[Libguestfs] Virtio-win RPM?

[Greg Scott]

But that export is only in the context of the process where you set it, right?  So if I export LIBGUESTFS_TRACE=1 in a terminal window and then virt-p2v-server starts up in a different process, how does virt-p2v-server get its copy of that global variable?

Here's an experiment - as you can see below, when I export a variable named GREG, another newly created process does not know about it.

[root at FedoraP2V ~]#
[root at FedoraP2V ~]# export GREG=1
[root at FedoraP2V ~]# echo $GREG
1
[root at FedoraP2V ~]# ssh -l root 0
The authenticity of host '0 (0.0.0.0)' can't be established.
RSA key fingerprint is 89:63:db:18:0d:bf:95:46:cb:a8:0e:ac:62:58:2b:58.
Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? yes
Warning: Permanently added '0,0.0.0.0' (RSA) to the list of known hosts.
root at 0's password:
Last login: Mon Nov 21 16:12:24 2011 from fedorap2v
[root at FedoraP2V ~]# echo $GREG

[root at FedoraP2V ~]#


But if I export LIBGUESTFS_TRACE=1 and then start up a copy of virt-p2v-server in the same window by hand, I wonder if this copy will answer the inbound request from the physical machine, or if the migration server will start up another copy?

- Greg


-----Original Message-----
From: Brian Gold [mailto:bgold at simons-rock.edu] 
Sent: Monday, November 21, 2011 3:35 PM
To: Greg Scott; 'Richard W.M. Jones'
Cc: 'Fredy Hernández'; libguestfs at redhat.com
Subject: RE: [Libguestfs] Virtio-win RPM?

No need for the second line. /usr/bin/virt-p2v-server is started by the p2v client remotely when it connects. All you should need to do on the p2v server is the first line, and then watch the stdout on your screen as the p2v conversion works its magic.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Greg Scott [mailto:GregScott at Infrasupport.com]
> Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2011 3:45 PM
> To: Brian Gold; Richard W.M. Jones
> Cc: Fredy Hernández; libguestfs at redhat.com
> Subject: RE: [Libguestfs] Virtio-win RPM?
> 
> So something like -
> 
> # export LIBGUESTFS_TRACE=1
> # /usr/bin/virt-p2v-server > /home/gregs/p2vtrace.log
> 
> And then fire up another P2V from the source physical server?
> 
> - Greg
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian Gold [mailto:bgold at simons-rock.edu]
> Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2011 2:25 PM
> To: Greg Scott; Richard W.M. Jones
> Cc: Fredy Hernández; libguestfs at redhat.com
> Subject: Re: [Libguestfs] Virtio-win RPM?
> 
> I've had good luck using F14 as a P2V server. You should be able to get the trace output by typing this on the cli on the p2v server itself:
> "export LIBGUESTFS_TRACE=1". Then, when you kick off the p2v conversion, your p2v server will start spitting out tons of debug
> logging to stout.