[Libguestfs] [PATCH 3/8] ESX: Import guests from VMware's ESX server

[Richard W.M. Jones]

On Mon, Feb 01, 2010 at 05:23:31PM +0000, Matthew Booth wrote:
> This change adds the ability to import a guest and its storage from VMware's ESX
> server using the LibVirt connection.
> 
> An example command line:
> 
> virt-v2v -ic 'esx://yellow.marston/?no_verify=1' -op transfer RHEL5-64
> 
> This will import the guest RHEL5-64 from esx server yellow.marston, copying its
> storage to a local pool called transfer.
> 
> Sys::VirtV2V::Connection is refactored to be a superclass. Subclasses are now
> created explicitly by virt-v2v.pl rather than using a generic instantiate
> mechanism.
> 
> Sys::VirtV2V::Connection::LibVirt knows explicitly about ESX, and will use the
> new Sys::VirtV2V::Transfer::ESX to fetch its storage.
> 
> virt-v2v.pl is updated to reflect the other changes.

This is pretty similar to the previous version of the patch, ACK.

Rich.

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