I'm compiling qemu-1.4.0 right now and will try it with the new version. 

Thank you.


On Mar 1, 2013, at 9:28 , Yannick Charbonneau <[email protected]> wrote:

> We got it working by compiling qemu-img from source.
> 
> If you want to try it, you can grab http://orec.rdc.uottawa.ca/qemu-img.
> 
> NOTE:  This might NOT be the best solution, but it's been working good for us.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Yanik
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dmitri Chebotarov [mailto:[email protected]] 
> Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2013 3:34 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: Running VMware images on KVM host
> 
> Hi
> 
> I'm trying to use CentOS 6.3 as KVM host.
> 
> qemu-img fails to convert .vmdk files. It's sees .vmdk as raw format and 
> ignores actual data in -flat.vmdk file.
> I assume this is b/c of older version of qemu-img?
> 
> qemu version in CentOS 6 is 0.12. Latest version on Qemu.org is 1.4.0.
> 
> What is the version of qemu package that comes with Fedora 16? 
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> On Feb 20, 2013, at 13:49 , Josh Thompson <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
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>> We are also running a mix of VMware and KVM host servers.  We are 
>> using Fedora
>> 16 as the KVM host.  VCL can automatically deploy images captured on 
>> either one to either host type.  Andy might be able to speak better to 
>> any requirements for it to work, but as long as you follow the online 
>> instructions on creating base images, it should work.
>> 
>> Josh
>> 
>> On Wednesday, February 20, 2013 6:18:08 PM Yannick Charbonneau wrote:
>>> We have a mixed vmware/kvm setup.
>>> 
>>> I think one thing we were missing initially was "libguestfs-winsupport"
>>> package.  Which caused issues with windows machines moving from 
>>> vmware to kvm.
>> 
>>> We run our vcl on CentOS 6.
>>> 
>>> Hope this helps.
>>> 
>>> Yanik
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Dmitri Chebotarov [mailto:[email protected]]
>>> Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2013 11:12 AM
>>> To: [email protected]
>>> Subject: Running VMware images on KVM host
>>> 
>>> Hello
>>> 
>>> Have anyone succeeded in running VMware/KVM mixed environment for VCL? 
>>> 
>>> I'm having difficulties starting Windows 7 VMware images on KVM: the 
>>> image would convert and load, but Windows gets blue screen.
>> I assume this is due
>>> missing virtio drivers while attempting to run Windows on KVM. 
>>> We also have VMware tools installed on Windows image, which may also 
>>> contribute to the problem.
>> 
>>> 
>>> Thank you,
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>>> Dmitri Chebotarov
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>>> 223 Aquia Building, Ffx, MSN: 1B5
>>> Phone: (703) 993-6175
>>> Fax: (703) 993-3404
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> --
> Thank you,
> 
> Dmitri Chebotarov
> VCL Sys Eng, Engineering & Architectural Support, TSD - Ent Servers & 
> Messaging
> 223 Aquia Building, Ffx, MSN: 1B5
> Phone: (703) 993-6175 | Fax: (703) 993-3404
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Thank you,

Dmitri Chebotarov
VCL Sys Eng, Engineering & Architectural Support, TSD - Ent Servers & Messaging
223 Aquia Building, Ffx, MSN: 1B5
Phone: (703) 993-6175 | Fax: (703) 993-3404



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