Migrate Image (VMware/Hyper-V)
How to export Windows Image?#
Please download Microsoft Disk2vhd utility to export your Windows as vhd
How to export Linux Image?#
Please use the cmd below export from a baremetal machine to a raw image
root@ubuntu:/home/ubuntu# dd if=/dev/sda bs=1024k | ssh [email protected] "cat > /var/support/p2v-ubuntu.raw"Migration from VMware images#
Export VMware as ova or vmdk
Import image#
Supported image's types : qcow2, vdi, vhd, vmdk, ova, ami, raw, img, kernel
Use import_efi for VMware/Hyper-V image optimization
controller:image> import_efi1: usb2: localEnter index: 21: Windows2019-vmware.vmdkEnter index: 1Specify image name: Windows2019-vmwareSelect domain:1: defaultEnter index: 1Select tenant:1: admin2: bigstackEnter index: 1Visibility:1: public2: privateEnter index: 1Importing...[12:55:24] Converting image to RAW format ... (100.00/100%)[12:56:52] Calculating RAW image checksum ... ea719d6dc8f2d09612ee61e5af1e7964 (MD5)[12:58:16] Creating image Windows2019-vmware ...[=============================>] 100%+------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+| Field | Value |+------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+| container_format | bare || created_at | 2022-07-15T04:58:21Z || disk_format | raw || file | /v2/images/ff4a85da-dfb9-490b-8817-376f900f8563/file || id | ff4a85da-dfb9-490b-8817-376f900f8563 || min_disk | 0 || min_ram | 0 || name | Windows2019-vmware || owner | 3684611014cf40429ff067b3a5e9fb48 || properties | hw_disk_bus='sata', hw_qemu_guest_agent='True', locations='[]', os_hidden='False', os_require_quiesce='True', owner_specified.openstack.md5='', owner_specified.openstack.object='images/Windows2019-vmware', owner_specified.openstack.sha256='' || protected | False || schema | /v2/schemas/image || status | queued || tags | || updated_at | 2022-07-15T04:58:21Z || visibility | public |+------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+[13:08:03] Validating checksum: OKImporting Windows2019-vmware complete. It is safe to remove the local imagefile.Troubleshooting#
Please add additional metadata for uploaded image over GUI, It's recommended for VMware/Hyper-V to work properly
- hw_disk_bus="sata"
- hw_vif_model="e1000"
update image metadata#
setting network driver - e1000#
setting disk bus - sata#
Glance metadata for UEFI images#
- hw_disk_bus='sata'
- hw_firmware_type='uefi'
- hw_machine_type='q35'
- hw_qemu_guest_agent='True'
- os_secure_boot='optional'
- hw_vif_model='e1000'
- hw_video_model='vga'