From owner-freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org Sun Aug 7 23:58:39 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-virtualization@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F9C3BB0A94 for ; Sun, 7 Aug 2016 23:58:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from matt.thyer@gmail.com) Received: from mail-io0-x229.google.com (mail-io0-x229.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c06::229]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EB5801192 for ; Sun, 7 Aug 2016 23:58:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from matt.thyer@gmail.com) Received: by mail-io0-x229.google.com with SMTP id q83so344898239iod.1 for ; Sun, 07 Aug 2016 16:58:38 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=2bWnonVEKKxY4N11Y7TzfrLuHvsNraZ77Esty5ifnFg=; b=PXQy4mgAdajh6Y9f80nIbUt6GQS2xXb1KjyY6kVdV4P15miI2pFnhhWYvqnLU+lCZN 2q0c9daCOBG+rXrKld7HWDV24e5J97QWD24UwcA5Z6RK/nEzRqGYbmK8cO6hhxYAxylm On4BEHXGGDATCkqbZxc4leCU6uDyh8qIKFC6qEDi+yI6nP6qGtEh+aiMsvn/C1sf8Mm0 KBF1ZaC0CANfBDMuHNsdmH9kQMTswp5EjKlUiLQZ7AvdYn4msmpRSoxROCnTpr7jiAzS 3E7nZ+lvzPfuxlJg6SzSgucgcpv4LAVne/eA+SQGuVp9s+MbXBiVXWG4EiR5HD5CPn7h kXPg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=2bWnonVEKKxY4N11Y7TzfrLuHvsNraZ77Esty5ifnFg=; b=OeIXpMDHZ+fk8Xho14dY7vhCpqfvXCd6tfPNIYGgkfSuXIFh5uxaLgecoRtZomr13J BgfMXUsAC2D7AoNR07fYMgtxV8SiyqCtHNE++53k9T9nTp37071+orHIDWQvcaaH6m03 DPU2K8CsgQZm1L50beVua6QzcIbjUx9CW7rmZ5/7rFtVqUyQQvoQjkJgjaQhT2mMphC2 35FlOTPfEe1jb/ZKhcIWpsajxwEtIWtWWZMYsEmR4vT2/2eyLoq7wZ5tRYZRuojtCUpy H3CPNWghe29QmiZyao2pgEg3gKKqz0Gy1su+ErY6De1O74KOmQGk2P+LJdC+DMX3QOQy p9ig== X-Gm-Message-State: AEkooutc5K89VBsLhJgdhtqOBGRifelHSMJoUydFb2pPTWNb2wpzEfQhmm3hi4opaWZ8X5v5qbtnQo/2zEIYNQ== X-Received: by 10.107.131.170 with SMTP id n42mr91662902ioi.126.1470614318227; Sun, 07 Aug 2016 16:58:38 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.107.155.16 with HTTP; Sun, 7 Aug 2016 16:58:37 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <20160807131117.GA23554@admin.sibptus.transneft.ru> <5B018394-E485-431E-B558-91147892549E@DataIX.net> From: Matt Thyer Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2016 09:28:37 +0930 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Converting from VMDK to RAW To: Justin Holcomb Cc: Victor Sudakov , "freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.22 X-BeenThere: freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.22 Precedence: list List-Id: "Discussion of various virtualization techniques FreeBSD supports." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 07 Aug 2016 23:58:39 -0000 I would suggest that you either: - Remove all snapshots; or - Clone the latest state of your VM to produce a VM with no snapshots before converting Matt Thyer On 8 August 2016 at 00:46, Justin Holcomb wrote: > Victor, > > > One thing to keep in mind with either of those tools is that they do not > know how to properly extract data from that latest VMware snapshot state. > Both tools will produce a raw file that contains the first snapshot state. > > > Also if you roll back the VMware snapshot, sometimes it can render the > system unbootable. I have experienced this with FreeBSD ZFS installations. > The VMware snapshot is not a true snapshot of the disk. So I recommend > making a backup of the VMs before converting them over. > > > Best of luck! > > > Justin D Holcomb > > ________________________________ > From: owner-freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org < > owner-freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org> on behalf of J. Hellenthal < > jhellenthal@dataix.net> > Sent: Sunday, August 7, 2016 7:37:23 AM > To: Victor Sudakov > Cc: freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: Converting from VMDK to RAW > > I'm going to assume you have virtual box where VBoxManage is a tool that > you can use to convert to raw. If not qemu-img convert can also do the same > and is available via ports. > > Either way you should be able to get a raw image out of either. > > -- > Onward!, > Jason Hellenthal, > Systems & Network Admin, > Mobile: 0x9CA0BD58, > JJH48-ARIN > > On Aug 7, 2016, at 08:11, Victor Sudakov wrote: > > Colleagues, > > I would like to convert some FreeBSD VMs from VMware to bhyve. Which > is the best way to convert virtual disks from the VMDK to the RAW > format (which I think is the format bhyve uses)? > > > -- > Victor Sudakov, VAS4-RIPE, VAS47-RIPN > sip:sudakov@sibptus.tomsk.ru > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-virtualization > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-virtualization- > unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-virtualization > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-virtualization- > unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-virtualization > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-virtualization- > unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >