> O > n 7/11/10, ewheeler <kvm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Sat, 2010-07-10 at 22:16 +0800, Emmanuel Noobadmin wrote: > >> I'm trying to convert an existing VMWare Server 2 guest (Vista 64) to > >> KVM (on CentOS 5.5) in order to evaluate migrating to KVM. > > > >> Please advise if there is any more relevant and detailed guide on > >> doing this? Thanks. > > > > After converting the .VDI to a .qcow2, you might try something as simple > > as this from a console: > > I don't know if this is part of the problem but I don't have a .VDI > I was converting from a .vmdk file Ahh, yes you're right. I was thinking VirualBox, not VMWare. VMWare is vmdk and qemu-img can do the conversion for you. > > > qemu-system-x86_64 -hda yourdiskimage.qcow2 > > > > Thats about as simple as it can get. What do you get at the console > > when you run this? > > I don't have that utility on my system. I tried to install the qemu > rpm but yum fails because it conflicts with the KVM package > (kvm-qemu-img-83-164.el5_5.9.x86_64) already installed. I'm having trouble on CentOS 5.5 too --- Have you tried the testing repo using these instructions? http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/KVM#head-ddf21f42074a58b940ff360d78b7f79130c193e4 You might also try the EPEL and freshrpms repo for the latest qemu/kvm support. BTW, I am having great success using Ubuntu 10.04 as a host OS and running the VMs under it---and I've been a die-hard CentOS/RHEL guy for years. I tried CentOS 5.[45] a while ago for KVM and was not pleased with the functionality, primarily because CentOS still uses the 2.6.18 relic with (too)many backports. Let us know how it goes! -Eric > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
