OVF/qcow2 Support for VM's

[Johannes1234934]

Hello,

is there a way to deploy a *.ovf or a *.qcow2?
I looked it up, but nothing helped.
If there is a way, can you tell me how to configure, please?

Thank You

[caplam]

ovf is an xml file. It describes the vm. I don't think it's directly compatible with xml used in unraid but you may want to try  by copying pasting xml in the vm description (advanced view)

for qcow2 you have to define disk device with qcow2 type. I think (but not sure ) you have to do this in the xml.

 <disk type='file' device='disk'>
      <driver name='qemu' type='qcow2' cache='writeback'/>
      <source file='/mnt/cache/domains/Windows8/vdisk1.qcow2' index='3'/>
      <backingStore/>
      <target dev='hdc' bus='virtio'/>
      <boot order='1'/>
      <alias name='virtio-disk2'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x08' function='0x0'/>
    </disk>

 

[Johannes1234934]

Thanks for your feedback.
I tried this, but the vm would not start right.
I tried Seabios and changed the lines in XML. But when I start the vm there is a kernel panic error

[Johannes1234934]

You can close this request.
The qcow2 worked, but the Kernel Panic error is from the VM inside, not from unRAID.

Thank you