Converting standalone KVM guests to an oVirt Virtualization platform and the OpenStack cloud

In order to convert guests from a standalone KVM system to oVirt, perform the following steps:

1. Create an NFS export domain. Attach this to the oVirt data center. Make sure that the host acting as virt-v2v conversion server has access it.
2. Shut down the virtual machine. Make sure that SSH is enabled on the host.
3. Convert the virtual machine using the following command:

   #virt-v2v -icqemu+ssh://[e-mail]/system -o rhev -osstorage.example.com:/exportdomain --network ovirtguest_name
   

   Note

   kvmhost.example.com/system: This is the KVM host from where the virtual machine needs to be migrated.

4. Import the virtual machine from the export storage domain into Ovirt.
   • To convert guests from a standalone KVM system to Glance, run the following command:

     #virt-v2v -icqemu+ssh://[e-mail]/system -o rhev -o glance vm001
     

   This command will convert the vm001 virtual machine Windows 7 guest to your OpenStack...