Re: [Libguestfs] [PATCH 4/4] ESX: Import guests from VMware's ESX server
On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 06:05:10PM +0000, Matthew Booth wrote:
This change adds the ability to import a guest and its storage from
VMware's ESX
server using the LibVirt connection.
An example command line:
virt-v2v -ic 'esx://yellow.marston/?no_verify=1' -op transfer RHEL5-64
This will import the guest RHEL5-64 from esx server yellow.marston, copying its
storage to a local pool called transfer.
Sys::VirtV2V::Connection is refactored to be a superclass. Subclasses are now
created explicitly by virt-v2v.pl rather than using a generic instantiate
mechanism.
Sys::VirtV2V::Connection::LibVirt knows explicitly about ESX, and will use the
new Sys::VirtV2V::Transfer::ESX to fetch its storage.
virt-v2v.pl is updated to reflect the other changes.
I didn't look at this in great detail, but some quick comments:
- get_guest_devices function has disappeared. I didn't quite get why.
- get_volume looks complicated. I wonder how stable those ESX paths are
and whether there are configurations which have other paths
(however it does seem correct for my ESX 4 server).
Rich.
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