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.TH VMWARE2LIBVIRT: "1" "February 2008" "vmware2libvirt: 0.1" "System Administration Utilities"
.SH NAME
vmware2libvirt \- vmware vmx to libvirt xml converter
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B vmware2libvirt
[\fI-q\fR] \fI-f FILE\fR
.SH DESCRIPTION
This program outputs a libvirt xml file based on an existing vmware vmx file
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
\fB\-\-version\fR
show program's version number and exit
.TP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
show this help message and exit
.TP
\fB\-q\fR, \fB\-\-qemu\fR
use qemu instead of kvm
.TP
\fB\-f\fR FILE, \fB\-\-file\fR=\fIFILE\fR
vmware vmx file to convert

.SH USAGE
.PP
To start using a pre-existing vmware image with libvirt, you simply copy the
vmware .vmx file and .vmdk file to a new directory. Then do:

  vmware2libvirt -f ./file.vmx > file.xml
  virsh -c qemu:///system define file.xml

At this point, your vmware image should be available to \fBlibvirt\fR.

.SH CAVEATS
.PP
\fBvmware2libvirt\fR currently will use the first scsi disk if found, otherwise
the first ide disk. It will also use the first ethernet interface found.

.SH SEE ALSO
.PP
 \fBvirsh\fR(1), \fBkvm\fR(1), \fBqemu\fR(1)

.SH AUTHOR
.PP
vmware2libvirt is (C) 2008, Canonical Ltd.

.PP
This manual page was originally written by Jamie Strandboge <jamie@canonical\&.com>