I'm not a programmer, so I have no idea how difficult it would be to provide a means for a "one click" import/export of VMs and their config settings from VirtualBox to Virt-Manager, but... At the very least, I hope that Virt-Manager will provide a GUI-based means for importing/exporting config settings (XML files) files to/from Virt-Manager. Yes, I know that the XML config files can be imported/exported using the "virsh define" and "virsh dumpxml" commands. But being able to import/export them directly from Virt-Manager would be much more convenient, which is what Virt-Manager is all about. For my purposes, such futures would allow for more easily backing up and/or tweaking the my XML files. For those who want to import VirtualBox config files into Virt-Manager, although my requested features wouldn't provide a direct means for doing so, in the event that a 3rd party wants to develop a means for converting VirtualBox config files directly into XML files, my requested features would, at least, provide an easier means for importing those converted XML files into Virt-Manager. And my guess is that adding a GUi-based "Import XML" and "Export XML" features to Virt-Manager probably wouldn't constitute much of a challenge, especially considering that the back ends for such features could probably rely on calls to the "virsh define" and "virsh dumpxml" commands. I hope that the Virt-Manager team will please consider adding GUi-based "Import XML" and "Export XML" features to Virt-Manager at some point in the future. Best regards, GizmoChicken On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 2:29 AM, Martin Kletzander <mkletzan@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, Mar 04, 2016 at 04:23:18PM +0000, bancfc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: >> >> The single most important usability feature missed by our less technical >> users who migrate from VirtualBox is a one click import/export of VMs >> and their config settings. >> >> I was optimistic about the Gnome Boxes effort on Govf lib but >> unfortunately it was never realized and I would hesitate to recommend it >> because libvirt/virt-manager has the security advantages of sVirt. >> >> An ideal solution would work across all KVM frontends. >> > > This is a great idea, but I don't know about such one-click solution. > This could be suitable for virt-manager and libguestfs projects (Cc'd > both projects). If nobody grabs it right now, it could be at least > suggested as GSoC and/or Outreachy project idea. Or were you looking > forward to adding such solution? > > Have a nice day, > Martin > > _______________________________________________ > virt-tools-list mailing list > virt-tools-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/virt-tools-list _______________________________________________ virt-tools-list mailing list virt-tools-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/virt-tools-list
