[Users] virt-v2v windows 2003 migration issue

Jakub Bittner j.bittner at nbu.cz
Thu Nov 21 02:56:10 EST 2013


Dne 20.11.2013 19:52, Richard W.M. Jones napsal(a):
> On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 07:25:16PM +0100, Jakub Bittner wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I've been trying to convert libvirtd managed kvm guest which runs
>> windows 2003 (with virtio driver installed), but it failed in the
>> end.
>>
>> Command:
>>
>> virt-v2v -i libvirt -ic qemu+ssh://user@node.example.com/system -o
>> rhev -os 10.50.98.15:/backup_nfs -of qcow2 -oa sparse -n ovirtmgmt
>> windows2003
>>
>> Error reported
>>
>> virt-v2v: No app in config matches os='windows' name='virtio'
>> distro='windows' major='5' minor='2' arch='i386'
> FWIW this corresponds to Windows Server 2003 R2 as you said above.  So
> I guess that your /var/lib/virt-v2v/virt-v2v.db or /etc/virt-v2v.conf
> doesn't contain an OS matching this.
>
> However my copy of virt-v2v.db certainly *does* have it:
>
>    <app os='windows' major='5' minor='2' arch='x86_64' name='virtio'>
>      <path>/usr/share/virtio-win/drivers/amd64/Win2003</path>
>    </app>
>
> I can't remember how this is added.  Maybe you need to install the
> virtio-win drivers?
>
>> Iam running virt-v2v on Fedora 19. OVirt is 3.3.0 version..
> You probably want to ask Matt Booth about this ...
>
> Rich.
>
Hello,
thank you for reply. I added windows 2003 entry, copied files from 
virtio-win iso to directory, but it failed again. I give it up, because 
converting is way too slow and always fails in the end. I found, that 
best way to convert virtual machine is with clonezilla and nfs.


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