Re: [Libguestfs] P2V conversion failed with "/run/lvm/lvmetad.socket: connect failed: No such file or directory"

On Tue, Nov 03, 2015 at 03:03:21PM +0530, Chengappa Changz wrote: > Hello Rich, > Greetings! > > It was great connecting with you and, I would like to thank you for your > time and being patient on answering all our queries. > > However, referring to the link -> > http://libguestfs.org/virt-p2v.1.html#how-virt-p2v-works we have a > ambiguity -> i.e. under the section "GUI INTERACTIVE CONFIGURATION" we have > "When you start virt-p2v, you'll see a graphical configuration dialog that > walks you through connection to the conversion server," Have a look at what I wrote here: https://www.redhat.com/archives/libguestfs/2015-November/msg00015.html which will show you how you can diagnose the real problem. > As of now we are using *virt-manager* to get this GUI INTERACTIVE > CONFIGURATION as we are not sure if this is the correct way of invoking GUI, While you can use virt-manager for testing things, that's not the correct way to run virt-p2v to convert a physical machine. Rich. > Attaching the screen shots of the process till where we were *successful > using the virt-manger* > > It would be highly appreciated if you can let us know how we can invoke > this interactive GUI with-out virt-manager so that we could proceed further > with the conversion. > > *Thanks & Regards,* > > *Chengappa M.R* > > Software Designer > Network Function Virtualization | Communication Media Solutions > > cm-r(a)hp.com > M +91 944 934 9647 > Hewlett Packard Company > Bangalore, > India. > > > Please print thoughtfully > > > On 3 November 2015 at 04:45, Richard W.M. Jones <rjones(a)redhat.com&gt; wrote: > > > On Mon, Nov 02, 2015 at 10:59:35PM +0000, Richard W.M. Jones wrote: > > > On Mon, Nov 02, 2015 at 06:51:20PM +0530, Ravi Chaudhary wrote: > > > > Sorry, attached herein is the screenshot > > > > > > This error "unexpected end of file waiting for password prompt" is > > > this bug: > > > > > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1167916#c4 > > > > > > Although it is a bug in virt-p2v -- it should print a clearer error > > > message -- what it really means in this case is that you've got the > > > wrong server name, user or password, or that virt-p2v is unable to > > > contact the server (perhaps because of firewall or network problems). > > > > And by "server", of course I mean the virt-v2v conversion server. > > > > Rich. > > > > -- > > Richard Jones, Virtualization Group, Red Hat > > http://people.redhat.com/~rjones > > Read my programming and virtualization blog: http://rwmj.wordpress.com > > virt-df lists disk usage of guests without needing to install any > > software inside the virtual machine. Supports Linux and Windows. > > http://people.redhat.com/~rjones/virt-df/ > > -- Richard Jones, Virtualization Group, Red Hat http://people.redhat.com/~rjones Read my programming and virtualization blog: http://rwmj.wordpress.com virt-p2v converts physical machines to virtual machines. Boot with a live CD or over the network (PXE) and turn machines into KVM guests. http://libguestfs.org/virt-v2v