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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DESCRIPTION

14       "virt-v2v-copy-to-local" copies a guest from a remote hypervisor to the
15       local machine, in preparation for conversion by virt-v2v(1).  Note this
16       tool alone does not do the virt-v2v conversion.
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18   When to use this tool
19       This tool is not usually necessary, but there are a few special cases
20       (see list below) where you might need it.
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22       If your case does not fit one of these special cases, then ignore this
23       tool and read virt-v2v(1) instead.  The virt-v2v-copy-to-local process
24       is slower than using virt-v2v directly, because it has to copy unused
25       parts of the guest disk.
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27       ·   You have a Xen guest using host block devices.  Virt-v2v cannot
28           convert such guests directly.
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30           See virt-v2v-input-xen(1).
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32   How this tool works
33       This tool uses libvirt to get the libvirt XML (metadata) of the remote
34       guest, essentially equivalent to running "virsh dumpxml guest".
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36       It then uses the XML to locate the remote guest disks, which are copied
37       over using a hypervisor-specific method.  It uses ssh for remote Xen
38       hypervisors.
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40       It then modifies the libvirt XML so that it points at the local copies
41       of the guest disks.
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43       The libvirt XML is output to a file called guest.xml (where guest is
44       the name of the guest).  The disk(s) are output to file(s) called
45       guest-disk1, guest-disk2 and so on.
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47       After copying the guest locally, you can convert it using:
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49        virt-v2v -i libvirtxml guest.xml [-o options ...]
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51       Virt-v2v finds the local copies of the disks by looking in the XML.
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EXAMPLES

54   Copy and convert from Xen hypervisor that uses host block devices
55       For full instructions, see virt-v2v-input-xen(1).
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57        virt-v2v-copy-to-local -ic xen+ssh://root@xen.example.com xen_guest
58        virt-v2v -i libvirtxml xen_guest.xml -o local -os /var/tmp
59        rm xen_guest.xml xen_guest-disk*
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OPTIONS

62       --help
63           Display help.
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65       -ic libvirtURI
66           Specify a libvirt connection URI
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68       -ip file
69           Instead of asking for password(s) interactively, pass the password
70           through a file.  Note the file should contain the whole password,
71           without any trailing newline, and for security the file should have
72           mode 0600 so that others cannot read it.
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74           Currently this option does not have any effect on xen+ssh
75           transfers, but that is a bug.
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77       -q
78       --quiet
79           This disables progress bars and other unnecessary output.
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81       -v
82       --verbose
83           Enable verbose messages for debugging.
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85       -V
86       --version
87           Display version number and exit.
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AUTHORS

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

97       Copyright (C) 2009-2020 Red Hat Inc.
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LICENSE

100       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
101       under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
102       Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your
103       option) any later version.
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105       This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
106       WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
107       MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
108       General Public License for more details.
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110       You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
111       with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
112       51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
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BUGS

115       To get a list of bugs against libguestfs, use this link:
116       https://bugzilla.redhat.com/buglist.cgi?component=libguestfs&product=Virtualization+Tools
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118       To report a new bug against libguestfs, use this link:
119       https://bugzilla.redhat.com/enter_bug.cgi?component=libguestfs&product=Virtualization+Tools
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121       When reporting a bug, please supply:
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123       ·   The version of libguestfs.
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125       ·   Where you got libguestfs (eg. which Linux distro, compiled from
126           source, etc)
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128       ·   Describe the bug accurately and give a way to reproduce it.
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130       ·   Run libguestfs-test-tool(1) and paste the complete, unedited output
131           into the bug report.
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