[Libguestfs] [PATCH v3 5/5] v2v: better explain --in-place

Roman Kagan rkagan at virtuozzo.com
Fri Mar 18 09:36:04 UTC 2016


On Fri, Mar 18, 2016 at 09:08:21AM +0000, Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 04:54:49PM +0300, Roman Kagan wrote:
> > It seems that the documentation for --in-place mode of v2v wasn't clear
> > enough, so try to explain it better.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Roman Kagan <rkagan at virtuozzo.com>
> > ---
> >  v2v/virt-v2v.pod | 3 ++-
> >  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/v2v/virt-v2v.pod b/v2v/virt-v2v.pod
> > index 14da764..e7b9558 100644
> > --- a/v2v/virt-v2v.pod
> > +++ b/v2v/virt-v2v.pod
> > @@ -348,7 +348,8 @@ format in the metadata.
> >  
> >  Do not create an output virtual machine in the target hypervisor.
> >  Instead, adjust the guest OS in the source VM to run in the input
> > -hypervisor.
> > +hypervisor (which is also the target one in this case) on the virtual
> > +hardware defined in the VM configuration.
> >  
> >  This mode is meant for integration with other toolsets, which take the
> >  responsibility of converting the VM configuration, providing for
> 
> This is not nearly enough documentation.  We should probably have
> an "IN PLACE" subsection in the manual which explains exactly what
> is going on.

Makes sense, thanks, I'll try to come up with a new section.

Roman.




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