Switching From VMWare To VirtualBox: .vmdk To .vdi Using Qemu + VdiTool


 
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Switching From VMWare To VirtualBox: .vmdk To .vdi Using Qemu + VdiTool

This tech tip describes how to switch to VirtualBox if you already have a VMWare virtual machine that you use by showing how to convert a VMWare virtual machine into one that will work on VirtualBox.

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OCF_HEARTBEAT_VMWARE(7) 					OCF resource agents					   OCF_HEARTBEAT_VMWARE(7)

NAME
ocf_heartbeat_vmware - Manages VMWare Server 2.0 virtual machines SYNOPSIS
vmware [start | stop | monitor | meta-data] DESCRIPTION
OCF compliant script to control vmware server 2.0 virtual machines. SUPPORTED PARAMETERS
vmxpath VMX configuration file path (required, string, no default) vimshbin vmware-vim-cmd executable path (optional, string, default /usr/bin/vmware-vim-cmd) SUPPORTED ACTIONS
This resource agent supports the following actions (operations): start Starts the resource. Suggested minimum timeout: 600. stop Stops the resource. Suggested minimum timeout: 600. monitor Performs a detailed status check. Suggested minimum timeout: 30. Suggested interval: 300. meta-data Retrieves resource agent metadata (internal use only). Suggested minimum timeout: 5. EXAMPLE
The following is an example configuration for a vmware resource using the crm(8) shell: primitive p_vmware ocf:heartbeat:vmware params vmxpath=string op monitor timeout="30" interval="300" depth="0" SEE ALSO
http://www.linux-ha.org/wiki/vmware_(resource_agent) AUTHOR
Linux-HA contributors (see the resource agent source for information about individual authors) resource-agents UNKNOWN 03/09/2014 OCF_HEARTBEAT_VMWARE(7)