xva-img1

Usage

Overview

xva-image is a tool to generate disk images from Citrix XenServer .xva VM images as well as to generate .xva VM images from raw disks and the according ova.xml files.

Options

-h, --help Show summary of options.

-v, --version Show version of program.

-p, --progress Show progress.

-s, --sparse Create sparse files on export.

-i, --ignore-checksum Only warn on failed checksum.

Commands

package <xva-file> <file> [ ,<file>... ]

disk-export <xva-disk> <disk-image>

disk-import <xva-disk> <disk-image>

Examples

Extract the XVA file:

    $ mkdir my-virtual-machine
    $ tar -xf my-virtual-machine.xva -C my-virtual-machine
    $ chmod -R 755 my-virtual-machine

Extract one of the disks:

    $ xva-img -p disk-export my-virtual-machine/Ref\:1/ disk.raw

Splice the disk file (remove all files in the folder, required not to make any unnecessary mistakes):

    $ rm -rf my-virtual-machine/Ref\:1/*
    $ xva-img -p disk-import my-virtual-machine/Ref1\:/ disk.raw

Rebuild the XVA file:

    $ xva-img -p package my-virtual-machine-fixed.xva my-virtual-machine/ova.xml my-virtual-machine/Ref\:1/

Convert raw image to qcow2:

    $ qemu-img convert -f raw -O qcow2 disk.raw disk.qcow2