[Libguestfs] virt-v2v -ic question

[Richard W.M. Jones]

On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 04:04:02PM +0300, Shahar Havivi wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am trying to convert from esx server to local directory a VM names CSB,
> Its build from source 77b371b18b6a7ad37105a595931514f542a04396
> 
> When running: 
> LIBGUESTFS_BACKEND=direct ./run ./v2v/virt-v2v -ic "esx://root@10.35.5.45/?no_verify=1" -o local -of raw -os /tmp/v2v CSB
> 
> I get the following:
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> [   0.0] Opening the source -i libvirt -ic esx://root@10.35.5.45/?no_verify=1 CSB
> Enter root's password for 10.35.5.45: 
> Enter host password for user 'root':
> [   4.0] Creating an overlay to protect the source from being modified
> qemu-img: /tmp/v2vovl2305ba.qcow2: Could not open 'json: { "file.cookie" : "vmware_soap_session=\"52d44642-3451-51db-dc36-7621bbc387bd\"", "file.sslverify" : "off", "file.driver" : "https", "file.url" : "https://10.35.5.45/folder/CSB/CSB-flat.vmdk?dcPath=ha-datacenter&dsName=datastore1", "file.timeout" : 60 }': Unknown driver 'https': No such file or directory
> virt-v2v: error: qemu-img command failed, see earlier errors

This error happens because you need to patch qemu-kvm-rhev.  The
patches aren't in our qemu-kvm-rhev yet (see rhvirt-patches for
current status), but I have a patched version of qemu here:

  https://www.redhat.com/archives/libguestfs/2014-May/msg00090.html

> If reporting bugs, run virt-v2v with debugging enabled and include the 
> complete output:
> 
>   virt-v2v -v -x [...]
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> 
> As you can see first I am propmt twice for roots password,

Yes, known bug, of sorts.  It's documented in the manual that it will
ask for the password twice.  We can't really fix it because libvirt
doesn't talk to everyone else.

Rich.

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