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vmware2libvirt(1)

vmware2libvirt1

Vmware vmx to libvirt xml converter

Usage

vmware2libvirt [-q] -f FILE

Overview

This program outputs a libvirt xml file based on an existing vmware vmx file

Options

--version

show program's version number and exit

-h, --help

show this help message and exit

-q, --qemu

use qemu instead of kvm

-f FILE, --file=FILE

vmware vmx file to convert

Usage

To start using a pre-existing vmware image with libvirt, you simply copy the vmware .vmx file and .vmdk file to a new directory. Then do:

vmware2libvirt -f ./file.vmx > file.xml
virsh -c qemu:///system define file.xml

At this point, your vmware image should be available to libvirt.

Caveats

vmware2libvirt currently will use the first scsi disk if found, otherwise the first ide disk. It will also use the first ethernet interface found.

Author

vmware2libvirt is (C) 2008, Canonical Ltd.

This manual page was originally written by Jamie Strandboge <[email protected]>

From virt-goodies 0.4-2.1 in Debian 10 (Buster). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.