NAME

       xva-img - Citrix XenServer .xva disk extraction tool

SYNOPSIS

       xva-img [OPTION] [COMMAND]...

DESCRIPTION

       xva-image  is  a tool to generate disk images from Citrix XenServer .xva VM images as well as to generate
       .xva VM images from raw disks and the according ova.xml files.

OPTIONS

       -h, --help Show summary of options.

       -v, --version Show version of program.

       -p, --progress Show progress.

       -s, --sparse Create sparse files on export.

       -i, --ignore-checksum Only warn on failed checksum.

COMMANDS

       package <xva-file> <file> [ ,<file>... ]

       disk-export <xva-disk> <disk-image>

       disk-import <xva-disk> <disk-image>

EXAMPLES

       Extract the XVA file:

           $ mkdir my-virtual-machine
           $ tar -xf my-virtual-machine.xva -C my-virtual-machine
           $ chmod -R 755 my-virtual-machine

       Extract one of the disks:

           $ xva-img -p disk-export my-virtual-machine/Ref\:1/ disk.raw

       Splice the disk file (remove all files in the folder, required not to make any unnecessary mistakes):

           $ rm -rf my-virtual-machine/Ref\:1/*
           $ xva-img -p disk-import my-virtual-machine/Ref1\:/ disk.raw

       Rebuild the XVA file:

           $ xva-img -p package my-virtual-machine-fixed.xva my-virtual-machine/ova.xml my-virtual-machine/Ref\:1/

       Convert raw image to qcow2:

           $ qemu-img convert -f raw -O qcow2 disk.raw disk.qcow2

SEE ALSO

       chmod(1), mkdir(1), qemu-img(1), rm(1), tar(1).

AUTHORS

       xva-img was written by Erik Lax.

       This manpage was written by Francisco Vilmar Cardoso Ruviaro for the Debian project (but may be  used  by
       others).

xva-img-1.5.0                                    31 January 2024                                      xva-img(1)