Alessandro, Use XenConvert 2.3.1 which has many options.
Thanks, Anil. On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 3:34 AM, Alessandro Caviglione < c.alessan...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm sorry Vladim, > i'm trying to do what you wrote but the XenConver allows only to convert a > running windows OS (just P2V). > Is there a particular version of XenConvert I gave to use?? > > On Mon, Jun 8, 2015 at 1:26 PM, Vadim Kimlaychuk < > vadim.kimlayc...@elion.ee> > wrote: > > > Alessandro, > > > > You got it -- vhd-parent is what I have been thinking of. If you > > would like to know more about snapshots read this: > > http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX122978. There is also explanation > of > > "Coalescing" -- read it. > > I personally don't like such a situation where you can't > > explicitly define the file you VM rely on, but this is how XenServer > works. > > Unfortunately. For instance I have 4 VM-s with 4 snapshots (total, not > > each) and over 90+ files belongs to these VMs, because I did > > snapshots/deleted snapshots many times. They are not coalesced, because > all > > of them are like fast-forward from origin, but still each step you do -- > > generates new VHD. I believe there is some garbage there, but I can't > > clean it manually. I do plan to export-uninstall-import these VM-s some > > time and then will see how it helps. As I understood only "xe > vm-uninstall" > > should clean all the depended objects. > > > > Vadim. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Alessandro Caviglione [mailto:c.alessan...@gmail.com] > > Sent: Monday, June 08, 2015 1:39 PM > > To: users@cloudstack.apache.org > > Subject: Re: Help in importing VM > > > > Ok... I missed a couple of rows.... > > > > location ( RO): 7b856647-9893-4275-8738-755046817c7b > > type ( RO): User > > sharable ( RO): false > > read-only ( RO): false > > storage-lock ( RO): false > > managed ( RO): true > > parent ( RO): <not in database> > > missing ( RO): false > > other-config (MRW): > > xenstore-data (MRO): > > sm-config (MRO): *vhd-parent: > > 65d3eb8e-76f1-4b37-965a-0d9ad3056645* > > on-boot ( RW): persist > > allow-caching ( RW): false > > metadata-latest ( RO): false > > metadata-of-pool ( RO): <not in database> > > tags (SRW): > > > > > > Thank you very much!! > > > > > > > > On Mon, Jun 8, 2015 at 12:29 PM, Alessandro Caviglione < > > c.alessan...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Thank you Vladim... > > > but it's a little strange... I did snapshot on the original VM but > > > I've also created a new VM from that snapshot, this should clone the > > > entire vhd, isn't it? > > > > > > However, this is the results of the command, where I can see that this > > > VHD is still connected to the other VM? > > > > > > xe vdi-list uuid=7b856647-9893-4275-8738-755046817c7b params=all > > > uuid ( RO) : 7b856647-9893-4275-8738-755046817c7b > > > name-label ( RW): > > > name-description ( RW): > > > is-a-snapshot ( RO): false > > > snapshot-of ( RO): <not in database> > > > snapshots ( RO): > > > snapshot-time ( RO): 19700101T00:00:00Z > > > allowed-operations (SRO): forget; generate_config; update; > > > resize; destroy; clone; copy; snapshot > > > current-operations (SRO): > > > sr-uuid ( RO): e6212223-af2c-17ed-bdf3-7954fe500073 > > > sr-name-label ( RO): 76ebfe94-cb9d-390d-bb6d-8dc21e977bdd > > > vbd-uuids (SRO): 1a47a516-1268-d134-7161-3d37972a2be6 > > > crashdump-uuids (SRO): > > > virtual-size ( RO): 5368709120 > > > physical-utilisation ( RO): 14848 > > > > > > On Mon, Jun 8, 2015 at 12:21 PM, Vadim Kimlaychuk < > > > vadim.kimlayc...@elion.ee> wrote: > > > > > >> Hello Alessandro, > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> This is OK if you did snapshot(s). The original VDI > > >> will be displayed if you get VM params and looks for extra options > > >> there. There are may be even more files connected to VM. Don’t bother > > about this. > > >> > > >> Roughly you should do the following steps: > > >> > > >> 1. Stop the VM > > >> > > >> 2. Make export with “xe vm-export” to XVA file > > >> > > >> 3. Extract VHD file from XVA using XenConvert (look here > > >> http://marcusdaniels.net/quick-and-easy-xenserver-to-hyper-v-conversi > > >> on/) > > >> > > >> 4. Put VHD file on HTTP server > > >> > > >> 5. Register template in Cloudstack from URL at p.4 > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> Vadim. > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> -----Original Message----- > > >> From: Alessandro Caviglione [mailto:c.alessan...@gmail.com] > > >> Sent: Monday, June 08, 2015 1:12 PM > > >> To: users@cloudstack.apache.org > > >> Subject: Help in importing VM > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> Hi guys, > > >> > > >> I've a little question about how to import a VM in ACS. > > >> > > >> A my client has a VM running on XenServer 6.2 SP1, now he wants to > > >> migrate to our Cloud platform and we should import that VM in his > > account. > > >> > > >> We done a snapshot of the running VM and created a new VM from that > > >> snapshot, after that we found the VHD name from the commands: > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> xe vm-list name-label=TOMIGRATE > > >> > > >> uuid ( RO) : 9ab667ef-32b9-d61b-73ef-4d6c40196c43 > > >> > > >> name-label ( RW): TOMIGRATE > > >> > > >> power-state ( RO): halted > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> xe vm-disk-list uuid=9ab667ef-32b9-d61b-73ef-4d6c40196c43 > > >> > > >> Disk 0 VBD: > > >> > > >> uuid ( RO) : 1a47a516-1268-d134-7161-3d37972a2be6 > > >> > > >> vm-name-label ( RO): TOMIGRATE > > >> > > >> userdevice ( RW): 0 > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> Disk 0 VDI: > > >> > > >> uuid ( RO) : 7b856647-9893-4275-8738-755046817c7b > > >> > > >> name-label ( RW): > > >> > > >> sr-name-label ( RO): 76ebfe94-cb9d-390d-bb6d-8dc21e977bdd > > >> > > >> virtual-size ( RO): 5368709120 > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> Now, browsing the NFS SR, I found the > > >> > > >> 7b856647-9893-4275-8738-755046817c7b.vhd file, but it's strange that > > >> the size it's just 14 KB!! > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> Why? > > >> > > > > > > > > >
