xva to ova

xva to ova

#Download the xva image file 

#Convert the xva image file to raw image format 

apt install xva-img

mkdir my-virtual-machine
tar -xf my-virtual-machine.xva -C my-virtual-machine
chmod -R 755 my-virtual-machine

xva-img -p disk-export my-virtual-machine/Ref\:1/ disk.raw

#Convert the raw image to vmdk

apt install qemu-utils

qemu-img convert -f raw image.raw -O vmdk image.vmdk

#Convert the vmdk to ova using Virtual box tool 

VBoxManage export xcp -o xcp.ova

#Convert the ova to ovf using the ovf tool 

sudo ./ovftool --lax  /Users/kiran_chavala/Desktop/xcp.ova /Users/kiran_chavala/Desktop/xcp.ovf


Delete the .mf file which was created by the OVF tool.

Modifications to the xcp.ovf file

1. Change the VirtualSystemType to vmx-07.

2. Change the SATA controller to a SCSI controller.


<Item>
        <rasd:Address>0</rasd:Address>
        <rasd:Caption>ideController0</rasd:Caption>
        <rasd:Description>IDE Controller</rasd:Description>
        <rasd:ElementName>ideController0</rasd:ElementName>
        <rasd:InstanceID>3</rasd:InstanceID>
        <rasd:ResourceSubType>PIIX4</rasd:ResourceSubType>
        <rasd:ResourceType>5</rasd:ResourceType>
      </Item>
      <Item>
        <rasd:Address>1</rasd:Address>
        <rasd:Caption>ideController1</rasd:Caption>
        <rasd:Description>IDE Controller</rasd:Description>
        <rasd:ElementName>ideController1</rasd:ElementName>
        <rasd:InstanceID>4</rasd:InstanceID>
        <rasd:ResourceSubType>PIIX4</rasd:ResourceSubType>
        <rasd:ResourceType>5</rasd:ResourceType>
      </Item>

I had to change those two item with " SCSIController "

<Item>
        <rasd:Address>0</rasd:Address>
        <rasd:Caption>SCSIController</rasd:Caption>
        <rasd:Description>SCSIController</rasd:Description>
        <rasd:ElementName>SCSIController</rasd:ElementName>
        <rasd:InstanceID>5</rasd:InstanceID>
        <rasd:ResourceSubType>lsilogic</rasd:ResourceSubType>
        <rasd:ResourceType>6</rasd:ResourceType>
      </Item>
      <Item>
        <rasd:Address>1</rasd:Address>
        <rasd:Caption>SCSIController</rasd:Caption>
        <rasd:Description>SCSIController</rasd:Description>
        <rasd:ElementName>SCSIController</rasd:ElementName>
        <rasd:InstanceID>5</rasd:InstanceID>
        <rasd:ResourceSubType>lsilogic</rasd:ResourceSubType>
        <rasd:ResourceType>6</rasd:ResourceType>
      </Item>


3. Remove the “Sound Card” section to avoid getting the below error message later.

Line 83: OVF hardware element ‘ResourceType’ with instance ID ‘7’: No support for the virtual hardware device type ’35’.

#upload the ovf to exi host

sudo ./ovftool  --net:"NAT=VM Network" -ds=10.68.1.158 /Users/kiran_chavala/Desktop/xcp.ovf vi://root@10.68.1.158



#Launch a vm from vcenter, once the vm is up bring the interface

sudo ip link set dev ens35 up

sudo dhclient


#Download the ova 

http://www.vmwarearena.com/export-vm-to-ova-or-ovf-using-ovf-tool/

ovftool vi://10.68.1.176/Bangalore\ Datacenter/vm/Discovered\ virtual\ machine/xcp /Users/kiran_chavala/Desktop/xcp.ova


Ref:
https://github.com/eriklax/xva-img
https://techpiezo.com/linux/convert-disk-images-to-various-formats-using-qemu-img/
https://nixhive.com/how-to-migrate-a-kvm-virtualbox-vm-to-vmware/
http://www.vmwarearena.com/export-vm-to-ova-or-ovf-using-ovf-tool/