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[Anne Gentle <anne@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 9:02 AM, Shawn Hartsock <hartsocks@xxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> So, a couple of points:
>
>    - when OpenStack manages a VM it does so, cradle to grave
>       - it sounds like you want to manage existing vSphere inventory and
>       that's not a supported use case remember: cradle-to-grave in one stack or
>       the other.
>       - at the moment sharing part of your vSphere resources (say a
>       resource pool) with OpenStack is possible but not documented someone needs
>       to write that doc (and perhaps submit code)
>    - use thick ("-flat.vmdk") provisioned VMDK with glance at the moment
>    (we notice problems using 'thin' in some setups)
>    - official docs
>    http://docs.openstack.org/trunk/openstack-compute/admin/content/vmware.html
>       - These docs need updating, I'd do it but I don't know how
>
> Hi Shawn, I'm happy to walk you through the process if you get stuck,
basically git clone the openstack-manuals directory and edit
https://github.com/openstack/openstack-manuals/blob/master/doc/src/docbkx/common/vmware.xml.
Dan Wendlandt had a patch go in last week to improve those docs so you
might want to coordinate efforts.

See http://wiki.openstack.org/Documentation/HowTo for details.
Thanks,
Anne


>
>    - BTW: we fixed the bit where you do stuff with tomcat and the SDK
>
> Hope that helps. Please correct me if I've gotten something wrong.
>
> # Shawn Hartsock
>
> ------------------------------
>
> *From: *"Marcos Antônio Cavenaghi" <marcos@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> *To: *"Jay Kumbhani" <jkumbhani@xxxxxxxxx>
> *Cc: *"Openstack" <openstack-translation@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> "Openstack" <openstack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> *Sent: *Thursday, May 16, 2013 9:39:33 AM
> *Subject: *Re: [Openstack] Vmware running images
>
>
> You have to pick up the <image>.vmdk file and add it using glance.
> The syntax here depends on the version (essex, folsom, ...) you are using.
>
> glance add name="My VMware Image" is_public=true container_format=bare
> disk_format=vmdk < My_VMware_Image.vmdk
>
> If you have more than one vmdk file (the image is split), use qemu-img to
> convert them to a single file.
>
> Marcos
>
>
> On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 11:36 PM, Jay Kumbhani <jkumbhani@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>> Guys
>>
>> I am trying to import running vmware virtual machines into openstack
>> private cloud.
>>
>> I did some steps but couldn't succeed. Please send me steps or links to
>> follow.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Jay
>>
>>
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