virt-v2v-copy-to-local(1)

1virt-v2v-copy-to-local(1)   Virtualization Support   virt-v2v-copy-to-local(1)
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NAME

6       virt-v2v-copy-to-local - Copy a remote guest to the local machine
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SYNOPSIS

9        virt-v2v-copy-to-local -ic LIBVIRT_URI GUEST
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11        virt-v2v-copy-to-local -ic xen+ssh://root@xen.example.com xen_guest
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13        virt-v2v-copy-to-local -ic esx://root@esxi.example.com vmware_guest
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DESCRIPTION

16       "virt-v2v-copy-to-local" copies a guest from a remote hypervisor to the
17       local machine, in preparation for conversion by virt-v2v(1).  Note this
18       tool alone does not do the virt-v2v conversion.
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20   When to use this tool
21       This tool is not usually necessary, but there are a few special cases
22       (see list below) where you might need it.
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24       If your case does not fit one of these special cases, then ignore this
25       tool and read virt-v2v(1) instead.  The virt-v2v-copy-to-local process
26       is slower than using virt-v2v directly, because it has to copy unused
27       parts of the guest disk.
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29       ·   You have a Xen guest using host block devices.  Virt-v2v cannot
30           convert such guests directly.
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32           See "XEN OR SSH CONVERSIONS FROM BLOCK DEVICES" in virt-v2v(1).
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34       ·   You have VMware ESXi hypervisors, and are not using VMware vCenter
35           to manage them.  Virt-v2v cannot directly access ESXi hypervisor,
36           so you either have to export the guest as an OVA (eg. using
37           VMware's "ovftool"); or you can use this tool to copy the guest to
38           a local file on the conversion server, from where virt-v2v will be
39           able to access it.
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41           See "INPUT FROM VMWARE ESXi HYPERVISOR" in virt-v2v(1).
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43   How this tool works
44       This tool uses libvirt to get the libvirt XML (metadata) of the remote
45       guest, essentially equivalent to running "virsh dumpxml guest".
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47       It then uses the XML to locate the remote guest disks, which are copied
48       over using a hypervisor-specific method.  It uses ssh for remote Xen
49       hypervisors, and HTTPS (curl) for remote ESXi hypervisors.
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51       It then modifies the libvirt XML so that it points at the local copies
52       of the guest disks.
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54       The libvirt XML is output to a file called guest.xml (where guest is
55       the name of the guest).  The disk(s) are output to file(s) called
56       guest-disk1, guest-disk2 and so on.
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58       After copying the guest locally, you can convert it using:
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60        virt-v2v -i libvirtxml guest.xml [-o options ...]
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62       Virt-v2v finds the local copies of the disks by looking in the XML.
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EXAMPLES

65   Copy and convert from Xen hypervisor that uses host block devices
66       For full instructions, see "XEN OR SSH CONVERSIONS FROM BLOCK DEVICES"
67       in virt-v2v(1).
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69        virt-v2v-copy-to-local -ic xen+ssh://root@xen.example.com xen_guest
70        virt-v2v -i libvirtxml xen_guest.xml -o local -os /var/tmp
71        rm xen_guest.xml xen_guest-disk*
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73   Copy and convert from ESXi hypervisor
74       For full instructions, see "INPUT FROM VMWARE ESXi HYPERVISOR" in
75       virt-v2v(1).
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77        virt-v2v-copy-to-local -ic esx://root@esxi.example.com?no_verify=1 vmware_guest
78        virt-v2v -i libvirtxml vmware_guest.xml -o local -os /var/tmp
79        rm vmware_guest.xml vmware_guest-disk*
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OPTIONS

82       --help
83           Display help.
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85       -ic libvirtURI
86           Specify a libvirt connection URI
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88       --password-file file
89           Instead of asking for password(s) interactively, pass the password
90           through a file.  Note the file should contain the whole password,
91           without any trailing newline, and for security the file should have
92           mode 0600 so that others cannot read it.
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94           Currently this option does not have any effect on xen+ssh
95           transfers, but that is a bug.
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97       -q
98       --quiet
99           This disables progress bars and other unnecessary output.
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101       -v
102       --verbose
103           Enable verbose messages for debugging.
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105       -V
106       --version
107           Display version number and exit.
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AUTHORS

115       Richard W.M. Jones http://people.redhat.com/~rjones/
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COPYRIGHT

118       Copyright (C) 2009-2018 Red Hat Inc.
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LICENSE

121       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
122       under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
123       Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your
124       option) any later version.
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126       This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
127       WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
128       MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
129       General Public License for more details.
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131       You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
132       with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
133       51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
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BUGS

136       To get a list of bugs against libguestfs, use this link:
137       https://bugzilla.redhat.com/buglist.cgi?component=libguestfs&product=Virtualization+Tools
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139       To report a new bug against libguestfs, use this link:
140       https://bugzilla.redhat.com/enter_bug.cgi?component=libguestfs&product=Virtualization+Tools
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142       When reporting a bug, please supply:
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144       ·   The version of libguestfs.
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146       ·   Where you got libguestfs (eg. which Linux distro, compiled from
147           source, etc)
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149       ·   Describe the bug accurately and give a way to reproduce it.
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151       ·   Run libguestfs-test-tool(1) and paste the complete, unedited output
152           into the bug report.
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