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[PATCH v3 0/4] common/utils: Move libxml2 writer macros to a common header file.
by Richard W.M. Jones 02 Nov '18

02 Nov '18

v1 was here: https://www.redhat.com/archives/libguestfs/2018-October/msg00047.html v2 was here: https://www.redhat.com/archives/libguestfs/2018-October/msg00051.html v3: - Back to using string/string_format and attribute/attribute_format. - Add both single_element and single_element_format. - Rebased and retested. Rich.

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[PATCH v2 REPOST] lib: Allow db_dump package to be a weak dependency
by Richard W.M. Jones 02 Nov '18

02 Nov '18

We went around the houses a few times last year in order to try to fix this old Debian bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1409024 My last attempt was: https://www.redhat.com/archives/libguestfs/2017-October/msg00058.html which I believe was neither reviewed nor rejected, so I'm reposting the same patch again, simply rebased against current git. Rich.

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[PATCH v2 0/4] common/utils: Move libxml2 writer macros to a common header file.
by Richard W.M. Jones 02 Nov '18

02 Nov '18

v1 was here: https://www.redhat.com/archives/libguestfs/2018-October/msg00047.html However it was broken in a few ways. First of all the documentation was broken because "/**" enhanced comments were not permitted on macros. This is fixed in the new 1/4 patch. Secondly we didn't use single_element() everywhere possible, which is fixed in the new 4/4 patch. Lastly I've enhanced the documentation so it's clear what precise XML is generated. Rich.

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[PATCH v2 0/2] v2v: Split up huge manual page into smaller pages.
by Richard W.M. Jones 02 Nov '18

02 Nov '18

Previously posted: https://www.redhat.com/archives/libguestfs/2018-November/msg00000.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/libguestfs/2018-November/msg00001.html This completes the split and rewrite of the virt-v2v manual to make it much simpler to understand and digest. Rich.

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[PATCH UNFINISHED] v2v: Split up huge manual page into smaller pages.
by Richard W.M. Jones 01 Nov '18

01 Nov '18

This patch is incomplete, but early feedback would be welcome. Rich.

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[PATCH] v2v: copy-to-local: Remove references to using this tool for ESXi.
by Richard W.M. Jones 01 Nov '18

01 Nov '18

virt-v2v is capable of accessing ESXi hypervisors now. There is only one remaining use of this tool - when converting from Xen hypervisors over ssh which are using host block devices for storage. --- v2v/virt-v2v-copy-to-local.pod | 27 ++------------------------- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-) diff --git a/v2v/virt-v2v-copy-to-local.pod b/v2v/virt-v2v-copy-to-local.pod index e06391757..4703aee2f 100644 --- a/v2v/virt-v2v-copy-to-local.pod +++ b/v2v/virt-v2v-copy-to-local.pod @@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ virt-v2v-copy-to-local - Copy a remote guest to the local machine virt-v2v-copy-to-local -ic xen+ssh://root@xen.example.com xen_guest - virt-v2v-copy-to-local -ic esx://root@esxi.example.com vmware_guest - =head1 DESCRIPTION C<virt-v2v-copy-to-local> copies a guest from a remote hypervisor to @@ -35,17 +33,6 @@ convert such guests directly. See L<virt-v2v(1)/XEN OR SSH CONVERSIONS FROM BLOCK DEVICES>. -=item * - -You have VMware ESXi hypervisors, and are not using VMware vCenter to -manage them. Virt-v2v cannot directly access ESXi hypervisor, so you -either have to export the guest as an OVA (eg. using VMware's -C<ovftool>); or you can use this tool to copy the guest to a local -file on the conversion server, from where virt-v2v will be able to -access it. - -See L<virt-v2v(1)/INPUT FROM VMWARE ESXi HYPERVISOR>. - =back =head2 How this tool works @@ -55,7 +42,7 @@ guest, essentially equivalent to running C<virsh dumpxml guest>. It then uses the XML to locate the remote guest disks, which are copied over using a hypervisor-specific method. It uses ssh for -remote Xen hypervisors, and HTTPS (curl) for remote ESXi hypervisors. +remote Xen hypervisors. It then modifies the libvirt XML so that it points at the local copies of the guest disks. @@ -81,15 +68,6 @@ L<virt-v2v(1)/XEN OR SSH CONVERSIONS FROM BLOCK DEVICES>. virt-v2v -i libvirtxml xen_guest.xml -o local -os /var/tmp rm xen_guest.xml xen_guest-disk* -=head2 Copy and convert from ESXi hypervisor - -For full instructions, see -L<virt-v2v(1)/INPUT FROM VMWARE ESXi HYPERVISOR>. - - virt-v2v-copy-to-local -ic esx://root@esxi.example.com?no_verify=1 vmware_guest - virt-v2v -i libvirtxml vmware_guest.xml -o local -os /var/tmp - rm vmware_guest.xml vmware_guest-disk* - =head1 OPTIONS =over 4 @@ -138,8 +116,7 @@ L<virt-v2v(1)>, L<virsh(1)>, L<http://libguestfs.org/>, L<https://libvirt.org/uri.html>, -L<https://libvirt.org/remote.html>, -L<https://libvirt.org/drvesx.html>. +L<https://libvirt.org/remote.html>. =head1 AUTHORS -- 2.19.0.rc0

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