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