virt-pack(1)
NAME
virt-pack - convert virtual machines from an image descriptor into
VMware(tm) format
SYNOPSIS
virt-pack [OPTION]... IMAGE.XML
DESCRIPTION
virt-pack is a command line tool for converting virtual machines from
an XML image descriptor "IMAGE.XML" (virt-image(5)) to a VMware(tm)
format machine. The basic configuration of the virtual machine are
taken from the XML descriptor (e.g., disk image files, memory, name,
vcpus) and a new VMware(tm) configuration file is created using these
values. The conversion process requires that all necessary kernel
modules and configuration to boot using VMware are completed prior to
running this tool.
OPTIONS
Any of the options can be omitted, in which case virt-pack will use
defaults when required.
- -h, --help
- Show the help message and exit
- -o OUTPUT , --output=NAME
- Directory in which packaged tar file will be placed
- -d, --debug
- Print debugging information
EXAMPLES
- Convert a guest from "image.xml":
- # virt-pack image.xml
- Convert a guest and output the created file to /tmp
# virt-pack image.xml -o /tmp
AUTHOR
Written by David Lutterkort and Joey Boggs
See the AUTHORS file in the source distribution for the complete list
of credits.
BUGS
Report bugs to the mailing list
"http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/et-mgmt-tools" or directly to
BugZilla "http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/" against the "Fedora"
product, and the "python-virtinst" component.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2006-2008 Red Hat, Inc, and various contributors. This
is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of
the GNU General Public License "http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html".
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
SEE ALSO
- virt-pack(1), virt-image(5), the project website
"http://virt-manager.org"