Installation guide

Chapter 23. Migrating to KVM from other hypervisors using virt-v2v
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virt-v2v -i libvirtxml -op pool --bridge brname vm-name.xml
virt-v2v -op pool --network netname vm-name
virt-v2v -ic esx://esx.example.com/?no_verify=1 -op pool --bridge brname vm-name
Parameters
-i input Specifies the input method to obtain the guest for conversion. The
default is libvirt. Supported options are:
• libvirt Guest argument is the name of a libvirt domain.
• libvirtxml Guest argument is the path to an XML file containing
a libvirt domain.
-ic URI Specifies the connection to use when using the libvirt input method. If
omitted, this defaults to qemu:///system.
virt-v2v can currently automatically obtain guest storage from local
libvirt connections, ESX connections, and connections over SSH.
Other types of connection are not supported.
-o method Specifies the output method. If no output method is specified, the
default is libvirt. Supported output methods are:
• libvirt, create a libvirt guest. See the -oc and -op options. -op
must be specified for the libvirt output method.
• rhev, create a guest on a Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Export
storage domain, which can later be imported using the manager.
The -osd or Export storage domain must be specified for the rhev
output method.
-oc URI Specifies the libvirt connection to use to create the converted guest.
If omitted, this defaults to qemu:///system. Note that virt-v2v must be
able to write directly to storage described by this libvirt connection.
This makes writing to a remote connection impractical at present.
-op pool Specifies the pool which will be used to create new storage for the
converted guest.
-osd domain Specifies the path to an existing Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization
Export storage domain.
The domain must be in the format <host > <path>; for example,
storage.example.com:/rhev/export. The nfs export must be
mountable and writable by the machine running virt-v2v.
-f file | --config
file
Load the virt-v2v configuration from file. Defaults to /etc/virt-v2v.conf if
it exists.
-n network | --
network network
Map all guest bridges or networks which don't have a mapping in the
configuration file to the specified network.
This option cannot be used in conjunction with --bridge.
-b bridge | --bridge
bridge
Map all guest bridges or networks which don't have a mapping in the
configuration file to the specified bridge.
This option cannot be used in conjunction with --network.
--help Display brief help.