Commit 2c91610ab3 ("v2v/input_libvirt_xen_ssh.ml: Remove obsolete error check.") was incomplete. We no longer need to use the direct backend to work around bug 1140166, because we use nbdkit + the ssh plugin instead of qemu's ssh backend. The manual page still mentioned this. Fixes: commit 2c91610ab35ad1e8b49596bcaa94731c67031180 Thanks: Xiaodai Wang, Laszlo Ersek --- docs/virt-v2v-input-xen.pod | 8 +------- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/virt-v2v-input-xen.pod b/docs/virt-v2v-input-xen.pod index cd3210bf67..857a70956f 100644 --- a/docs/virt-v2v-input-xen.pod +++ b/docs/virt-v2v-input-xen.pod @@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ virt-v2v-input-xen - Using virt-v2v to convert guests from Xen =head1 SYNOPSIS - export LIBGUESTFS_BACKEND=direct virt-v2v -ic 'xen+ssh://root@xen.example.com' -ip passwordfile GUEST_NAME [-o* options] @@ -69,8 +68,7 @@ below for a workaround. To import a particular guest from a Xen server, do: - $ LIBGUESTFS_BACKEND=direct \ - virt-v2v -ic 'xen+ssh://root@xen.example.com' \ + $ virt-v2v -ic 'xen+ssh://root@xen.example.com' \ rhel49-x86_64-pv \ -o local -os /var/tmp @@ -81,10 +79,6 @@ In this case the output flags are set to write the converted guest to a temporary directory as this is just an example, but you can also write to libvirt or any other supported target. -Setting the L<backend|guestfs(3)/BACKEND> to C<direct> is a temporary -workaround until -L<libvirt bug 1140166|https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1140166> is fixed. - =head2 Xen or ssh conversions from block devices Currently virt-v2v cannot directly access a Xen guest (or any guest