On Tue, Apr 24, 2018 at 11:20 PM, Jack Bailey jack@internetguy.net wrote:
What is the correct way to provide a CentOS 7 - WMware image for ESX ?
You are probably looking for VMware Converter which can p2v or v2v.
IMO: if you are creating a VM image which is a binary blob or image then you are doing it wrong. Have the VM/server/desktop be a simple next/next/next install and the incorporate a config management tool (puppet/ansible/etc) to make it the way you like it. VM-as-code if you will. This results in a reproducible thing instead of an unmanageable thing.
I'm doing this sort of thing, and frankly, VMware Converter would be my last choice.
One project uses packer, the other, a combination of shell scripts, genisoimage, and Virtualbox's vboxmanage. Both projects build a VM and export it to an OVA. Example usage, these are great for creating new VMs from the CentOS rolling ISOs.
Glad to know I am not the only one using packer...
As for getting the OVA into vSphere's inventory, I'm using Powershell (Ansible's VMware support wasn't so great when I was working on the projects).
Jack
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