virt-pack(1) · carta

NAME

virt-pack - convert virtual machines from an image descriptor into VMware(tm) format

SYNOPSIS

virt-pack [OPTION]... IMAGE.XML

DESCRIPTION

virt-pack is a command line tool for converting virtual machines from an XML image descriptor "IMAGE.XML" (virt-image(5)) to a VMware(tm) format machine. The basic configuration of the virtual machine are taken from the XML descriptor (e.g., disk image files, memory, name, vcpus) and a new VMware(tm) configuration file is created using these values. The conversion process requires that all necessary kernel modules and configuration to boot using VMware are completed prior to running this tool.

OPTIONS

Any of the options can be omitted, in which case virt-pack will use defaults when required.

-h, --help: Show the help message and exit

-o OUTPUT , --output=NAME: Directory in which packaged tar file will be placed

-d, --debug: Print debugging information

EXAMPLES

Convert a guest from "image.xml":

  # virt-pack image.xml

Convert a guest and output the created file to /tmp

  # virt-pack image.xml -o /tmp

AUTHOR

Written by David Lutterkort and Joey Boggs

See the AUTHORS file in the source distribution for the complete list of credits.

BUGS

Report bugs to the mailing list "http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/et-mgmt-tools" or directly to BugZilla "http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/" against the "Fedora" product, and the "python-virtinst" component.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2006-2008 Red Hat, Inc, and various contributors. This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of the GNU General Public License "http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html". There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.