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Bug 2011713 - Enable modular virt-v2v (2.0) in RHEL 9 GA
Summary: Enable modular virt-v2v (2.0) in RHEL 9 GA
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Classification: Red Hat
Component: virt-v2v
Version: 9.0
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
medium
high
Target Milestone: rc
: ---
Assignee: Richard W.M. Jones
QA Contact: mxie@redhat.com
URL:
Whiteboard:
: 1798105 (view as bug list)
Depends On: 2029751
Blocks: 1961107 2032112
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2021-10-07 07:46 UTC by Richard W.M. Jones
Modified: 2022-05-17 13:44 UTC (History)
11 users (show)

Fixed In Version: virt-v2v-1.45.97-1.el9
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Last Closed: 2022-05-17 13:41:55 UTC
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Red Hat Issue Tracker RHELPLAN-99115 0 None None None 2021-10-07 07:47:21 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHEA-2022:2566 0 None None None 2022-05-17 13:42:32 UTC

Description Richard W.M. Jones 2021-10-07 07:46:01 UTC 
Description of problem:

For RHEL 9 Beta we tried to introduce the new modular virt-v2v
(bug 1798105) but that didn't work out.  The modular virt-v2v
work is now upstream and I'm unhappy about shipping RHEL 9 with
the old code and then trying to update to the new version in
a RHEL 9 minor release.  This is because modular virt-v2v removes
some small features which could be regarded as regressions if
we remove them in a RHEL minor.  So I'd like to push to upgrading
to modular virt-v2v in RHEL 9 GA.

The command line works almost exactly the same way as for
old virt-v2v, so hopefully test plans won't need to be
changed.

The main visible differences on the command line are:

* -of option is no longer implicit from input format, and
  you may need to supply it

* --debug-overlays was removed, this was a debugging option
  and was never intended for general use

* --no-copy was removed (use -o null instead)

* --print-estimate option was removed, in modular virt-v2v
  there will be better ways to get estimates

* virt-v2v-copy-to-local was removed

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

The version will be virt-v2v 2.0.x
Comment 2 Richard W.M. Jones 2021-10-07 07:47:20 UTC 
*** Bug 1798105 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 5 mxie@redhat.com 2021-12-01 16:45:39 UTC 
Test the bug with below builds:
virt-v2v-1.45.91-1.el9.x86_64
libguestfs-1.46.0-5.el9.x86_64
guestfs-tools-1.46.1-5.el9.x86_64
nbdkit-1.28.2-2.el9.x86_64
libvirt-libs-7.9.0-1.el9.x86_64
qemu-img-6.1.0-7.el9.x86_64


Steps: 
1.Compare the performance between virt-v2v-1.45.91-1 and virt-v2v-1.45.3-3

1.1 Convert same guest from same VMware env via same vddk+rhv-upload one by one 
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
v2v_version   ESXi7.0_vddk7.0.2        ESXi7.0+vddk6.7          ESXi7.0+vddk6.5               

1.45.91-1     Convert guest: 3m20s     Convert guest: 3m14s     Convert guest: 2m19s
              Copying disk:  12m25s    Copying disk:  19m39s    Copying disk:  13m44s  
                               
 
1.45.3-3      Convert guest: 2m43s     Convert guest: 1m12s     Convert guest: 2m14s 
              Copying disk:  4m35s     Copying disk:  14m9s     Copying disk:  12m12s 

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
v2v_version   ESXi6.7+vddk7.0.2        ESXi6.7+vddk6.7         ESXi6.7+vddk6.5      
          
1.45.91-1     Convert guest: 2m32s    Convert guest: 2m41s     Convert guest: 3m26s
              Copying disk:  13m8s    Copying disk:  11m28s    Copying disk:  18m39s 


1.45.3-3      Convert guest: 2m13s    Convert guest: 2m11s     Convert guest: 1m9s
              Copying disk:  11m19s   Copying disk:  4m41s     Copying disk:  9m47s 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

1.2 Convert guests with below three ways at the same time 
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
v2v_version   vmx+ssh_rhv-upload        rhv_to_local              ova_to_rhv 
          
1.45.91-1     Convert guest: 1m58s      Convert guest: 24m47s     Convert guest: 2m3s
              Copying disk:  8m55s      Copying disk:  4m47s      Copying disk:  21m16s 


1.45.3-3      Convert guest: 2m8s       Convert guest: 20m9s      Convert guest: 1m47s
              Copying disk:  5m44s      Copying disk:  14m15s     Copying disk:  5m37s 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

2.Convert a guest from VMware to OSP16.2 by v2v
# virt-v2v -ic vpx://vsphere.local%5cAdministrator.198.169/data/10.73.199.217/?no_verify=1  -it vddk -io vddk-libdir=/home/vddk7.0.2 -io  vddk-thumbprint=B5:52:1F:B4:21:09:45:24:51:32:56:F6:63:6A:93:5D:54:08:2D:78 -ip /home/passwd -o openstack -oo server-id=v2v-appliance-rhel9_0 esx7.0-win2022-x86_64
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/secretstorage/dhcrypto.py:16: CryptographyDeprecationWarning: int_from_bytes is deprecated, use int.from_bytes instead
  from cryptography.utils import int_from_bytes
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/secretstorage/util.py:25: CryptographyDeprecationWarning: int_from_bytes is deprecated, use int.from_bytes instead
  from cryptography.utils import int_from_bytes
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/secretstorage/dhcrypto.py:16: CryptographyDeprecationWarning: int_from_bytes is deprecated, use int.from_bytes instead
  from cryptography.utils import int_from_bytes
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/secretstorage/util.py:25: CryptographyDeprecationWarning: int_from_bytes is deprecated, use int.from_bytes instead
  from cryptography.utils import int_from_bytes
Failed to set volume read-only access mode flag: Invalid volume: Volume c7137e76-61f1-434d-8b8f-05cd7f4ba097 status must be available to update readonly flag, but current status is: creating. (HTTP 400) (Request-ID: req-5bdaee0e-2fbe-48ef-b527-3d97e3878512)
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/secretstorage/dhcrypto.py:16: CryptographyDeprecationWarning: int_from_bytes is deprecated, use int.from_bytes instead
  from cryptography.utils import int_from_bytes
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/secretstorage/util.py:25: CryptographyDeprecationWarning: int_from_bytes is deprecated, use int.from_bytes instead
  from cryptography.utils import int_from_bytes
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/secretstorage/dhcrypto.py:16: CryptographyDeprecationWarning: int_from_bytes is deprecated, use int.from_bytes instead
  from cryptography.utils import int_from_bytes
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/secretstorage/util.py:25: CryptographyDeprecationWarning: int_from_bytes is deprecated, use int.from_bytes instead
  from cryptography.utils import int_from_bytes
[   0.0] Opening the source
[  23.7] Inspecting the source
[  40.8] Checking for sufficient free disk space in the guest
[  40.8] Converting Windows Server 2022 Standard to run on KVM
virt-v2v: This guest has virtio drivers installed.
[  67.2] Mapping filesystem data to avoid copying unused and blank areas
[  80.4] Closing the overlay
[  80.7] Assigning disks to buses
[  80.7] Checking if the guest needs BIOS or UEFI to boot
[ 103.9] Copying disk 1/1
█ 100% [****************************************]
[ 493.7] Creating output metadata
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/secretstorage/dhcrypto.py:16: CryptographyDeprecationWarning: int_from_bytes is deprecated, use int.from_bytes instead
  from cryptography.utils import int_from_bytes
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/secretstorage/util.py:25: CryptographyDeprecationWarning: int_from_bytes is deprecated, use int.from_bytes instead
  from cryptography.utils import int_from_bytes
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/secretstorage/dhcrypto.py:16: CryptographyDeprecationWarning: int_from_bytes is deprecated, use int.from_bytes instead
  from cryptography.utils import int_from_bytes
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/secretstorage/util.py:25: CryptographyDeprecationWarning: int_from_bytes is deprecated, use int.from_bytes instead
  from cryptography.utils import int_from_bytes
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/secretstorage/dhcrypto.py:16: CryptographyDeprecationWarning: int_from_bytes is deprecated, use int.from_bytes instead
  from cryptography.utils import int_from_bytes
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/secretstorage/util.py:25: CryptographyDeprecationWarning: int_from_bytes is deprecated, use int.from_bytes instead
  from cryptography.utils import int_from_bytes
[ 501.5] Finishing off
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/secretstorage/dhcrypto.py:16: CryptographyDeprecationWarning: int_from_bytes is deprecated, use int.from_bytes instead
  from cryptography.utils import int_from_bytes
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/secretstorage/util.py:25: CryptographyDeprecationWarning: int_from_bytes is deprecated, use int.from_bytes instead
  from cryptography.utils import int_from_bytes

2.1 Launch the volume as instance on OSP env after v2v conversion, checkpoints of guest are passed


3.Check if -no-copy was removed from v2v

# man virt-v2v |grep no-copy -B 3
       -o null
           Set the output method to null.

           The guest is converted and copied (unless you also specify --no-copy), but the results are thrown away and no metadata is written.

# virt-v2v --help |grep no-copy
nothing

# virt-v2v -ic vpx://root.198.169/data/10.73.199.217/?no_verify=1 -it vddk -io vddk-libdir=/home/vddk7.0.2 -io  vddk-thumbprint=B5:52:1F:B4:21:09:45:24:51:32:56:F6:63:6A:93:5D:54:08:2D:78  -ip /home/passwd  esx7.0-rhel8.5-x86_64  --no-copy -o null
virt-v2v: unrecognized option '--no-copy'
Try ‘virt-v2v --help’ or consult virt-v2v(1) for more information.


4.Check if "--debug-overlays" "virt-v2v-copy-to-local" and 'print-estimate' have been removed from virt-v2v(actually, they have been removed since version 1.45.2-1, which is fixed in bug1950634)
# man virt-v2v |grep 'debug-overlays'
nothing
# man virt-v2v |grep 'print-estimate'
nothing
# virt-v2v --help  |grep 'print-estimate'
nothing
# virt-v2v --help |grep 'debug-overlays'
nothing
# man virt-v2v-input-xen |grep virt-v2v-copy-to-local
nothing

# virt-v2v -ic vpx://root.198.169/data/10.73.199.217/?no_verify=1 -it vddk -io vddk-libdir=/home/vddk7.0.2 -io  vddk-thumbprint=B5:52:1F:B4:21:09:45:24:51:32:56:F6:63:6A:93:5D:54:08:2D:78  -ip /home/passwd  esx7.0-rhel8.5-x86_64  --print-estimate
virt-v2v: unrecognized option '--print-estimate'
Try ‘virt-v2v --help’ or consult virt-v2v(1) for more information.

# virt-v2v -ic vpx://root.198.169/data/10.73.199.217/?no_verify=1 -it vddk -io vddk-libdir=/home/vddk7.0.2 -io  vddk-thumbprint=B5:52:1F:B4:21:09:45:24:51:32:56:F6:63:6A:93:5D:54:08:2D:78  -ip /home/passwd  esx7.0-rhel8.5-x86_64 --debug-overlays
virt-v2v: unrecognized option '--debug-overlays'
Try ‘virt-v2v --help’ or consult virt-v2v(1) for more information.

# virt-v2v-copy-to-local
bash: virt-v2v-copy-to-local: command not found...


5.Check if -of option is no longer implicit from input format

Input mode   If needs -of 

ova          NO
vpx          NO
esx          NO
vmx+ssh      NO
xen          NO  


6.Convert a guest from Xen to json format by v2v
#  virt-v2v -ic xen+ssh://root.224.33 xen-pv-rhel6.10-x86_64  -o json -os /home
[   0.0] Opening the source
[   7.3] Inspecting the source
[  14.3] Checking for sufficient free disk space in the guest
[  14.3] Converting Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.10 (Santiago) to run on KVM
virt-v2v: This guest has virtio drivers installed.
[ 120.5] Mapping filesystem data to avoid copying unused and blank areas
[ 122.6] Closing the overlay
[ 122.9] Assigning disks to buses
[ 122.9] Checking if the guest needs BIOS or UEFI to boot
[ 128.0] Copying disk 1/1
█ 100% [****************************************]
[ 509.1] Creating output metadata
[ 509.2] Finishing off

# cat /home/xen-pv-rhel6.10-x86_64.json |grep vga
    "video": "vga",


7.Check v2v man pages, found some mistakes

7.1 
# man virt-v2v |grep in-place
        virt-v2v --in-place
       place conversion (--in-place) only uses the -i* options and modifies the source guest in-place.  (See "In-place conversion" below.)
       --in-place
       You must have sufficient free space in the host directory used to store large temporary overlays (except in --in-place mode).  To find out
        virt-v2v -ic qemu:///system converted_vm --in-place

#  virt-v2v -i ova esx7.0-win2019-x86_64  --in-place
virt-v2v: error: XXX --in-place option is not implemented yet

If reporting bugs, run virt-v2v with debugging enabled and include the 
complete output:

  virt-v2v -v -x [...]

7.2 
# man virt-v2v-output-rhv |grep raw
                               [-op PASSWORD] [-of raw]
       -of raw
           Currently you must use -of raw and you cannot use -oa preallocated.

# virt-v2v -ic vpx://root.73.141/data/10.73.75.219/?no_verify=1 -it vddk -io vddk-libdir=/home/vddk6.5 -io vddk-thumbprint=1F:97:34:5F:B6:C2:BA:66:46:CB:1A:71:76:7D:6B:50:1E:03:00:EA  -ip /home/passwd   -o rhv-upload -of qcow2 -oc https://dell-per740-22.lab.eng.pek2.redhat.com/ovirt-engine/api  -op /home/rhvpasswd  -os nfs_data -b ovirtmgmt  esx6.7-win11-x86_64   -oa preallocated

[   0.0] Opening the source
[   8.2] Inspecting the source
[  20.2] Checking for sufficient free disk space in the guest
[  20.2] Converting Windows 10 Enterprise to run on KVM
virt-v2v: This guest has virtio drivers installed.
[  39.0] Mapping filesystem data to avoid copying unused and blank areas
[ 134.8] Closing the overlay
[ 135.1] Assigning disks to buses
[ 135.1] Checking if the guest needs BIOS or UEFI to boot
[ 162.3] Copying disk 1/1
^C 28% [************----------------------------]

7.3 
# man virt-v2v |grep release-notes
       virt-v2v-release-notes-1.42(1) — Release notes for this release.




Hi rjones,

   (1) Please check the result of step1, the overall performance of virt-v2v-1.45.91-1 is not as good as virt-v2v-1.45.3-3, especially copying disk speed of virt-v2v-1.45.91-1 is much slower than virt-v2v-1.45.3-3 in most of v2v conversions , only when convert guest from VMware without vddk to local, the performance of virt-v2v-1.45.91-1 is better than virt-v2v-1.45.3-3

   (2) Please check the result of step3,  --no-copy info is still shown in the introduction of -o null option in v2v man page
   
   (3) Please check the result of step7, found some mistakes in v2v related man pages, first one is '--in-place' info exists in v2v man page, second one is info about '-of raw' and '-oa preallocated' is incorrect in virt-v2v-output-rhv, the last one is I think release notes info should be removed or update the releae info to 1.45.91-1 because  virt-v2v-release-notes-1.42 is too old
Comment 7 Richard W.M. Jones 2021-12-01 20:08:31 UTC 
I'm sure there are still performance regressions.  I need to work on tuning
the nbdcopy parameters.

About the other two points:

(2) --no-copy: Yes, that's a bug, fixed here:
https://github.com/libguestfs/virt-v2v/commit/027eb509818ac3ac4d450bf85a31a7b8b3c1732d

(3) --in-place should not be mentioned or available at all.  I think that's 
a problem with the downstream patch which is supposed to remove this, but
doesn't.  I'll fix this in the next modular version.

-of raw / -oa preallocated: I think this is still correct advice, but I'll have to
ask Nir Soffer about it.  In the new virt-v2v -oa preallocated now works, but I
think it'll be extremely slow with -o rhv-upload, and may not be advisable.

Release notes: Fixed here, thanks:
https://github.com/libguestfs/virt-v2v/commit/ddc96fc5aae4c0249f7485c728ccb102e8301424
Comment 8 Richard W.M. Jones 2021-12-02 15:46:45 UTC 
virt-v2v-1.45.92-1.el9

- Rebase to upstream 1.45.92.
- Change video type to VGA (instead of QXL).
- Remove --in-place support properly.
- Remove -o glance support properly.
- Fix quoting with openssh >= 8.7 (RHEL) / 8.8
  resolves: rhbz#2011713, rhbz#1961107, rhbz#2027673
Comment 9 mxie@redhat.com 2021-12-07 09:20:42 UTC 
Test the bug with below builds:
virt-v2v-1.45.93-1.el9.x86_64
libguestfs-1.46.0-5.el9.x86_64
guestfs-tools-1.46.1-5.el9.x86_64
nbdkit-1.28.2-2.el9.x86_64
libvirt-libs-7.9.0-1.el9.x86_64
qemu-img-6.1.0-7.el9.x86_64
openssh-8.7p1-5.el9.x86_64

Steps:
1.Check v2v related man pages if the doc mistakes of comment5 are fixed
1.1 # man virt-v2v |grep in-place
nothing

1.2 # man virt-v2v |grep no-copy -B 3
nothing

1.3 # man virt-v2v |grep release-notes
       virt-v2v-release-notes-1.42(1) — Release notes for older 1.42 release.

2. Convert 6 guests from different VMware env via vddk+rhv-upload at the same time to compare the performance between virt-v2v-1.45.91-1 and virt-v2v-1.45.3-3.

v2v_version   ESXi7.0+vddk7.0.2        ESXi7.0+vddk6.7          ESXi7.0+vddk6.5               

1.45.93-1     Convert guest: 4m14s     Convert guest: 4m22s     Convert guest: 2m18s
              Copying disk:  6m56s     Copying disk:   5m21s    Copying disk:  7m51s  
                               
 
1.45.3-3      Convert guest: 2m19s     Convert guest: 2m55s     Convert guest: 2m14s 
              Copying disk:  11m46s    Copying disk:  7m22s     Copying disk:  3m51s 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

v2v_version   ESXi6.7+vddk7.0.2        ESXi6.7+vddk6.7          ESXi6.7+vddk6.5      
          
1.45.93-1     Convert guest: 4m19s     Convert guest: 4m33s     Convert guest: 6m23s
              Copying disk:  11m31s    Copying disk:  7m2s      Copying disk:  9m51s 


1.45.3-3      Convert guest: 1m27s    Convert guest: 1m35s      Convert guest: 3m44s
              Copying disk:  14m2s    Copying disk:  11m47s     Copying disk:  9m48s 


Hi rjones,
   
   (1) Please check the result of step1, the release-notes info is not removed or updated yet in virt-v2v man page
   (2) Please check the result of step2, the copying disk performance of virt-v2v-1.45.93-1 is much better than virt-v2v-1.45.3-3 when vddk version is larger than 6.5, but the copying disk performance of virt-v2v-1.45.93-1 is slightly inferior than virt-v2v-1.45.3-3 when vddk version is 6.5, besides， the converting performance of virt-v2v-1.45.93-1 is still not good as virt-v2v-1.45.3-3.
Comment 10 Richard W.M. Jones 2021-12-07 10:21:59 UTC 
>    (1) Please check the result of step1, the release-notes info is not removed or updated yet in virt-v2v man page

This is OK - the release notes are not yet ready upstream.

>    (2) ...

The performance should be improved in the next version (1.45.94) available
later today.

I'm not worried about the performance of VDDK <= 6.5 since customers can easily
upgrade VDDK versions if they have performance problems, and VDDK <= 6.5 doesn't
support extents and asynch which is essential for good performance.
Comment 12 Richard W.M. Jones 2021-12-07 13:44:57 UTC 
Sorry, one further fix is required, I'll add it to the RHEL 9 build
and do another respin.

https://github.com/libguestfs/virt-v2v/commit/ac59d3b2310511b1537d408b675b19ec9a5d384e
Comment 13 Richard W.M. Jones 2021-12-07 14:18:35 UTC 
Another note:

Old virt-v2v (using qemu-img convert) did not flush the file to disk in
output modes that write to local storage (eg. -o local, -o libvirt, -o openstack
and others).  Modular virt-v2v (using nbdcopy) always tries to flush the
output at the end.

In my testing this can sometimes take quite some time: eg. a 15GB Windows
image that I'm testing took 53 seconds to flush out at the end, so obviously
new virt-v2v appeared to be quite a bit slower than old virt-v2v, even though
they were basically taking the same time.  It depends on the speed of the
local disk, so with faster local disks it may not be as noticable.

I talked to Eric about this and I think I'm not going to change this.  We
want virt-v2v to flush data on exit, since it is safer.
Comment 14 mxie@redhat.com 2021-12-10 10:07:23 UTC 
Test the bug with below builds:
virt-v2v-1.45.94-3.el9.x86_64
libguestfs-1.46.0-5.el9.x86_64
guestfs-tools-1.46.1-6.el9.x86_64
nbdkit-server-1.28.3-2.el9.x86_64
libvirt-libs-7.10.0-1.el9.x86_64
qemu-img-6.1.0-8.el9.x86_64
virtio-win-1.9.19-5.el9_b.noarch


Steps:
1. Convert 4 guests from different VMware env via vddk+rhv-upload at the same time to compare the performance between virt-v2v-1.45.94-3 and virt-v2v-1.45.3-3

v2v_version   ESXi7.0+vddk7.0.2       ESXi7.0+vddk6.7        ESXi6.7+vddk7.0.2        ESXi6.7+vddk6.7     

1.45.94-3     Convert guest: 1m24s    Convert guest: 1m40s   Convert guest: 52s       Convert guest: 1m1s     
              Copying disk:  13m54s   Copying disk:  8m52s   Copying disk:  17m33s    Copying disk:  17m58s  
                               
 
1.45.3-3      Convert guest: 1m39s    Convert guest: 1m39s   Convert guest: 44s       Convert guest: 56s 
              Copying disk:  8m10s    Copying disk:  5m54s   Copying disk:  11m20s    Copying disk:   9m34s 
 


3. Convert guests with below  ways to compare the performance between virt-v2v-1.45.94-3 and virt-v2v-1.45.3-3
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
v2v_version     rhv_to_json               ova_to_rhv 
          
1.45.94-3      Convert guest: 15m46s     Convert guest: 54s
               Copying disk:  8m24s      Copying disk:  16m39s 


1.45.3-3       Convert guest: 9m42s      Convert guest: 53s
               Copying disk:  49m4s      Copying disk:  5m3s 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 

Hi rjones,

    (1)Converting performance of virt-v2v-1.45.94-3 is almost same with virt-v2v-1.45.3-3 when convert guest from vmware via vddk now, but converting performance of virt-v2v-1.45.94-3 is still worse than virt-v2v-1.45.3-3 when convert guest from vmware without vddk
    (2)Seems copying disk performance of virt-v2v-1.45.94-3 is regression again when target is rhv, copying disk performance of virt-v2v-1.45.94-3 is better than virt-v2v-1.45.3-3 only when target is local
    (3)BTW, debug log of virt-v2v-1.45.94-3 has no virt-v2v and libvirt version, which is not convenient to debug problem I think, is it expected?
Comment 16 Richard W.M. Jones 2021-12-13 15:23:08 UTC 
(1) There's still a bit more of a difference / slowdown than I want.  Note
that new virt-v2v always flushes the data to disk, old virt-v2v did not.
It may be that this would make a difference (try "sync" after running virt-v2v),
but I don't think that's the complete answer.

(2) I will have to try copying rhv when I get back in the new year.

(3) Yes, that is a bug / regression, please file it!  Thanks.
Comment 17 mxie@redhat.com 2021-12-14 04:14:17 UTC 
(In reply to Richard W.M. Jones from comment #16)
> (1) There's still a bit more of a difference / slowdown than I want.  Note
> that new virt-v2v always flushes the data to disk, old virt-v2v did not.
> It may be that this would make a difference (try "sync" after running
> virt-v2v),
> but I don't think that's the complete answer.

Does v2v flush the data to disk in version 1.45.93-1 because this version has good copying disk performance during conversion.

> (3) Yes, that is a bug / regression, please file it!  Thanks.
File bug2032112 to track, thanks.
Comment 18 Richard W.M. Jones 2021-12-14 09:04:04 UTC 
Yes all versions >= 1.45.9x flush the disk to permanent storage at the end.

At some point I'm going to need to put all these results in a big
spreadsheet because tracking them across BZ comments is hard.  A
job for January.
Comment 19 mxie@redhat.com 2022-01-11 11:27:57 UTC 
Test the bug with below builds:
virt-v2v-1.45.96-1.el9.x86_64
libguestfs-1.46.1-2.el9.x86_64
guestfs-tools-1.46.1-6.el9.x86_64
nbdkit-server-1.28.4-1.el9.x86_64
libvirt-libs-8.0.0-0rc1.1.el9.x86_64
qemu-img-6.2.0-3.el9.x86_64
virtio-win-1.9.19-5.el9_b.noarch
python3-ovirt-engine-sdk4-4.4.15-1.el9ev.x86_64


Steps:
1. Convert 4 guests from different VMware via vddk+rhv-upload at the same time to compare the performance between virt-v2v-1.45.96-1 and virt-v2v-1.45.3-3

v2v_version   ESXi7.0+vddk7.0.2        ESXi7.0+vddk6.7         ESXi6.7+vddk7.0.2        ESXi6.7+vddk6.7     

1.45.96-1     Convert guest: 1m2s      Convert guest: 3m32s    Convert guest: 1m5s      Convert guest: 5m2s     
              Copying disk:  41m45s    Copying disk:  36m10s   Copying disk:  40m2s     Copying disk:  36m19s  
                               
 
1.45.3-3      Convert guest: 1m8s      Convert guest: 3m7s     Convert guest: 1m8s      Convert guest: 4m13s 
              Copying disk:  10m47s    Copying disk:  9m58s    Copying disk:  9m45s     Copying disk:  9m59s 
 


3. Convert guests with below  ways to compare the performance between virt-v2v-1.45.94-3 and virt-v2v-1.45.3-3
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
v2v_version     rhv_to_json               vmx+ssh_to_local 
          
1.45.96-1      Convert guest: 16m46s      Convert guest: 1m22s
               Copying disk:  13m30s      Copying disk: 50s 


1.45.3-3       Convert guest: 9m48s       Convert guest: 1m10s
               Copying disk:  8m20s       Copying disk:  2m9s 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 

Test result:

    (1)Converting performance of virt-v2v-1.45.96-1 is almost same with virt-v2v-1.45.3-3 when convert guest from vmware via vddk and vmx+ssh 
    (2)Converting performance of virt-v2v-1.45.96-1 is not as good as virt-v2v-1.45.3-3 when convert guest from vmware without vddk, use bug2039255 to track
    (3)Copying disk performance of virt-v2v-1.45.96-1 is better than virt-v2v-1.45.3-3 when target is local
    (4)Copying disk performance of virt-v2v-1.45.96-1 is not as good as virt-v2v-1.45.3-3 when convert guest to rhv via rhv-upload, use bug2039255 to track
    (5)Copying disk performance of virt-v2v-1.45.96-1 is not as good as virt-v2v-1.45.3-3 when target is json, use bug2039255 to track

    On the whole, virt-v2v-1.45.96-1.el9.x86_64 can convert guest successfully except bug2027598
Comment 21 mxie@redhat.com 2022-01-26 04:16:49 UTC 
Verify the bug with below builds:
virt-v2v-1.45.97-2.el9.x86_64
libguestfs-1.46.1-2.el9.x86_64
guestfs-tools-1.46.1-6.el9.x86_64
libvirt-libs-8.0.0-1.el9.x86_64
qemu-img-6.2.0-4.el9.x86_64
nbdkit-1.28.5-1.el9.x86_64
libnbd-1.10.3-1.el9.x86_64
virtio-win-1.9.19-5.el9_b.noarch


Steps:
1.Convert a guest from VMware host via vddk to rhv by v2v
# virt-v2v -ic esx://root.199.217/?no_verify=1 -it vddk -io vddk-libdir=/home/vddk7.0.2 -io  vddk-thumbprint=01:53:47:87:7E:09:3E:C4:7A:68:1B:A8:EF:84:93:1E:36:17:45:AE --password-file /home/esxpw   -o rhv-upload -of qcow2 -oc https://dell-per740-22.lab.eng.pek2.redhat.com/ovirt-engine/api  -op /home/rhvpasswd  -os nfs_data -b ovirtmgmt esx7.0-rhel7.9-rhel8.4-multiple_linux_os
[   0.0] Setting up the source: -i libvirt -ic esx://root.199.217/?no_verify=1 -it vddk esx7.0-rhel7.9-rhel8.4-multiple_linux_os
[   1.6] Opening the source
[  25.0] Inspecting the source

***
Dual- or multi-boot operating system detected.  Choose the root filesystem
that contains the main operating system from the list below:

 [1] /dev/rhel_bootp-73-199-22/root (Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7.9 (Maipo))
 [2] /dev/rhel_bootp-73-199-6/root (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 (Ootpa))

Enter a number between 1 and 2, or ‘exit’: 2
[  51.0] Checking for sufficient free disk space in the guest
[  51.0] Converting Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 (Ootpa) to run on KVM
virt-v2v: This guest has virtio drivers installed.
[ 125.1] Mapping filesystem data to avoid copying unused and blank areas
virt-v2v: warning: fstrim on guest filesystem 
/dev/mapper/osprober-linux-sda1 failed.  Usually you can ignore this 
message.  To find out more read "Trimming" in virt-v2v(1).

Original message: fstrim: fstrim: /sysroot/: FITRIM ioctl failed: Operation 
not permitted
virt-v2v: warning: fstrim on guest filesystem 
/dev/mapper/osprober-linux-rhel_bootp--73--199--22-root failed.  Usually 
you can ignore this message.  To find out more read "Trimming" in 
virt-v2v(1).

Original message: fstrim: fstrim: /sysroot/: FITRIM ioctl failed: Operation 
not permitted
[ 127.4] Closing the overlay
[ 127.7] Assigning disks to buses
[ 127.7] Checking if the guest needs BIOS or UEFI to boot
[ 127.7] Setting up the destination: -o rhv-upload -oc https://dell-per740-22.lab.eng.pek2.redhat.com/ovirt-engine/api -os nfs_data
[ 149.0] Copying disk 1/1
█ 100% [****************************************]
[1096.8] Creating output metadata
[1159.9] Finishing off

2.Convert a guest from Xen to local by v2v
# virt-v2v -ic xen+ssh://root.224.33/?no_verify=1 xen-hvm-rhel7.9-x86_64 
[   0.0] Setting up the source: -i libvirt -ic xen+ssh://root.224.33/?no_verify=1 xen-hvm-rhel7.9-x86_64
[   2.2] Opening the source
[   7.5] Inspecting the source
[  20.0] Checking for sufficient free disk space in the guest
[  20.0] Converting Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7.9 (Maipo) to run on KVM
virt-v2v: This guest has virtio drivers installed.
[ 159.5] Mapping filesystem data to avoid copying unused and blank areas
[ 160.4] Closing the overlay
[ 160.7] Assigning disks to buses
[ 160.7] Checking if the guest needs BIOS or UEFI to boot
[ 160.7] Setting up the destination: -o libvirt
[ 163.6] Copying disk 1/1
█ 100% [****************************************]
[ 282.8] Creating output metadata
[ 282.9] Finishing off

3.Convert a guest from VMware to rhv with adding -oo rhv-verifypeer=true and -oo rhv-cafile=/home/ca.pem 
# virt-v2v  -ic vpx://vsphere.local%5cAdministrator.198.169/data/10.73.199.217/?no_verify=1  -it vddk -io vddk-libdir=/home/vddk7.0.2 -io  vddk-thumbprint=B5:52:1F:B4:21:09:45:24:51:32:56:F6:63:6A:93:5D:54:08:2D:78  -ip /home/passwd esx7.0-rhel9.0-x86_64 -o rhv-upload -of qcow2 -oc https://dell-per740-22.lab.eng.pek2.redhat.com/ovirt-engine/api -op /home/rhvpasswd  -oo rhv-cluster=Default -os nfs_data -b ovirtmgmt -oo rhv-verifypeer=true -oo rhv-cafile=/home/ca.pem 
[   0.0] Setting up the source: -i libvirt -ic vpx://vsphere.local%5cAdministrator.198.169/data/10.73.199.217/?no_verify=1 -it vddk esx7.0-rhel9.0-x86_64
[   1.8] Opening the source
[   7.0] Inspecting the source
[  12.4] Checking for sufficient free disk space in the guest
[  12.4] Converting Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Alpha (Plow) to run on KVM
virt-v2v: This guest has virtio drivers installed.
[ 107.0] Mapping filesystem data to avoid copying unused and blank areas
[ 107.9] Closing the overlay
[ 108.2] Assigning disks to buses
[ 108.2] Checking if the guest needs BIOS or UEFI to boot
[ 108.2] Setting up the destination: -o rhv-upload -oc https://dell-per740-22.lab.eng.pek2.redhat.com/ovirt-engine/api -os nfs_data
[ 129.1] Copying disk 1/1
█ 100% [****************************************]
[ 716.5] Creating output metadata
[ 779.2] Finishing off

4.Convert a guest from VMware via vmx+ssh to rhv by v2v
# virt-v2v -i vmx -it ssh ssh://root.75.219/vmfs/volumes/esx6.7-function/Auto-esx6.7-rhel7.7-multi-disks/Auto-esx6.7-rhel7.7-multi-disks.vmx -o rhv-upload -of qcow2 -oc https://dell-per740-22.lab.eng.pek2.redhat.com/ovirt-engine/api  -op /home/rhvpasswd  -os nfs_data -b ovirtmgmt 
[   0.0] Setting up the source: -i vmx ssh://root.75.219/vmfs/volumes/esx6.7-function/Auto-esx6.7-rhel7.7-multi-disks/Auto-esx6.7-rhel7.7-multi-disks.vmx
[  28.4] Opening the source
[  37.1] Inspecting the source
[  50.6] Checking for sufficient free disk space in the guest
[  50.6] Converting Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7.7 Beta (Maipo) to run on KVM
virt-v2v: This guest has virtio drivers installed.
[ 199.6] Mapping filesystem data to avoid copying unused and blank areas
[ 202.8] Closing the overlay
[ 203.4] Assigning disks to buses
[ 203.4] Checking if the guest needs BIOS or UEFI to boot
[ 203.4] Setting up the destination: -o rhv-upload -oc https://dell-per740-22.lab.eng.pek2.redhat.com/ovirt-engine/api -os nfs_data
[ 459.7] Copying disk 1/21
█ 100% [****************************************]
[ 958.5] Copying disk 2/21
█ 100% [****************************************]
[ 974.8] Copying disk 3/21
█ 100% [****************************************]
[ 991.0] Copying disk 4/21
█ 100% [****************************************]
[1008.0] Copying disk 5/21
█ 100% [****************************************]
[1024.6] Copying disk 6/21
█ 100% [****************************************]
[1041.2] Copying disk 7/21
█ 100% [****************************************]
[1057.8] Copying disk 8/21
█ 100% [****************************************]
[1074.3] Copying disk 9/21
█ 100% [****************************************]
[1091.0] Copying disk 10/21
█ 100% [****************************************]
[1107.8] Copying disk 11/21
█ 100% [****************************************]
[1124.4] Copying disk 12/21
█ 100% [****************************************]
[1141.3] Copying disk 13/21
█ 100% [****************************************]
[1158.0] Copying disk 14/21
█ 100% [****************************************]
[1174.6] Copying disk 15/21
█ 100% [****************************************]
[1191.2] Copying disk 16/21
█ 100% [****************************************]
[1208.0] Copying disk 17/21
█ 100% [****************************************]
[1224.7] Copying disk 18/21
█ 100% [****************************************]
[1241.3] Copying disk 19/21
█ 100% [****************************************]
[1258.2] Copying disk 20/21
█ 100% [****************************************]
[1275.0] Copying disk 21/21
█ 100% [****************************************]
[1291.7] Creating output metadata
[1499.6] Finishing off

5.Check the guests of above steps after v2v conversion, checkpoints of guest are passed

Result:
  No problem found, move the bug from ON_QA to VERIFIED
Comment 23 errata-xmlrpc 2022-05-17 13:41:55 UTC 
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory (new packages: virt-v2v), and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2022:2566
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