[Libguestfs] virt-v2v conversion of Windows > 7 (was: Re: virt-v2v-1.28.1-1.49.el7.x86_64)

[Richard W.M. Jones]

On Thu, Aug 06, 2015 at 05:52:57PM -0400, Chris Conn wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am following
> https://www.redhat.com/archives/libguestfs/2015-April/msg00038.html
> and have added this repo to my Centos7 server:
> 
> [libguestfs-RHEL-7.1-preview]
> name=libguestfs RHEL 7.1 preview - x86_64
> baseurl=http://people.redhat.com/~rjones/libguestfs-RHEL-7.2-preview/
> enabled=1
> gpgcheck=0
> 
> Is this the correct repo location as when I convert using virt-v2vb
> a Win2012R2 server I still get the error that > win7 cannot be
> converted:

Yes, this is correct.

> [  91.0] Converting Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard to run on KVM
> virt-v2v: error: virt-v2v cannot be used to convert Windows > 7 / 2008R2
> (see https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1190669)
> 
> If reporting bugs, run virt-v2v with debugging enabled and include the
> complete output:
> 
> 
> How is this possible if I am using the preview packages?

No, it's not possible.  See the bug that is linked in the output.

It is possible with virt-v2v from Fedora 22; however it may not
be reliable.  It's something we hope to get working properly
for RHEL 7.3.

Rich.

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