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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Does virt-convert work?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>I want to use virt-convert to convert a
VMware-vAPP to RHEL6 KVM.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>The vAPP is VSA_OVF_8.5.00.0319_Build_06110.zip
from <a href="http://www.vmware.com/appliances/directory/441973">http://www.vmware.com/appliances/directory/441973</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>But I always failed with different command
line parameters.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>[root@djt_10_47 opt]# ll VSA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>total 272644<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>-rw-rw-r-- 1 root root
620604 Feb 18 2010 QuickStartVSA.pdf<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>-rw-r--r-- 1 root
root 27 Mar 3 2010
version<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 142094848 Mar
3 2010 VSA-0.vmdk<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 135038464 Mar
3 2010 VSA-1.vmdk<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>-rwxr-xr-x 1 root
root 24416 Mar 3 2010 VSA.ovf<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>-rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 1102533
Feb 6 2010 VSAUserManual.pdf<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>[root@djt_10_47 opt]# virt-convert
--arch=x86_64 /opt/VSA/VSA.ovf
/opt/VSA.kvm/ <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Usage: virt-convert [options]
inputdir|input.vmx [outputdir|output.xml]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>virt-convert: error: Couldn't determine input
format for "/opt/VSA/VSA.ovf": Unknown format<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>[root@djt_10_47 opt]# virt-convert
--arch=x86_64 /opt/VSA/ /opt/VSA.kvm/ <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Usage: virt-convert [options]
inputdir|input.vmx [outputdir|output.xml]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>virt-convert: error: Couldn't determine
input format for "/opt/VSA/": Unknown format<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>[root@djt_10_47 opt]# virt-convert -i ovf
--arch=x86_64 /opt/VSA/VSA.ovf
/opt/VSA.kvm/
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>ERROR Couldn't import
file "/opt/VSA/VSA.ovf": list index out of range<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>[root@djt_10_47 opt]# virt-convert -i ovf
--arch=x86_64 /opt/VSA/ /opt/VSA.kvm/<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>ERROR Unknown format<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Traceback (most recent call last):<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> File
"/usr/bin/virt-convert", line 273, in <module><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> main()<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> File
"/usr/bin/virt-convert", line 178, in main<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> options = parse_args()<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> File
"/usr/bin/virt-convert", line 142, in parse_args<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> options.input_format)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> File
"/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/virtconv/formats.py", line 141, in
find_input<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> raise
StandardError(_("Unknown format"))<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>StandardError: Unknown format<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> Regards<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> Kirby Zhou<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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