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VMWARE2LIBVIRT:(1) System Administration Utilities VMWARE2LIBVIRT:(1)

NAME

vmware2libvirt - vmware vmx to libvirt xml converter

SYNOPSIS

vmware2libvirt [-q] -f FILE

DESCRIPTION

This program outputs a libvirt xml file based on an existing vmware vmx file

OPTIONS

show program's version number and exit
show this help message and exit
use qemu instead of kvm
vmware vmx file to convert

USAGE

To start using a pre-existing vmware image with libvirt, you simply copy the vmware .vmx file and .vmdk file to a new directory. Then do:


vmware2libvirt -f ./file.vmx > file.xml
virsh -c qemu:///system define file.xml

At this point, your vmware image should be available to libvirt.

CAVEATS

vmware2libvirt currently will use the first scsi disk if found, otherwise the first ide disk. It will also use the first ethernet interface found.

SEE ALSO


virsh(1), kvm(1), qemu(1)

AUTHOR

vmware2libvirt is (C) 2008, Canonical Ltd.

This manual page was originally written by Jamie Strandboge <jamie@canonical.com>

February 2008 vmware2libvirt: 0.1