Re: [Libguestfs] virt-v2v - Unable to authenticate to vCenter as DOMAIN\user

On 22 Dec 2014, at 7:50 pm, Richard W.M. Jones <rjones(a)redhat.com&gt; wrote: > On Mon, Dec 22, 2014 at 02:03:50PM +1100, Ben Hooper wrote: > Hi, > > I am encountering an issue with virt-v2v where I need to authenticate to the vCenter as DOMAIN\user. > > I have tried the following with the resulting errors: > > 1. 'virt-v2v -v -x -ic 'vpx://vcenter/Datacenter/cluster_name/esx_server?no_verify=1' vm_name -o local -of raw -os /tmp' > - prompted for username password > - entered 'DOMAIN\User' as username > - successfully retrieves libvirt xml > - errors with 'virt-v2v: error: vcenter: incorrect username or password.' > > 2. virt-v2v -v -x -ic 'vpx://DOMAIN\user@vcenter/Datacenter/cluster_name/esx_server?no_verify=1' vm_name -o local -of raw -os /tmp > - errors immediately with virt-v2v: error: could not parse '-ic > vpx://DOMAIN\user@vcenter/Datacenter/cluster_name/esx_server?no_verify=1'. > Original error message was: parse_uri: unable to parse URI > > What is the correct syntax for entering the authenticating user as 'DOMAIN\user' for virt-v2v? That's a very good question, and I have no idea at all :-( > [root@virt-v2v ~]# virt-v2v -v -x -ic 'vpx://DOMAIN\user@vcenter/Datacenter/cluster_name/esx_server?no_verify=1' vm_name -o local -of raw -os /tmp > virt-v2v: error: could not parse '-ic > vpx://DOMAIN\user@vcenter/Datacenter/cluster_name/esx_server?no_verify=1'. > Original error message was: parse_uri: unable to parse URI How about trying this URL: -ic 'vpx://DOMAIN%5cuser@vcenter/Datacenter/cluster_name/esx_server?no_verify=1' Note that %5c is the URL escape for backslash. Rich. -- Richard Jones, Virtualization Group, Red Hat http://people.redhat.com/~rjones Read my programming and virtualization blog: http://rwmj.wordpress.com libguestfs lets you edit virtual machines. Supports shell scripting, bindings from many languages. http://libguestfs.org