Starting from libguestfs/virt-v2v 1.39.12, virt-v2v attempts to uninstall the VMware tools from Windows guests, so there is no need to remove them manually before the conversion. Thanks to: Ming Xie. --- docs/virt-v2v-input-vmware.pod | 36 ---------------------------------- 1 file changed, 36 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/virt-v2v-input-vmware.pod b/docs/virt-v2v-input-vmware.pod index 11adf1b6..ec905376 100644 --- a/docs/virt-v2v-input-vmware.pod +++ b/docs/virt-v2v-input-vmware.pod @@ -107,18 +107,6 @@ If you find a folder of files called F<I<guest>.vmx>, F<I<guest>.vmxf>, F<I<guest>.nvram> and one or more F<.vmdk> disk images, then you can use this method. -=head2 VMX: Remove VMware tools from Windows guests - -For Windows guests, you should remove VMware tools before conversion. -Although this is not strictly necessary, and the guest will still be -able to run, if you don't do this then the converted guest will -complain on every boot. The tools cannot be removed after conversion -because the uninstaller checks if it is running on VMware and refuses -to start (which is also the reason that virt-v2v cannot remove them). - -This is not necessary for Linux guests, as virt-v2v is able to remove -VMware tools. - =head2 VMX: Guest must be shut down B<The guest must be shut down before conversion starts>. If you don't @@ -320,18 +308,6 @@ Virt-v2v is able to import guests from VMware’s OVA (Open Virtualization Appliance) files. Only OVAs exported from VMware vSphere will work. -=head2 OVA: Remove VMware tools from Windows guests - -For Windows guests, you should remove VMware tools before conversion. -Although this is not strictly necessary, and the guest will still be -able to run, if you don't do this then the converted guest will -complain on every boot. The tools cannot be removed after conversion -because the uninstaller checks if it is running on VMware and refuses -to start (which is also the reason that virt-v2v cannot remove them). - -This is not necessary for Linux guests, as virt-v2v is able to remove -VMware tools. - =head2 OVA: Create OVA To create an OVA in vSphere, use the "Export OVF Template" option @@ -384,18 +360,6 @@ Virt-v2v uses libvirt for access to vCenter, and therefore the input mode should be I<-i libvirt>. As this is the default, you don't need to specify it on the command line. -=head2 vCenter: Remove VMware tools from Windows guests - -For Windows guests, you should remove VMware tools before conversion. -Although this is not strictly necessary, and the guest will still be -able to run, if you don't do this then the converted guest will -complain on every boot. The tools cannot be removed after conversion -because the uninstaller checks if it is running on VMware and refuses -to start (which is also the reason that virt-v2v cannot remove them). - -This is not necessary for Linux guests, as virt-v2v is able to remove -VMware tools. - =head2 vCenter: URI The libvirt URI of a vCenter server looks something like this: -- 2.24.1