Documentation for virt-v2v.

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Richard W.M. Jones L<http://et.redhat.com/~rjones/>
Matthew Booth L<mbooth@redhat.com>
=head1 COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2009 Red Hat Inc.

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=head1 NAME
virt-v2v - Convert Xen guests to KVM
virt-v2v - Convert Xen or VMWare guests to KVM
=head1 SYNOPSIS
virt-v2v xen_name -o kvm_name
virt-v2v guest.ovf.zip -o kvm_name
virt-v2v guest.img [guest.img ...]
=head1 DESCRIPTION
Virt-v2v converts guests from one virtualization hypervisor to
another. Currently it is limited in what it can convert. See the
table below.
-------------------------------+----------------------------
SOURCE | TARGET
-------------------------------+----------------------------
Xen domain managed by |
libvirt |
|
Xen compatibility: |
- PV or FV kernel | KVM guest managed by
- with or without PV drivers | libvirt
- RHEL 3.9+, 4.8+, 5.3+ | - with virtio drivers
- Windows XP, 2003 |
|
-------------------------------+
|
VMWare VMDK image with |
OVF metadata, exported from |
vSphere |
|
VMWare compatibility: |
- RHEL 3.9+, 4.8+, 5.3+ |
- VMWare tools |
|
-------------------------------+----------------------------
=head2 CONVERTING XEN DOMAINS
For Xen domains managed by libvirt, perform the initial conversion
using:
virt-v2v xen_name -o kvm_name
where C<xen_name> is the libvirt Xen domain name, and C<kvm_name> is
the (new) name for the converted KVM guest.
Then test boot the new guest in KVM:
virsh start kvm_name
virt-viewer kvm_name
When you have verified that this works, shut down the new KVM domain
and I<commit> the changes by doing:
virt-v2v --commit kvm_name
I<This command will destroy the original Xen domain>.
Or you can I<rollback> to the original Xen domain by doing:
virt-v2v --rollback kvm_name
B<Very important note:> Do I<not> try to run both the original Xen
domain and the KVM domain at the same time! This will cause guest
corruption.
=head2 CONVERTING VMWARE GUESTS
I<This section to be written>
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=cut
my $output;
=item B<--output name> | B<-o name>
Set the output guest name.
=cut
=back
=cut
GetOptions ("help|?" => \$help,
"version" => \$version,
"connect|c=s" => \$uri,
"output|o=s" => \$output,
) or pod2usage (2);
pod2usage (1) if $help;
if ($version) {
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Richard W.M. Jones L<http://et.redhat.com/~rjones/>
Matthew Booth L<mbooth@redhat.com>
=head1 COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2009 Red Hat Inc.