Description of problem: for some guest, like ESX guest, the average convert time for a 10G disk about 1 hour, user won't get any information output until 1 hour later to have the finally information like below, "unknown filesystem /dev/hdc unknown filesystem /dev/fd0 virt-v2v: ESX4.0-RHEL4.8-x86_64 configured with virtio drivers " That's not good enough, we could give user different information in different phase during the process, like below, it will be helpful "Transferring image, Transfer finished, Starting getting information of the **** guest Starting to modifying the system ......................................... " Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): virt-v2v-0.6.0.3 How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1,convert any image with the virt-v2v command line, especially for ESX guest which need to take a long time, Actual results: see above Expected results: see above Additional info:
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