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