[ovirt-devel] virt-v2v integration feature

[Richard W.M. Jones]

On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 03:11:37PM +0300, Itamar Heim wrote:
> On 09/10/2014 02:55 PM, Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
> >On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 01:36:59PM +0300, Itamar Heim wrote:
> >>- Windows VMs - v2v would need to make sure relevant iso is in the iso
> >>   domain probably with the drivers expected by v2v?
> >
> >I'm not 100% sure how this works, but I'll tell you what virt-v2v does
> >(which is the same as old virt-v2v).  It installs RHEV-APT (.exe) in
> >the guest and ensures it runs at first boot.  Does RHEV-APT need an
> >ISO to work?  I was under the impression that the executable contained
> >the drivers needed in itself.
> >
> >Rich.
> >
> 
> rhev-apt (can't remember the upstream name of the top of my head) is
> just a utility that automatically installs/updates the tools based
> on:
> - detecting there is an ISO
> - detecting the ISO is a rhev-tools iso
> - detecting the ISO is properly signed
> - run the various installers
> 
> so yes, we need to make sure if the converted VM is a windows VM,
> there is an ISO (and attach it to the VM).
> 
> how/where does v2v get rhev-apt from btw?

Very good question!  Both old and current virt-v2v use a binary (added
to the RHEL build) which Matt extracted from rhev-apt, probably an old
version.  I have no idea where it comes from, and I doubt it is up to
date.

  $ grep RHEV-App libguestfs.spec 
  Source7:       RHEV-Application_Provisioning_Tool_46267.exe

> (not sure the newly introduced ovirt windows guest driver iso has
> installers yet).

Something we can build from source using the mingw-* chain would be
useful, otherwise we can never add this to Fedora.

Rich.

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