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.IX Title "VIRT-CONVERT 1"
.TH VIRT-CONVERT 1 "2020-04-22" "2.2.1" "Virtual Machine Manager"
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.SH "NAME"
virt\-convert \- convert ovf/vmx to native libvirt guests
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
\&\fBvirt-convert\fR \s-1INPUT\s0.vmx|INPUT.ovf|INPUT\-DIR|INPUT.zip [\s-1OPTIONS\s0]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
\&\fBvirt-convert\fR is a command line tool for converting \s-1VMX\s0 or \s-1OVF\s0 virtual
machines to native libvirt \s-1XML.\s0 Disk format conversion can also be done
at the same time.
.PP
The simplest invocation is simply: virt-convert \s-1INPUT. INPUT\s0 might be
a .vmx or .ovf file, a directory containing a .vmx or .ovf file (and
likely 1 or more disk images), or an appliance archive like .zip, .tar.gz,
or .ova. virt-convert will try to do the right thing in each case.
.PP
By default, the virt-convert will convert all encountered disk images
to 'raw' format, sending the output to a new directory location. So the
original disk images are _not_ altered in place.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.IX Header "OPTIONS"
.IP "\fB\-\-connect\fR \s-1URI\s0" 4
.IX Item "--connect URI"
Connect to a non-default hypervisor. See \fBvirt\-install\fR\|(1) for details
.SH "CONVERSION OPTIONS"
.IX Header "CONVERSION OPTIONS"
.IP "\fB\-i\fR INPUT-FORMAT" 4
.IX Item "-i INPUT-FORMAT"
.PD 0
.IP "\fB\-\-input\-format\fR INPUT-FORMAT" 4
.IX Item "--input-format INPUT-FORMAT"
.PD
Input format. This should be auto-detected, but can be forced if necessary. Currently \f(CW\*(C`vmx\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`ovf\*(C'\fR are supported.
.IP "\fB\-D\fR OUTPUT-FORMAT" 4
.IX Item "-D OUTPUT-FORMAT"
.PD 0
.IP "\fB\-\-disk\-format\fR OUTPUT-FORMAT" 4
.IX Item "--disk-format OUTPUT-FORMAT"
.PD
Output disk format. The default is 'raw', so any encountered disk images will be converted to 'raw' format using \fBqemu\-img\fR\|(1). Pass \f(CW\*(C`none\*(C'\fR if no conversion should be performed: in this case the images will just be copied to the specified \-\-destination.
.IP "\fB\-\-destination\fR \s-1DIRECTORY\s0" 4
.IX Item "--destination DIRECTORY"
The directory to send converted/copied disk images. If not specified, the hypervisor default is used, typically /var/lib/libvirt/images.
.SH "MISCELLANEOUS OPTIONS"
.IX Header "MISCELLANEOUS OPTIONS"
.IP "\fB\-\-noautoconsole\fR" 4
.IX Item "--noautoconsole"
Don't automatically try to connect to the guest console. The default behaviour
is to launch \fBvirt\-viewer\fR\|(1) to display the graphical console, or to run the
\&\f(CW\*(C`virsh\*(C'\fR \f(CW\*(C`console\*(C'\fR command to display the text console. Use of this parameter
will disable this behaviour.
.IP "\fB\-\-print\-xml\fR" 4
.IX Item "--print-xml"
Print the generated libvirt \s-1XML,\s0 but do not perform any disk conversions or
install/start the guest. This option implies \-\-dry\-run.
.IP "\fB\-\-dry\-run\fR" 4
.IX Item "--dry-run"
Proceed through the conversion process, but don't convert disks or actually
write any converted files.
.IP "\fB\-h\fR" 4
.IX Item "-h"
.PD 0
.IP "\fB\-\-help\fR" 4
.IX Item "--help"
.PD
Show the help message and exit
.IP "\fB\-\-version\fR" 4
.IX Item "--version"
Show program's version number and exit
.IP "\fB\-q\fR" 4
.IX Item "-q"
.PD 0
.IP "\fB\-\-quiet\fR" 4
.IX Item "--quiet"
.PD
Avoid verbose output.
.IP "\fB\-d\fR" 4
.IX Item "-d"
.PD 0
.IP "\fB\-\-debug\fR" 4
.IX Item "--debug"
.PD
Print debugging information
.SH "EXAMPLES"
.IX Header "EXAMPLES"
Run a fedora18 \s-1OVA\s0 archive:
.PP
.Vb 1
\&  # virt\-convert fedora18.ova
.Ve
.PP
Run an extracted zip archive containing a centos6 .vmx and .vmdk file, converting the images to qcow2 format
.PP
.Vb 1
\&  # virt\-convert centos6/ \-\-disk\-format qcow2
.Ve
.PP
Convert the specified .vmx file. Any references disk images must be in the same directory. Don't change the disk format. Move the disk images to /tmp
.PP
.Vb 1
\&  # virt\-convert foo.vmx \-\-disk\-format none \-\-destination /tmp
.Ve
.SH "BUGS"
.IX Header "BUGS"
Please see <https://virt\-manager.org/bugs>
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
.IX Header "COPYRIGHT"
Copyright (C) Red Hat, Inc, and various contributors.
This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the terms
of the \s-1GNU\s0 General Public License \f(CW\*(C`https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html\*(C'\fR.
There is \s-1NO WARRANTY,\s0 to the extent permitted by law.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.IX Header "SEE ALSO"
\&\fBvirt\-install\fR\|(1), the project website \f(CW\*(C`https://virt\-manager.org\*(C'\fR