack-agent: + +:: + +virtv2v.verbose.enabled=true + + +Installing virt-v2v on Ubuntu KVM hosts does not install nbdkit which is required in the conversion of VMWare VCenter guests. To install it, please execute: + +:: + +apt install nbdkit + + +Supported Distributions for KVM Hypervisor: + + +.. cssclass:: table-striped table-bordered table-hover + + +Linux Distribution Supported Versions + +Alma Linux 8, 9 +Red Hat Enterprise Linux8, 9 +Rocky Linux 8, 9 +Ubuntu 22.04 LTS + + + +Importing Windows guest VMs from VMware requires installing the virtio drivers on the hypervisor hosts for the virt-v2v conversion. + +On RHEL9 hosts: + +:: + +yum -y install http://jenkins.openvm.eu/files/virtio-win/virtio-win-1.9.33-0.el9_2.noarch.rpm + Review Comment: ```suggestion You can also install the RPM from https://fedorapeople.org/groups/virt/virtio-win/direct-downloads/stable-virtio/virtio-win.noarch.rpm ``` -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@cloudstack.apache.org For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org
Re: [PR] Import VMware VMs into KVM - Documentation [cloudstack-documentation]
NuxRo commented on code in PR #342: URL: https://github.com/apache/cloudstack-documentation/pull/342#discussion_r1374601078 ## source/adminguide/virtual_machines/importing_vmware_vms_into_kvm.rst: ## @@ -0,0 +1,116 @@ +.. Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one + or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file + distributed with this work for additional information# + regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file + to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the + "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance + with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at + http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 + Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, + software distributed under the License is distributed on an + "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY + KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the + specific language governing permissions and limitations + under the License. + +.. note:: This functionality requires to install the **virt-v2v** (https://www.libguestfs.org/virt-v2v.1.html) binary installed on destination cluster hosts, as it is not a dependency of the CloudStack agent installed on the hosts. + +As of CS 4.19, it is possible to select a VMware VM from an external or existing VMware datacenter, convert it to a KVM Virtual Machine and importing it into an existing KVM cluster. + +Requirements on the KVM hosts +- + +The CloudStack agent does not install the virt-v2v binary as a dependency, for which this functionality is not supported by default. To enable this functionality, the virt-v2v binary must be installed on the destination KVM hosts where to import the Virtual Machines. + +In case virt-v2v is not installed on a KVM host attempting a Virtual Machine conversion from VMware, the process fails. + +The virt-v2v output is logged on the CloudStack agent logs to help administrators tracking the progress on the Virtual Machines conversion processes. The verbose mode for virt-v2v can be enabled by adding the following line to /etc/cloudstack/agent/agent.properties and restart cloudstack-agent: + +:: + +virtv2v.verbose.enabled=true + + +Installing virt-v2v on Ubuntu KVM hosts does not install nbdkit which is required in the conversion of VMWare VCenter guests. To install it, please execute: + +:: + +apt install nbdkit + + +Supported Distributions for KVM Hypervisor: + + +.. cssclass:: table-striped table-bordered table-hover + + +Linux Distribution Supported Versions + +Alma Linux 8, 9 +Red Hat Enterprise Linux8, 9 +Rocky Linux 8, 9 +Ubuntu 22.04 LTS + + + +Importing Windows guest VMs from VMware requires installing the virtio drivers on the hypervisor hosts for the virt-v2v conversion. + +On RHEL9 hosts: + +:: + +yum -y install http://jenkins.openvm.eu/files/virtio-win/virtio-win-1.9.33-0.el9_2.noarch.rpm + Review Comment: ```suggestion You can also install the RPM manually from https://fedorapeople.org/groups/virt/virtio-win/direct-downloads/stable-virtio/virtio-win.noarch.rpm ``` -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@cloudstack.apache.org For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org
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NuxRo commented on code in PR #342: URL: https://github.com/apache/cloudstack-documentation/pull/342#discussion_r1374601078 ## source/adminguide/virtual_machines/importing_vmware_vms_into_kvm.rst: ## @@ -0,0 +1,116 @@ +.. Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one + or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file + distributed with this work for additional information# + regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file + to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the + "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance + with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at + http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 + Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, + software distributed under the License is distributed on an + "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY + KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the + specific language governing permissions and limitations + under the License. + +.. note:: This functionality requires to install the **virt-v2v** (https://www.libguestfs.org/virt-v2v.1.html) binary installed on destination cluster hosts, as it is not a dependency of the CloudStack agent installed on the hosts. + +As of CS 4.19, it is possible to select a VMware VM from an external or existing VMware datacenter, convert it to a KVM Virtual Machine and importing it into an existing KVM cluster. + +Requirements on the KVM hosts +- + +The CloudStack agent does not install the virt-v2v binary as a dependency, for which this functionality is not supported by default. To enable this functionality, the virt-v2v binary must be installed on the destination KVM hosts where to import the Virtual Machines. + +In case virt-v2v is not installed on a KVM host attempting a Virtual Machine conversion from VMware, the process fails. + +The virt-v2v output is logged on the CloudStack agent logs to help administrators tracking the progress on the Virtual Machines conversion processes. The verbose mode for virt-v2v can be enabled by adding the following line to /etc/cloudstack/agent/agent.properties and restart cloudstack-agent: + +:: + +virtv2v.verbose.enabled=true + + +Installing virt-v2v on Ubuntu KVM hosts does not install nbdkit which is required in the conversion of VMWare VCenter guests. To install it, please execute: + +:: + +apt install nbdkit + + +Supported Distributions for KVM Hypervisor: + + +.. cssclass:: table-striped table-bordered table-hover + + +Linux Distribution Supported Versions + +Alma Linux 8, 9 +Red Hat Enterprise Linux8, 9 +Rocky Linux 8, 9 +Ubuntu 22.04 LTS + + + +Importing Windows guest VMs from VMware requires installing the virtio drivers on the hypervisor hosts for the virt-v2v conversion. + +On RHEL9 hosts: + +:: + +yum -y install http://jenkins.openvm.eu/files/virtio-win/virtio-win-1.9.33-0.el9_2.noarch.rpm + Review Comment: ```suggestion You can also install the RPM manually from https://fedorapeople.org/groups/virt/virtio-win/direct-downloads/stable-virtio/virtio-win.noarch.rpm ``` -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@cloudstack.apache.org For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org
Re: [PR] Import VMware VMs into KVM - Documentation [cloudstack-documentation]
NuxRo commented on code in PR #342: URL: https://github.com/apache/cloudstack-documentation/pull/342#discussion_r1374600222 ## source/adminguide/virtual_machines/importing_vmware_vms_into_kvm.rst: ## @@ -0,0 +1,116 @@ +.. Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one + or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file + distributed with this work for additional information# + regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file + to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the + "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance + with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at + http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 + Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, + software distributed under the License is distributed on an + "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY + KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the + specific language governing permissions and limitations + under the License. + +.. note:: This functionality requires to install the **virt-v2v** (https://www.libguestfs.org/virt-v2v.1.html) binary installed on destination cluster hosts, as it is not a dependency of the CloudStack agent installed on the hosts. + +As of CS 4.19, it is possible to select a VMware VM from an external or existing VMware datacenter, convert it to a KVM Virtual Machine and importing it into an existing KVM cluster. + +Requirements on the KVM hosts +- + +The CloudStack agent does not install the virt-v2v binary as a dependency, for which this functionality is not supported by default. To enable this functionality, the virt-v2v binary must be installed on the destination KVM hosts where to import the Virtual Machines. + +In case virt-v2v is not installed on a KVM host attempting a Virtual Machine conversion from VMware, the process fails. + +The virt-v2v output is logged on the CloudStack agent logs to help administrators tracking the progress on the Virtual Machines conversion processes. The verbose mode for virt-v2v can be enabled by adding the following line to /etc/cloudstack/agent/agent.properties and restart cloudstack-agent: + +:: + +virtv2v.verbose.enabled=true + + +Installing virt-v2v on Ubuntu KVM hosts does not install nbdkit which is required in the conversion of VMWare VCenter guests. To install it, please execute: + +:: + +apt install nbdkit + + +Supported Distributions for KVM Hypervisor: + + +.. cssclass:: table-striped table-bordered table-hover + + +Linux Distribution Supported Versions + +Alma Linux 8, 9 +Red Hat Enterprise Linux8, 9 +Rocky Linux 8, 9 +Ubuntu 22.04 LTS + + + +Importing Windows guest VMs from VMware requires installing the virtio drivers on the hypervisor hosts for the virt-v2v conversion. + +On RHEL9 hosts: + +:: + +yum -y install http://jenkins.openvm.eu/files/virtio-win/virtio-win-1.9.33-0.el9_2.noarch.rpm Review Comment: ```suggestion yum install virtio-win ``` -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@cloudstack.apache.org For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org
Re: [PR] Import VMware VMs into KVM - Documentation [cloudstack-documentation]
NuxRo commented on code in PR #342: URL: https://github.com/apache/cloudstack-documentation/pull/342#discussion_r1374596943 ## source/adminguide/virtual_machines/importing_vmware_vms_into_kvm.rst: ## @@ -0,0 +1,116 @@ +.. Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one + or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file + distributed with this work for additional information# + regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file + to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the + "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance + with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at + http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 + Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, + software distributed under the License is distributed on an + "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY + KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the + specific language governing permissions and limitations + under the License. + +.. note:: This functionality requires to install the **virt-v2v** (https://www.libguestfs.org/virt-v2v.1.html) binary installed on destination cluster hosts, as it is not a dependency of the CloudStack agent installed on the hosts. + +As of CS 4.19, it is possible to select a VMware VM from an external or existing VMware datacenter, convert it to a KVM Virtual Machine and importing it into an existing KVM cluster. + +Requirements on the KVM hosts +- + +The CloudStack agent does not install the virt-v2v binary as a dependency, for which this functionality is not supported by default. To enable this functionality, the virt-v2v binary must be installed on the destination KVM hosts where to import the Virtual Machines. + +In case virt-v2v is not installed on a KVM host attempting a Virtual Machine conversion from VMware, the process fails. + +The virt-v2v output is logged on the CloudStack agent logs to help administrators tracking the progress on the Virtual Machines conversion processes. The verbose mode for virt-v2v can be enabled by adding the following line to /etc/cloudstack/agent/agent.properties and restart cloudstack-agent: + +:: + +virtv2v.verbose.enabled=true + + +Installing virt-v2v on Ubuntu KVM hosts does not install nbdkit which is required in the conversion of VMWare VCenter guests. To install it, please execute: + +:: + +apt install nbdkit + + +Supported Distributions for KVM Hypervisor: + + +.. cssclass:: table-striped table-bordered table-hover + + +Linux Distribution Supported Versions + +Alma Linux 8, 9 +Red Hat Enterprise Linux8, 9 +Rocky Linux 8, 9 +Ubuntu 22.04 LTS + + + +Importing Windows guest VMs from VMware requires installing the virtio drivers on the hypervisor hosts for the virt-v2v conversion. + +On RHEL9 hosts: + +:: + +yum -y install http://jenkins.openvm.eu/files/virtio-win/virtio-win-1.9.33-0.el9_2.noarch.rpm Review Comment: ```suggestion yum install virtio-win You can also install virtio-win manually from https://fedorapeople.org/groups/virt/virtio-win/direct-downloads/stable-virtio/virtio-win.noarch.rpm ``` -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@cloudstack.apache.org For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org
Re: [PR] Import VMware VMs into KVM - Documentation [cloudstack-documentation]
NuxRo commented on code in PR #342: URL: https://github.com/apache/cloudstack-documentation/pull/342#discussion_r1374596943 ## source/adminguide/virtual_machines/importing_vmware_vms_into_kvm.rst: ## @@ -0,0 +1,116 @@ +.. Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one + or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file + distributed with this work for additional information# + regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file + to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the + "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance + with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at + http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 + Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, + software distributed under the License is distributed on an + "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY + KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the + specific language governing permissions and limitations + under the License. + +.. note:: This functionality requires to install the **virt-v2v** (https://www.libguestfs.org/virt-v2v.1.html) binary installed on destination cluster hosts, as it is not a dependency of the CloudStack agent installed on the hosts. + +As of CS 4.19, it is possible to select a VMware VM from an external or existing VMware datacenter, convert it to a KVM Virtual Machine and importing it into an existing KVM cluster. + +Requirements on the KVM hosts +- + +The CloudStack agent does not install the virt-v2v binary as a dependency, for which this functionality is not supported by default. To enable this functionality, the virt-v2v binary must be installed on the destination KVM hosts where to import the Virtual Machines. + +In case virt-v2v is not installed on a KVM host attempting a Virtual Machine conversion from VMware, the process fails. + +The virt-v2v output is logged on the CloudStack agent logs to help administrators tracking the progress on the Virtual Machines conversion processes. The verbose mode for virt-v2v can be enabled by adding the following line to /etc/cloudstack/agent/agent.properties and restart cloudstack-agent: + +:: + +virtv2v.verbose.enabled=true + + +Installing virt-v2v on Ubuntu KVM hosts does not install nbdkit which is required in the conversion of VMWare VCenter guests. To install it, please execute: + +:: + +apt install nbdkit + + +Supported Distributions for KVM Hypervisor: + + +.. cssclass:: table-striped table-bordered table-hover + + +Linux Distribution Supported Versions + +Alma Linux 8, 9 +Red Hat Enterprise Linux8, 9 +Rocky Linux 8, 9 +Ubuntu 22.04 LTS + + + +Importing Windows guest VMs from VMware requires installing the virtio drivers on the hypervisor hosts for the virt-v2v conversion. + +On RHEL9 hosts: + +:: + +yum -y install http://jenkins.openvm.eu/files/virtio-win/virtio-win-1.9.33-0.el9_2.noarch.rpm Review Comment: ```suggestion yum install virtio-win You can also install virtio-win manually from https://fedorapeople.org/groups/virt/virtio-win/direct-downloads/stable-virtio/virtio-win.noarch.rpm ``` -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@cloudstack.apache.org For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org
Re: [PR] Import VMware VMs into KVM - Documentation [cloudstack-documentation]
NuxRo commented on code in PR #342: URL: https://github.com/apache/cloudstack-documentation/pull/342#discussion_r1374596943 ## source/adminguide/virtual_machines/importing_vmware_vms_into_kvm.rst: ## @@ -0,0 +1,116 @@ +.. Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one + or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file + distributed with this work for additional information# + regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file + to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the + "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance + with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at + http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 + Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, + software distributed under the License is distributed on an + "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY + KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the + specific language governing permissions and limitations + under the License. + +.. note:: This functionality requires to install the **virt-v2v** (https://www.libguestfs.org/virt-v2v.1.html) binary installed on destination cluster hosts, as it is not a dependency of the CloudStack agent installed on the hosts. + +As of CS 4.19, it is possible to select a VMware VM from an external or existing VMware datacenter, convert it to a KVM Virtual Machine and importing it into an existing KVM cluster. + +Requirements on the KVM hosts +- + +The CloudStack agent does not install the virt-v2v binary as a dependency, for which this functionality is not supported by default. To enable this functionality, the virt-v2v binary must be installed on the destination KVM hosts where to import the Virtual Machines. + +In case virt-v2v is not installed on a KVM host attempting a Virtual Machine conversion from VMware, the process fails. + +The virt-v2v output is logged on the CloudStack agent logs to help administrators tracking the progress on the Virtual Machines conversion processes. The verbose mode for virt-v2v can be enabled by adding the following line to /etc/cloudstack/agent/agent.properties and restart cloudstack-agent: + +:: + +virtv2v.verbose.enabled=true + + +Installing virt-v2v on Ubuntu KVM hosts does not install nbdkit which is required in the conversion of VMWare VCenter guests. To install it, please execute: + +:: + +apt install nbdkit + + +Supported Distributions for KVM Hypervisor: + + +.. cssclass:: table-striped table-bordered table-hover + + +Linux Distribution Supported Versions + +Alma Linux 8, 9 +Red Hat Enterprise Linux8, 9 +Rocky Linux 8, 9 +Ubuntu 22.04 LTS + + + +Importing Windows guest VMs from VMware requires installing the virtio drivers on the hypervisor hosts for the virt-v2v conversion. + +On RHEL9 hosts: + +:: + +yum -y install http://jenkins.openvm.eu/files/virtio-win/virtio-win-1.9.33-0.el9_2.noarch.rpm Review Comment: ```suggestion yum install virtio-win You can also install virtio-win manually from https://fedorapeople.org/groups/virt/virtio-win/direct-downloads/stable-virtio/virtio-win.noarch.rpm ``` -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@cloudstack.apache.org For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org
Re: [PR] Import VMware VMs into KVM - Documentation [cloudstack-documentation]
NuxRo commented on code in PR #342: URL: https://github.com/apache/cloudstack-documentation/pull/342#discussion_r1374594226 ## source/adminguide/virtual_machines/importing_vmware_vms_into_kvm.rst: ## @@ -0,0 +1,116 @@ +.. Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one + or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file + distributed with this work for additional information# + regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file + to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the + "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance + with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at + http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 + Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, + software distributed under the License is distributed on an + "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY + KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the + specific language governing permissions and limitations + under the License. + +.. note:: This functionality requires to install the **virt-v2v** (https://www.libguestfs.org/virt-v2v.1.html) binary installed on destination cluster hosts, as it is not a dependency of the CloudStack agent installed on the hosts. + +As of CS 4.19, it is possible to select a VMware VM from an external or existing VMware datacenter, convert it to a KVM Virtual Machine and importing it into an existing KVM cluster. + +Requirements on the KVM hosts +- + +The CloudStack agent does not install the virt-v2v binary as a dependency, for which this functionality is not supported by default. To enable this functionality, the virt-v2v binary must be installed on the destination KVM hosts where to import the Virtual Machines. + +In case virt-v2v is not installed on a KVM host attempting a Virtual Machine conversion from VMware, the process fails. + +The virt-v2v output is logged on the CloudStack agent logs to help administrators tracking the progress on the Virtual Machines conversion processes. The verbose mode for virt-v2v can be enabled by adding the following line to /etc/cloudstack/agent/agent.properties and restart cloudstack-agent: + +:: + +virtv2v.verbose.enabled=true + + +Installing virt-v2v on Ubuntu KVM hosts does not install nbdkit which is required in the conversion of VMWare VCenter guests. To install it, please execute: + +:: + +apt install nbdkit + + +Supported Distributions for KVM Hypervisor: + + +.. cssclass:: table-striped table-bordered table-hover + + +Linux Distribution Supported Versions + +Alma Linux 8, 9 +Red Hat Enterprise Linux8, 9 +Rocky Linux 8, 9 +Ubuntu 22.04 LTS + + + +Importing Windows guest VMs from VMware requires installing the virtio drivers on the hypervisor hosts for the virt-v2v conversion. + +On RHEL9 hosts: + +:: + +yum -y install http://jenkins.openvm.eu/files/virtio-win/virtio-win-1.9.33-0.el9_2.noarch.rpm Review Comment: ```suggestion yum install virtio-win ``` -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@cloudstack.apache.org For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org
Re: [PR] Import VMware VMs into KVM - Documentation [cloudstack-documentation]
NuxRo commented on code in PR #342: URL: https://github.com/apache/cloudstack-documentation/pull/342#discussion_r1374594226 ## source/adminguide/virtual_machines/importing_vmware_vms_into_kvm.rst: ## @@ -0,0 +1,116 @@ +.. Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one + or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file + distributed with this work for additional information# + regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file + to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the + "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance + with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at + http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 + Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, + software distributed under the License is distributed on an + "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY + KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the + specific language governing permissions and limitations + under the License. + +.. note:: This functionality requires to install the **virt-v2v** (https://www.libguestfs.org/virt-v2v.1.html) binary installed on destination cluster hosts, as it is not a dependency of the CloudStack agent installed on the hosts. + +As of CS 4.19, it is possible to select a VMware VM from an external or existing VMware datacenter, convert it to a KVM Virtual Machine and importing it into an existing KVM cluster. + +Requirements on the KVM hosts +- + +The CloudStack agent does not install the virt-v2v binary as a dependency, for which this functionality is not supported by default. To enable this functionality, the virt-v2v binary must be installed on the destination KVM hosts where to import the Virtual Machines. + +In case virt-v2v is not installed on a KVM host attempting a Virtual Machine conversion from VMware, the process fails. + +The virt-v2v output is logged on the CloudStack agent logs to help administrators tracking the progress on the Virtual Machines conversion processes. The verbose mode for virt-v2v can be enabled by adding the following line to /etc/cloudstack/agent/agent.properties and restart cloudstack-agent: + +:: + +virtv2v.verbose.enabled=true + + +Installing virt-v2v on Ubuntu KVM hosts does not install nbdkit which is required in the conversion of VMWare VCenter guests. To install it, please execute: + +:: + +apt install nbdkit + + +Supported Distributions for KVM Hypervisor: + + +.. cssclass:: table-striped table-bordered table-hover + + +Linux Distribution Supported Versions + +Alma Linux 8, 9 +Red Hat Enterprise Linux8, 9 +Rocky Linux 8, 9 +Ubuntu 22.04 LTS + + + +Importing Windows guest VMs from VMware requires installing the virtio drivers on the hypervisor hosts for the virt-v2v conversion. + +On RHEL9 hosts: + +:: + +yum -y install http://jenkins.openvm.eu/files/virtio-win/virtio-win-1.9.33-0.el9_2.noarch.rpm Review Comment: ```suggestion yum install virtio-win ``` -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@cloudstack.apache.org For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org
Re: [PR] Import VMware VMs into KVM - Documentation [cloudstack-documentation]
NuxRo commented on code in PR #342: URL: https://github.com/apache/cloudstack-documentation/pull/342#discussion_r1374593203 ## source/adminguide/virtual_machines/importing_vmware_vms_into_kvm.rst: ## @@ -0,0 +1,116 @@ +.. Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one + or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file + distributed with this work for additional information# + regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file + to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the + "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance + with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at + http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 + Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, + software distributed under the License is distributed on an + "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY + KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the + specific language governing permissions and limitations + under the License. + +.. note:: This functionality requires to install the **virt-v2v** (https://www.libguestfs.org/virt-v2v.1.html) binary installed on destination cluster hosts, as it is not a dependency of the CloudStack agent installed on the hosts. + +As of CS 4.19, it is possible to select a VMware VM from an external or existing VMware datacenter, convert it to a KVM Virtual Machine and importing it into an existing KVM cluster. + +Requirements on the KVM hosts +- + +The CloudStack agent does not install the virt-v2v binary as a dependency, for which this functionality is not supported by default. To enable this functionality, the virt-v2v binary must be installed on the destination KVM hosts where to import the Virtual Machines. + +In case virt-v2v is not installed on a KVM host attempting a Virtual Machine conversion from VMware, the process fails. + +The virt-v2v output is logged on the CloudStack agent logs to help administrators tracking the progress on the Virtual Machines conversion processes. The verbose mode for virt-v2v can be enabled by adding the following line to /etc/cloudstack/agent/agent.properties and restart cloudstack-agent: + +:: + +virtv2v.verbose.enabled=true + + +Installing virt-v2v on Ubuntu KVM hosts does not install nbdkit which is required in the conversion of VMWare VCenter guests. To install it, please execute: + +:: + +apt install nbdkit + + +Supported Distributions for KVM Hypervisor: + + +.. cssclass:: table-striped table-bordered table-hover + + +Linux Distribution Supported Versions + +Alma Linux 8, 9 +Red Hat Enterprise Linux8, 9 +Rocky Linux 8, 9 +Ubuntu 22.04 LTS + + + +Importing Windows guest VMs from VMware requires installing the virtio drivers on the hypervisor hosts for the virt-v2v conversion. + +On RHEL9 hosts: Review Comment: ```suggestion On (RH)EL hosts: ``` -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@cloudstack.apache.org For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org
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Re: [PR] Import VMware VMs into KVM - Documentation [cloudstack-documentation]
blueorangutan commented on PR #342: URL: https://github.com/apache/cloudstack-documentation/pull/342#issuecomment-1781372787 @nvazquez a Jenkins job has been kicked to build the document. I'll keep you posted as I make progress. -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@cloudstack.apache.org For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org
Re: [PR] Import VMware VMs into KVM - Documentation [cloudstack-documentation]
nvazquez commented on PR #342: URL: https://github.com/apache/cloudstack-documentation/pull/342#issuecomment-1781371602 Thanks @borisstoyanov I have addressed your comments @blueorangutan docbuild -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@cloudstack.apache.org For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org
Re: [PR] Import VMware VMs into KVM - Documentation [cloudstack-documentation]
borisstoyanov commented on PR #342: URL: https://github.com/apache/cloudstack-documentation/pull/342#issuecomment-1774747653 `yum -y install https://fedorapeople.org/groups/virt/virtio-win/direct-downloads/stable-virtio/virtio-win.noarch.rpm` This requirement seems to be missing -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@cloudstack.apache.org For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org
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borisstoyanov commented on PR #342: URL: https://github.com/apache/cloudstack-documentation/pull/342#issuecomment-1774740602  It seems like the title of the section is repeating at the end of the section, I don't see a reason this wording to be a paragraph?  -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@cloudstack.apache.org For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org
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