[libvirt] Using ESX domain XML for V2V

[Daniel P. Berrange]

On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 12:04:50PM +0100, Matthias Bolte wrote:
> 2010/1/15 Matthias Bolte <matthias.bolte at googlemail.com>:
> > 2010/1/14 Matthew Booth <mbooth at redhat.com>:
> >> I'm trying to use the ESX driver to extract metadata from ESX in an easily
> >> digestible form for driving V2V. I've noticed the domain XML seems to be
> >> missing a few bits:
> >>
> >> <features/>
> >
> > This is currently not implemented, but could be by parsing the CPUIDs.
> > This is on my todo list.
> >
> >> <graphics/>
> >
> > VMware seems to use a certain type of VNC for this, but they use a
> > custom authentication mechanism. There is a Firefox plugin for that
> > (vmware-mks.xpi), but IIRC its Windows only. I think this could be
> > implemented but there is more research necessary what to expose as
> > graphics element.

Interesting - if there is any docs or source code illustrating this
auth mechanism we could try and hook it into GTK-VNC and see if it
really does have normalish VNC
 
> Okay, I should have looked at this in more detail before answering...
> 
> ESX (at least 4.0) supports normal VNC as well. It can be enabled by adding
> 
> RemoteDisplay.vnc.enabled = "true"
> RemoteDisplay.vnc.port = "<port>"
> RemoteDisplay.vnc.password = "password"
> 
> to the VMX config. I tested it and it works, but I had to manually
> open the VNC port range in the ESX firewall using the VI client GUI. I
> think this can be done using the VI API, but I'm not sure whether the
> ESX driver should do this automatically or if proper firewall
> configuration should stay a responsibility of the user.

That's the responsibility of hte ESX admin, in same way the Linux host
admin has to open the firewall for VNC when using KVM/Xen

Daniel
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