[CentOS-virt] Confused by "qemu-img convert"

2011-04-22 Thread MargoAndTodd
Hi All, Okay. Now I am confused. I have a bunch of virtual machines running under Virtual Box 3.2.12. I want to run them under KVM and drop Virtual Box from these systems. Supposedly "qemu-img convert" now supports direct conversion from vdi to whatever KVM uses. So I fired up the man page and

[CentOS-virt] Confused by "qemu-img convert"

2011-04-22 Thread MargoAndTodd
> Hi All, > > Okay. Now I am confused. > > I have a bunch of virtual machines running under Virtual Box 3.2.12. > I want to run them under KVM and drop Virtual Box from these > systems. > > Supposedly "qemu-img convert" now supports direct conversion > from vdi to whatever KVM uses. So I fired up

Re: [CentOS-virt] Confused by "qemu-img convert"

2011-04-23 Thread William Kern
VBox 4.x is slower than 3.2.12. I can not take any > more performance hits. I am still on 3.2.12 for the > same reason you are using old-out-of-date Enterprise Linux. > > > 8478 corrupted the hell out of a Visual Fox Pro and > and M$SQL 2008 database. hmm. interesting experience you had. Sorry yo

Re: [CentOS-virt] Confused by "qemu-img convert"

2011-05-25 Thread Arun Khan
On Sat, Apr 23, 2011 at 10:58 AM, MargoAndTodd wrote: . The thread caught my eye while cleaning up my folders :) My two cents is somewhat late; you may have already resolved your question :) However, since I did not see any replies ... > > Is it as easy as? > > qemu-img convert -f vdi ol

Re: [CentOS-virt] Confused by "qemu-img convert"

2011-05-25 Thread MargoAndTodd
On 05/25/2011 01:12 AM, Arun Khan wrote: > On Sat, Apr 23, 2011 at 10:58 AM, MargoAndTodd wrote: > > . > > The thread caught my eye while cleaning up my folders :) My two cents > is somewhat late; you may have already resolved your question :) > > However, since I did not see any replies ...

Re: [CentOS-virt] Confused by "qemu-img convert"

2011-06-07 Thread Arun Khan
On 5/25/11, MargoAndTodd wrote: > On 05/25/2011 01:12 AM, Arun Khan wrote: >> On Sat, Apr 23, 2011 at 10:58 AM, MargoAndTodd >> wrote: >>> >>> Do I need a ton of disk space to go to a full hard drive >>> then back to a small virtual hard drive? >> >> >>> Do I need the Virtual Box XML file for anyt

Re: [CentOS-virt] Confused by "qemu-img convert" [OFFLIST]

2011-04-23 Thread William Kern
On 4/22/11 10:18 PM, MargoAndTodd wrote: > I have a bunch of virtual machines running under Virtual Box 3.2.12. > I want to run them under KVM and drop Virtual Box from these > systems. Hi. I am curious why you are making the switch out of VirtualBox. We are beginning to test it with the new Virt

Re: [CentOS-virt] Confused by "qemu-img convert" [OFFLIST]

2011-04-23 Thread William Kern
hehe, not as offlist as I would of liked but the question remains. -bill On 4/23/2011 6:09 PM, William Kern wrote: > On 4/22/11 10:18 PM, MargoAndTodd wrote: >> I have a bunch of virtual machines running under Virtual Box 3.2.12. >> I want to run them under KVM and drop Virtual Box from these >>

Re: [CentOS-virt] Confused by "qemu-img convert" [OFFLIST]

2011-04-23 Thread MargoAndTodd
On 04/23/2011 06:09 PM, William Kern wrote: > On 4/22/11 10:18 PM, MargoAndTodd wrote: >> I have a bunch of virtual machines running under Virtual Box 3.2.12. >> I want to run them under KVM and drop Virtual Box from these >> systems. > > Hi. I am curious why you are making the switch out of Virtua