[Libguestfs] fetching virt-p2v GUI on fedora 21

[Richard W.M. Jones]

On Thu, Oct 08, 2015 at 12:17:09PM +0000, M R, Chengappa (NFV BU) wrote:
> We have our conversion server in place, but we would like to know
> how could we initiate virt-p2v GUI from my physical server, we have
> difficulties understanding this -> When you start virt-p2v, you'll
> see a graphical configuration dialog that walks you through
> connection to the conversion server, asks for the password, which
> local hard disks you want to convert, and other things like the name
> of the guest to create and the number of virtual CPUs to give it.
>
> How do we start virt-p2v on a fedora 21

What you need to do is to make or download a virt-p2v ISO, and boot
the physical machine using that.

You can make the ISO by following the instructions here:

http://libguestfs.org/virt-p2v-make-disk.1.html
http://libguestfs.org/virt-p2v-make-kickstart.1.html

but you may find it easier to download one that we provide:

http://oirase.annexia.org/virt-p2v/Fedora-22/
or http://oirase.annexia.org/virt-p2v/RHEL-7.2-preview/

You cannot run the virt-p2v program directly on the source physical
machine.  It has to be booted off the ISO.

Rich.

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