Information about the package, VMDKstream, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The VMDKstream package is designed for, Python tool to convert raw disk images to stream-optimized VMDK.
Package Name:
VMDKstream
Summary:
Python tool to convert raw disk images to stream-optimized VMDK
Description:
While adding support for VMWare ESX/vSphere to the Image Factory project we discovered that we needed to support the "stream-optimized" variant of VMDK. This module is a first draft attempt to do so. It is known to work on ESXi 4.1. This format is only useful if you are attempting to import virtual machines into ESX using the vSphere SOAP API and HTTP POST uploads of image files. (In which case, it is required.)
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
0.2
Release:
2.el6
Size:
11 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2
Control the VMDKstream package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install VMDKstream
This command will install VMDKstream on the server.
yum remove VMDKstream
This command will un-install VMDKstream on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove VMDKstream, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove VMDKstream
This command will un-install VMDKstream on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove VMDKstream when using the -y flag.
yum update VMDKstream
This command will update VMDKstream to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove VMDKstream, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update VMDKstream
This command will update VMDKstream to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove VMDKstream when using the -y flag.
yum info VMDKstream
This command will show you core information about the VMDKstream package.
yum deplist VMDKstream
This command will show you the dependencies for VMDKstream. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update VMDKstream
This command will check if there is an update waiting on VMDKstream. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.