Bug 1415582

Summary: [Docs][RFE][VMM] virt-v2v from RHEL Xen: Document virt-v2v workaround for converting VM with block device
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager Reporter: Tahlia Richardson <trichard>
Component: DocumentationAssignee: Avital Pinnick <apinnick>
Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE QA Contact: Tahlia Richardson <trichard>
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Version: 4.1.0CC: lbopf, lsurette, nsimsolo, rbalakri, srevivo, ykaul, ylavi
Target Milestone: ovirt-4.1.3Keywords: FutureFeature
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Description Tahlia Richardson 2017-01-23 06:45:59 UTC 
Currently, virtual machines with block devices cannot be imported from Xen to Red Hat Virtualization using the Administration Portal. This release adds a workaround to manually import Xen virtual machines with block devices: 

1. Create an export domain.
2. Run the following command to copy the files locally:
   $ virt-v2v-copy-to-local -ic xen+ssh://root vmname
3. Run the following command to convert the virtual machine to libvirt XML:
   $ virt-v2v -i libvirtxml vmname.xml -o rhev -of raw -os servername:/path/to/export/domain
4. The virtual machine should now appear in your export domain, and can be imported to a data domain.

A note or procedure with these steps should be added in or near the existing Importing a Virtual Machine from a Xen Host section.
Comment 1 Lucy Bopf 2017-08-08 07:15:56 UTC 
Assigning to Avital for review.
Comment 8 Avital Pinnick 2017-08-22 07:37:56 UTC 
Updated document:
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_virtualization/4.1/html-single/virtual_machine_management_guide/