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From 14c456c0f5d9caad9aedc5abb7b6a025ac09e7bd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
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2020-11-03 11:58:07 +00:00
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From: Pino Toscano <ptoscano@redhat.com>
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Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2019 12:12:26 +0100
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Subject: [PATCH] docs: remove paragraph about VMware tools on Windows
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(RHBZ#1785528)
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Starting from libguestfs/virt-v2v 1.39.12, virt-v2v attempts to
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uninstall the VMware tools from Windows guests, so there is no need to
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remove them manually before the conversion.
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Thanks to: Ming Xie.
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(cherry picked from commit 397b4a90d16f4eb116d55605cbdf3bd844108315
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in virt-v2v)
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---
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v2v/virt-v2v-input-vmware.pod | 36 -----------------------------------
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1 file changed, 36 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/v2v/virt-v2v-input-vmware.pod b/v2v/virt-v2v-input-vmware.pod
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index 3acdd773e..16ddb045f 100644
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--- a/v2v/virt-v2v-input-vmware.pod
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+++ b/v2v/virt-v2v-input-vmware.pod
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@@ -106,18 +106,6 @@ If you find a folder of files called F<I<guest>.vmx>,
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F<I<guest>.vmxf>, F<I<guest>.nvram> and one or more F<.vmdk> disk
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images, then you can use this method.
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-=head2 VMX: Remove VMware tools from Windows guests
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-For Windows guests, you should remove VMware tools before conversion.
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-Although this is not strictly necessary, and the guest will still be
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-able to run, if you don't do this then the converted guest will
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-complain on every boot. The tools cannot be removed after conversion
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-because the uninstaller checks if it is running on VMware and refuses
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-to start (which is also the reason that virt-v2v cannot remove them).
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-
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-This is not necessary for Linux guests, as virt-v2v is able to remove
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-VMware tools.
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-
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=head2 VMX: Guest must be shut down
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B<The guest must be shut down before conversion starts>. If you don't
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@@ -319,18 +307,6 @@ Virt-v2v is able to import guests from VMware’s OVA (Open
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Virtualization Appliance) files. Only OVAs exported from VMware
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vSphere will work.
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-=head2 OVA: Remove VMware tools from Windows guests
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-
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-For Windows guests, you should remove VMware tools before conversion.
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-Although this is not strictly necessary, and the guest will still be
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-able to run, if you don't do this then the converted guest will
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-complain on every boot. The tools cannot be removed after conversion
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-because the uninstaller checks if it is running on VMware and refuses
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-to start (which is also the reason that virt-v2v cannot remove them).
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-
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-This is not necessary for Linux guests, as virt-v2v is able to remove
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-VMware tools.
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-
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=head2 OVA: Create OVA
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To create an OVA in vSphere, use the "Export OVF Template" option
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@@ -383,18 +359,6 @@ Virt-v2v uses libvirt for access to vCenter, and therefore the input
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mode should be I<-i libvirt>. As this is the default, you don't need
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to specify it on the command line.
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-=head2 vCenter: Remove VMware tools from Windows guests
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-
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-For Windows guests, you should remove VMware tools before conversion.
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-Although this is not strictly necessary, and the guest will still be
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-able to run, if you don't do this then the converted guest will
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-complain on every boot. The tools cannot be removed after conversion
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-because the uninstaller checks if it is running on VMware and refuses
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-to start (which is also the reason that virt-v2v cannot remove them).
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-
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-This is not necessary for Linux guests, as virt-v2v is able to remove
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-VMware tools.
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-
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=head2 vCenter: URI
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The libvirt URI of a vCenter server looks something like this:
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--
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2.18.4
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2020-11-03 11:58:07 +00:00
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