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PROGRAM:

NAME

virt-convert - convert ovf/vmx to native libvirt guests

SYNOPSIS

virt-convert INPUT.vmx|INPUT.ovf|INPUT-DIR|INPUT.zip [OPTIONS]

DESCRIPTION

virt-convert is a command line tool for converting VMX of OVF virtual machines to native
libvirt XML. Disk format conversion can also be done at the same time.

The simplest invocation is simply: virt-convert INPUT. INPUT might be a .vmx or .ovf file,
a directory containing a .vmx or .ovf file (and likely 1 or more disk images), or an
appliance archive like .zip, .tar.gz, or .ova. virt-convert will try to do the right thing
in each case.

By default, the virt-convert will convert all encountered disk images to 'raw' format,
sending the output to a new directory location. So the original disk images are _not_
altered in place.

OPTIONS

--connect URI
Connect to a non-default hypervisor. See virt-install(1) for details

CONVERSION OPTIONS

-i INPUT-FORMAT
--input-format INPUT-FORMAT
Input format. This should be auto-detected, but can be forced if necessary. Currently
"vmx" and "ovf" are supported.

-D OUTPUT-FORMAT
--disk-format OUTPUT-FORMAT
Output disk format. The default is 'raw', so any encountered disk images will be
converted to 'raw' format using qemu-img(1). Pass "none" if no conversion should be
performed: in this case the images will just be copied to the specified --destination.

--destination DIRECTORY
The directory to send converted/copied disk images. If not specified, the hypervisor
default is used, typically /var/lib/libvirt/images.

MISCELLANEOUS OPTIONS

--noautoconsole
Don't automatically try to connect to the guest console. The default behaviour is to
launch virt-viewer(1) to display the graphical console, or to run the "virsh"
"console" command to display the text console. Use of this parameter will disable this
behaviour.

--print-xml
Print the generated libvirt XML, but do not perform any disk conversions or
install/start the guest. This option implies --dry-run.

--dry-run
Proceed through the conversion process, but don't convert disks or actually write any
converted files.

-h
--help
Show the help message and exit

--version
Show program's version number and exit

-q
--quiet
Avoid verbose output.

-d
--debug
Print debugging information

EXAMPLES

Run a fedora18 OVA archive:

# virt-convert fedora18.ova

Run an extracted zip archive containing a centos6 .vmx and .vmdk file, converting the
images to qcow2 format

# virt-convert centos6/ --disk-format qcow2

Convert the specified .vmx file. Any references disk images must be in the same directory.
Don't change the disk format. Move the disk images to /tmp

# virt-convert foo.vmx --disk-format none --destination /tmp

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