Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2016 09:28:37 +0930 From: Matt Thyer <matt.thyer@gmail.com> To: Justin Holcomb <me@justinholcomb.me> Cc: Victor Sudakov <vas@mpeks.tomsk.su>, "freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org" <freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Converting from VMDK to RAW Message-ID: <CACM2%2B-4_q1Leukx78awk4oDMqgD=PjrLyDR4V8zQiCyrXkW0Sg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CY4PR12MB1447C3F28339A40F731BB22BA31A0@CY4PR12MB1447.namprd12.prod.outlook.com> References: <20160807131117.GA23554@admin.sibptus.transneft.ru> <5B018394-E485-431E-B558-91147892549E@DataIX.net> <CY4PR12MB1447C3F28339A40F731BB22BA31A0@CY4PR12MB1447.namprd12.prod.outlook.com>
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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 <me@justinholcomb.me> 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 <vas@mpeks.tomsk.su> 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" >
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