[Libguestfs] More notes on virt-v2v 1.27.27

[Shahar Havivi]

On 15.08.14 17:45, Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
> [Shahar: Let's discuss virt-v2v & oVirt integration on the public
> mailing list from now on.]
> 
> New in 1.27.27:
> 
> * What we previously called `-o ovf' -- ie the ability to export just
> the OVF metadata -- has been implemented but in a slightly different
> way.  You can now use:
> 
>   virt-v2v [...] -o rhev --no-copy -os remote:/esd
>                          ^^^^^^^^^
> 
> This means do the conversion and produce the metadata, but don't
> bother copying the disks.  This flag is of course applicable to other
> output methods.
> 
> * You can use the options --rhev-image-uuid, --rhev-vol-uuid and
How do we set multiple image-uuids?
> --rhev-vm-uuid to control the UUIDs used when exporting to oVirt.  As
> previously discussed this lets the OVF produced by the --no-copy
> option be relatively stable.
> 
> * There is now a fairly minimal test suite which is run on every
> release (`make check-release').  See `v2v/test-*.sh'.
> 
> It tests that the virt-v2v command line flags all work, and that a
> handful of real guests don't break virt-v2v.
> 
> However it does *not* test that conversion is successful or that the
> guest will boot on the target.  That will be done by a more
> sophisticated test suite which I'm writing which unfortunately cannot
> be fully released in public because it contains proprietary guests
> eg Windows.
> 
> * The `-o libvirt' target has now been implemented.
> 
> * A lot of code clean ups, bug fixes etc.
> 
> Rich.
> 
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