virt-pack1

Usage

Overview

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