Comments on: Convert VMware .vmdk to KVM .qcow2 or Virtualbox .vdi

By: bodhi.zazen

bodhi.zazen — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 21:19:39 +0000

Kitos: I would assume you would use the same commands in reverse order.

By: Kitos

Kitos — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:43:52 +0000

I want to do the oposite: Convert KVM image in a MVWare image. It’s that possible? Someone knows how to open KVM images in Windows?

Thanks!!

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Lucid Lynx - em Schorsch sin Bastelbud — Fri, 28 May 2010 11:56:41 +0000

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By: BrainBlog » VMware vApp (from vSphere) to KVM

BrainBlog » VMware vApp (from vSphere) to KVM — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:02:11 +0000

[...] an XML file lacking several sections. Since it seems that we reached a dead end here, it is time to convert the vmdk images and define the libvirt xml schema later on: $ qemu-img convert -f vmdk -O qcow2 vApp-disk1.vmdk [...]

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Sat, 02 Jan 2010 14:45:54 +0000

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Sun, 20 Dec 2009 15:16:45 +0000

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By: fjgaude

fjgaude — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 19:49:00 +0000

Waiting for a fix to permit VMware with work with 9.10 Beta I decided to give KVM a try… thanks for your tireless efforts to keep us all on-track.

frank

By: help-v » 将vmware的虚拟机迁移到kvm

help-v » 将vmware的虚拟机迁移到kvm — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 05:30:46 +0000

[...] Convert VMware .vmdk to KVM .qcow2 or Virtualbox .vdi.Converting a VMWare image to Xen HVM 1.需要的第一个工具: vmware-vdiskmanager.exe .在网上找了一通,没有找到单独的下载包,只好安装了一个vmware workstation 6.5,vmware-vdiskmanager.exe就在 workstation 安装目录下. [...]

By: bodhi.zazen

bodhi.zazen — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 14:52:00 +0000

Converting Windows VM does not work so well due to the way Microsoft licenses it’s products.

Windows is licensed per hardware and changing VM changes your hardware configuration and you are likely to have problems with needing to either re-authorize your installation or re-install drivers.

IMO, with Windows, you are better off backing up your data and performing a fresh install.

Converting Linux VM is easier, but still prone to errors.

The good news is, this process does not change your original VM.