[Libguestfs] Migrating file based Xen RHEL5.4 to KVM

[Richard W.M. Jones]

On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 02:13:02AM +0200, Martin Jeppesen wrote:
> I was wondering, if you can help me out with a answer or two about
> migrating file based RHEL5.4 Xen guests to RHEL5.5 KVM?
> 
> Reading the source code to virt-v2v, it seams to me that migrating
> RHEL 5.4 file based guests would be:
> 
> * Log in to the guest
> # yum install kernel
> # vi /etc/rc.local
> modprobe cirrus
> modprobe virtio_blk
> modprobe virtio_net
> 
> # halt -p
> 
> Is it really that simple for RHEL 5.4 guests?
> 
> Should I make any changes to the guest config, when using network
> bridge br0 on KVM for the guests?

CC'd to the mailing list, in case someone knows the answer
to this.

Rich.

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