[Users] How to import KVM machines into oVirt iSCSI

[Itamar Heim]

On 05/02/2013 17:45, Nicolas Ecarnot wrote:
> Le 04/02/2013 16:17, Nicolas Ecarnot a écrit :
>> Now, the problem comes with migrating windows vmachines. I read here
>> at 3.3.1.2 :
>> https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Virtualization/3.1/html/V2V_Guide/sect-RHEV_Converting_a_Virtual_Machine.html#sect-Preparing_to_Convert_a_Virtual_Machine
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>> that I had to install three things, more or less optional : -
>> virtio-win (this one seems mandatory, as I'm getting the error :
>> virt-v2v: blah blah blah missing :
>> /usr/share/virtio-win/drivers/i386/WinXP or whatever windows OS - I
>> tried many) - libguestfs-winsupport (I don't know whether it is
>> mandatory, as I'm hitting the bug above.It seems important as it
>> seems related to the file system, so quite useful) - Guest Tools ISO
>> (this one seems to be similar to VmWare tools, if I understood it
>> well), so I don't know if it's an improvement only, neither where to
>> find it for oVirt and Fedora.
>>
>> Regards,
>
> Hu ho, I think I hit this bug :
>
> http://thr3ads.net/libguestfs/2011/11/1623975-Virtio-win-RPM
> and
> http://thr3ads.net/libguestfs/2011/11/1624040-Windows-P2V-migration-temporary-recipe
>
>
> I have a RHN account, so I was able to download the missing virtio-win
> rpm and install it on F17 (seemless).
> Import is now working for windows guest, though some more errors are to
> be treated manually (eth virtio errors), but harmless.
>

how about wiki-fying this thread for others?

Thanks,
    Itamar