Convert Citrix Xenserver XVA Image to KVM
qemu-img is a tool apart of the qemu-utils package that lets you convert a wide variety of disk images from one hypervisor to another. However Citrix Xenserver image format XVA is not an option for qemu-img, so lets add it!
Here’s how to convert an XVA image to KVM.
Extract the XVA image.
A XVA file is a carefully created tarball we will need to extract.
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mkdir xva_uncompressedtar -xf virtual_machine.xva -C xva_uncompressed |
Create a raw image
Use xva-img to create a raw disk image from the extracted xva data.
First we will build xva-img:
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Create raw disk image: Note the Ref\:1 may be different.
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xva-img -p disk-export xva_uncompressed/Ref\:1/ virtual_machine.raw |
Convert RAW image to KVM using qemu-img
Install qemu-utils
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#Debian/Ubuntusudo apt-get install qemu-utils#RHEL/CentOS/Fedorasudo yum install qemu-kvm qemu-img |
Covert raw image to qcow2
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qemu-img convert -f raw -O qcow2 virtual_machine.raw virtual_machine.qcow2 |
Import qcow2 disk image to KVM
Import the qcow2 image to your KVM environment, then attach the image to a VM. In my environment, I use oVirt:
