how about this?
virt-v2v -ic 'esx://my-vmware-hypervisor.example.com' -os default
--network default my-vm
via http://irclog.perlgeek.de/crimsonfu/2012-05-24#i_5632151
On Sep 27, 2012, at 8:20 PM, Bill Campbell <centos at celestial.com>
wrote:
> I am attempting to use libvirtd/kvm on CentOS 5.latest to migrate a SCO
> OpenServer 5.0.6a VM from the old VMware server.
>
> I have converted the multiple vmdk disk files to a single file, then used
> qemu-img convert to create files for libvirtd, both qcow2 and raw formats.
>
> After many attempts to get this working I'm up against what appears to
be a
> brick wall.
>
> + The VMware VMs are using straight 'ide' HD emulation which has
been
> working well for several years.
>
> + The 'ide' on libvirtd appears to map to SATA which isn't
supported by
> OSR5. I've tried doing a fresh install from CDROM, but the
> installation fails to find the hard disk. I might be able to find the
> appropriate BTLD for this, but that won't help migrating existing
VMs.
>
> + When I tried using 'scsi' libvirtd says this isn't
supported. This
> would be my preferred emulation as we have used SCSI drives since the
> early days of Xenix on Tandy hardware.
>
> + The final problem if these are solved is that SCO is funny about its
> drive geometry, and the current versions of libvirtd and qemu don't
> appear to support the <geometry> allowing one to specify heads,
> cylinders, etc.
>
> Am I going to have to resort to using VMware workstation for this?
>
> Bill
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