In alternative, this simple bash script converts from VMDK3 to VMDK2: https://github.com/erik-smit/one-liners/blob/master/qemu-img.vmdk3.hack.sh description here: http://carlos-spitzer.com/tag/image-uses-a-vmdk-feature-which-is-not-supported-by-this-qemu-version-vmdk-version-3/ We use it with great results. cheers carlo daffara CloudWeavers
----- Messaggio originale ----- Da: "Alvaro Simon" <asi...@cesga.es> A: "Jaime Melis" <jme...@opennebula.org> Cc: "Users OpenNebula" <users@lists.opennebula.org> Inviato: Giovedì, 10 aprile 2014 17:07:50 Oggetto: Re: [one-users] OpenNebula and OVA files support Hi Jaime > Hi Alvaro, > > yes, we are aware of that issue. While we wait for a newer qemu-img > version, you may want to use VirtualBox instead of qemu-img for this task. > You would need to change this: > https://github.com/OpenNebula/addon-appmarket/blob/master/src/worker/lib/appliance_file_converter.rb#L7 > > with VBoxManage scripts, something like: VBoxManage clonehd #{s} #{t} > --format VMDK Thanks a lot for the tip! we will use VBoxManage command meanwhile.. Cheers Alvaro > cheers, > Jaime > > > On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 4:16 PM, Alvaro Simon <asi...@cesga.es> wrote: > >> Dear all >> >> We are playing around with OVA files, some of them have VMDK version 3 >> imges inside, when you include a OVA file with oneimage, ON untar the file >> and creates a directory into the datastore, the question is if it will be >> suported the VMDK image conversion in ON in the future. I see that it >> exists a APP from appmarket to perform this action but It will be included >> into ON by default? We want to convert VMDK version 3 images to qcow or raw >> files to be used by KVM and this will help us to convert image files >> automatically. unfortunately old qemu-img versions does not support VMDK >> version 3 (in centos 6 as example). >> >> Cheers and thanks! >> Alvaro >> _______________________________________________ >> Users mailing list >> Users@lists.opennebula.org >> http://lists.opennebula.org/listinfo.cgi/users-opennebula.org >> > > _______________________________________________ Users mailing list Users@lists.opennebula.org http://lists.opennebula.org/listinfo.cgi/users-opennebula.org _______________________________________________ Users mailing list Users@lists.opennebula.org http://lists.opennebula.org/listinfo.cgi/users-opennebula.org