Re: [Users] Copy VM to external disk and import back
On 01/25/2014 08:33 PM, Alan Murrell wrote: On Sat, 2014-01-25 at 12:42 +0200, Itamar Heim wrote: yes. You can copy files to and from the export domain. OK, good to know. So basically as long as I keep everything in tact (the meta file, etc.), then there should be no problem in getting it imported back in. -Alan ___ Users mailing list Users@ovirt.org http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users yes. you can view the code of the image uploader[1] which handles uploading to the export domain - i.e., you don't even have to do so yourself and can use the image-uploader (well, to upload it back, i think we're missing the 'download' part) virt-v2v also does that btw (pushing its output to the export domain) [1] https://github.com/oVirt/ovirt-image-uploader ___ Users mailing list Users@ovirt.org http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users
Re: [Users] Copy VM to external disk and import back
On Sat, 2014-01-25 at 12:42 +0200, Itamar Heim wrote: > yes. You can copy files to and from the export domain. OK, good to know. So basically as long as I keep everything in tact (the meta file, etc.), then there should be no problem in getting it imported back in. -Alan ___ Users mailing list Users@ovirt.org http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users
Re: [Users] Copy VM to external disk and import back
yes. You can copy files to and from the export domain. You can also just detach ir, and attach it to the installation later. On Jan 25, 2014 10:37 AM, "Alan Murrell" wrote: > Hello, > > I did some updates to my test installation from an unofficial repo (I > had installed a compile version of qemu-kvm-rhev from a private repo). > After rebooting, I was encountering errors with adding networks (when I > tried to save, it would say that my already-exisiting networks were > being added twice) > > Anyway, not sure what exactly broke, as there were some other oVirt > updates as well. I was planning on just wiping my all-in-one install > and starting from scratch, but I first wanted to see if it was possible > to copy my Win7 VM to an external USB drive, then import it back in > after I have a fresh all-in-one install? > > I already have an export domain and have tested exporting one of my > other VMs, but am not sure if I would then be able to: > > 1.) Copy the resulting directory to external storage > 2.) Do my fresh install > 3.) Copy the directory from external storage to my new export domain > 4,) Import the VM from the export domain > > I guess my question is, is the export domain like the ISO domain: can I > copy files directly to it (with the appropriate metadata, of course) and > after a few minutes, have oVirt able to automatically see the contents > and be able to import it back in. > > Thanks! :-) > > -Alan > > > ___ > Users mailing list > Users@ovirt.org > http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users > ___ Users mailing list Users@ovirt.org http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users
[Users] Copy VM to external disk and import back
Hello, I did some updates to my test installation from an unofficial repo (I had installed a compile version of qemu-kvm-rhev from a private repo). After rebooting, I was encountering errors with adding networks (when I tried to save, it would say that my already-exisiting networks were being added twice) Anyway, not sure what exactly broke, as there were some other oVirt updates as well. I was planning on just wiping my all-in-one install and starting from scratch, but I first wanted to see if it was possible to copy my Win7 VM to an external USB drive, then import it back in after I have a fresh all-in-one install? I already have an export domain and have tested exporting one of my other VMs, but am not sure if I would then be able to: 1.) Copy the resulting directory to external storage 2.) Do my fresh install 3.) Copy the directory from external storage to my new export domain 4,) Import the VM from the export domain I guess my question is, is the export domain like the ISO domain: can I copy files directly to it (with the appropriate metadata, of course) and after a few minutes, have oVirt able to automatically see the contents and be able to import it back in. Thanks! :-) -Alan ___ Users mailing list Users@ovirt.org http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users
