P2v Conversion Questions
Hi,
I am in the process of converting a w2k8 physical server to C6.5 kvm. In reading https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/V2V_Guide/sect-V2V_Guide-Configuration_Changes-Configuration_Changes_for_Windows_Virtual_Machines.html It says that virtio-win rpm is required. I know that the virtio-win rpms are not available for CentOS 6.5 but the drivers are available for download at https://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/virtio-win/latest/images/bin/
My question is does any have anyone have any documentation that shows where I should put the virtio-win drivers in order to get a successful migration? Is there any better documentation that I should use to get the migration done?
I have been googling all afternoon with no real progress. Some old threads I
have found seem to indicate that /usr/share/virtio-win is the correct place but those threads are from 2011. I need to do the migration tomorrow and I
would like to be as prepared as possible.
Regards,
9 thoughts on - P2v Conversion Questions
The best “documentation” is that if you don’t personally care to burn your time learning to do virtualization software integration from source code, you use the RPM’s from the upstream vendor. Red Hat’s notes are aimed at RHEL, and the CentOS 6.5 package are built form the latest Red Hat published source with all the patches, integrated with their virt-manager and KVM and other components. Don’t do it from scratch unless you care to spend development time on what should be a plug and play operations.
Good question.
Per the RH docs, a RHN subscription is necessary for the virtio-win package. https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/Virtualization_Host_Configuration_and_Guest_Installation_Guide/chap-Virtualization_Host_Configuration_and_Guest_Installation_Guide-Para_virtualized_drivers.html#sect-Virtualization_Host_Configuration_and_Guest_Installation_Guide-Para_virtualized_drivers-Installing_the_KVM_Windows_para_virtualized_drivers
Maybe this will be helpful. http://asgardian.be/WordPress/2011/11/12/virtualization-kvm-p2v-how-to-prepare-your-windows-to-a-p2v-migration/
http://edoceo.com/howto/kvm-windows-p2v http://rwmj.wordpress.com/2009/10/13/poor-mans-p2v/ <-- in comments somebody migrated Windows 2003 Server and reported success My KVM and Windows experience has been for fresh installs only (where I used the ISO from the Fedora project). Most of my VMs are Linux (go figure!). Out of simplicity, I would attach the virtio-win ISO and attach a temporary virtio disk so the machine would [at least] boot via IDE initially. This presents a couple of extra steps, but it’s a one time thing. I’m definitely interested in better/simpler/efficient solutions if there is one.
Hi,
Am 03.05.2014 22:32, schrieb SilverTip257:
well the ovirt-project[1]
will provide this package “soon” ™.
meanwhile you could try the following:
(this is a quote from the ovirt-users ML)
I didn’t test it myself, so I don’t know if it really works, but
“it should” (ymmv).
HTH
[1] http://www.ovirt.org
PS: ovirt is the upstream project of red hat enterprise virtualization it would be cool to see some integration work with the CentOS virt sig!
:)
That sounds great — were you volunteering? :-)
-George
Well, I’d love to, but have not the time atm, sorry.
Am 06.05.2014 13:18, schrieb George Dunlap:
Hi,
That is what I was looking for. I never thought to look there. Thank you.
I agree that would be nice but as I read the license, it cannot be redistributed. Obviously, Red Hat can do as they wish, since it is already on the ovirt site. I wonder if they will extend that to CentOS?
OTOH, it is trivial to build the rpm, so I am not sure it is worth putting lot of effort into it. The hard part was finding the src.rpm and that was only hard because I was looking in the wrong place.
Regards,
Quickly scanning some of the files I found some GPLed and some under a weird IBM license (which allows redistribution).
I didn’t find anything which does not permit redistribution. Maybe you can point me in the right direction?
CC’ing Itamar who can maybe give some insight into virtio-win licenses.
Am 06.05.2014 14:56, schrieb me@tdiehl.org:
I just looked at the license on the rpm. It is located at
/usr/share/doc/virtio-win-1.6.8/virtio-win_license.txt
I did not look at the individual licenses.
Regards,
And here is the link:
https://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/virtio-win/
Am 12.05.2014 12:58, schrieb Itamar Heim: