[pve-devel] [PATCH storage/qemu-server/manager v6] implement ova/ovf import for file based storages

[Gilberto Ferreira]

Oh! I see. Thanks.
Cheers





Em qui., 21 de nov. de 2024 às 09:34, Fabian Grünbichler <
f.gruenbichler at proxmox.com> escreveu:

>
> > Gilberto Ferreira via pve-devel <pve-devel at lists.proxmox.com> hat am
> 21.11.2024 13:23 CET geschrieben:
> > By the way, let me take the opportunity to ask a question: Are there any
> > plans to make this import tool accept other image formats like raw,
> qcow2,
> > vmdk or vhd(x) without OVA format?
> > Sometimes, all we have is a VHD file, generated by disk2vhd, for example.
> > That would be great.
>
> you can already do that (for raw, vmdk, qcow2) via `import-from=` when
> creating a VM or updating its config (i.e., "qm create/set XXX [..] --scsi0
> target_storage:-1,import-from=volume-to-import-from,other_options" or the
> corresponding API call - not on the UI yet, but planned at some point ;)).
> just beware - there are no checks on the input image, so only do this with
> files from a trusted source (arbitrary paths require root as usual, regular
> volumes on a PVE storage just require access to that volume). I think for
> vhd files you should be able to convert those first into one of the
> "agreeable" formats ;)
>
>