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<DIV>Thanks for the clarification.</DIV>
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<DIV>So we could use even .vdi format. I was trying to find out a format to generate by p2v tool, then import on another pc. Modified OVF seems to be the way to go.</DIV>
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<DIV>- Huihong<BR><BR>--- On <B>Wed, 9/9/09, Achim Hasenmueller <I><achim@sun.com></I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV>
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<DIV id=yiv1255404569>OVF is a very broad spec, it doesn't say much about the things that the OVF files refer to. You can put in whatever container format you like. It just happens that streaming VMDK are most suitable because they are compressed.<BR>
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<DIV>On Sep 9, 2009, at 16:30 , Huihong Luo wrote:</DIV><BR class=Apple-interchange-newline>
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<TD vAlign=top>That's what I thought about using diff. We can try to impl it.<BR><BR>I wanted to use it from original place, for example, P2V vm is 250G in size for my laptop, importing will take very long time. <BR><BR>A simple question, is compression optional? or is it mandatory by spec? I noticed Citrix uses uncompressed VHD for OVF disk.<BR><BR>--- On <B>Wed, 9/9/09, Achim Hasenmueller <I><<A href="http://us.mc343.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=achim@sun.com" target=_blank rel=nofollow ymailto="mailto:achim@sun.com">achim@sun.com</A>></I></B> wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid"><BR>From: Achim Hasenmueller <<A href="http://us.mc343.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=achim@sun.com" target=_blank rel=nofollow ymailto="mailto:achim@sun.com">achim@sun.com</A>><BR>Subject: Re: [vbox-dev] GUI feature request<BR>To: "Christian Pötzsch" <<A href="http://us.mc343.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=Christian.Poetzsch@sun.com" target=_blank rel=nofollow ymailto="mailto:Christian.Poetzsch@sun.com">Christian.Poetzsch@sun.com</A>><BR>Cc: "Huihong Luo" <<A href="http://us.mc343.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=huisinro@yahoo.com" target=_blank rel=nofollow ymailto="mailto:huisinro@yahoo.com">huisinro@yahoo.com</A>>, <A href="http://us.mc343.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=vbox-dev@virtualbox.org" target=_blank rel=nofollow ymailto="mailto:vbox-dev@virtualbox.org">vbox-dev@virtualbox.org</A><BR>Date: Wednesday, September 9, 2009, 7:20 AM<BR><BR>
<DIV class=plainMail>I think they support random reads but not random writes. So using a snapshot on them, it could work.<BR><BR>Volunteers to implement that? Huihong?<BR><BR>Achim.<BR><BR>On Sep 9, 2009, at 13:36 , Christian Pötzsch wrote:<BR><BR>> Hi,<BR>> <BR>> Huihong Luo wrote:<BR>>> For OVF import, I wonder if can add a checkbox to tell whether or not<BR>>> clone the virtual disk. For large files, use it from original place is<BR>> ideal<BR>> <BR>> this is not possible. The VMDK's used in the OVF export are in a<BR>> compressed format. It is not possible to use that format for working<BR>> with the VM's.<BR>> <BR>> Christian<BR>> <BR>> --Dr. Christian Pötzsch Sun Microsystems <A href="http://www.sun.com/" target=_blank rel=nofollow>http://www.sun.com/</A><BR>> <BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>> vbox-dev mailing list<BR>> <A
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