virt-v2v
. These packages provide support for NTFS and Windows para-virtualized block and network drivers. If you attempt to convert a virtual machine using NTFS without the libguestfs-winsupport package installed, the conversion will fail. If you attempt to convert a virtual machine running Windows without the virtio-win package installed, the conversion will fail giving an error message concerning missing files. See Section 2.1.1.2, “Preparing to convert a virtual machine running Windows” for details.
virt-v2v
can convert virtual machines running Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008. The conversion process for virtual machines running Windows is slightly different to the process for virtual machines running Linux. Windows virtual machine images are converted as follows:
%SystemRoot%\Drivers\VirtIO
. The virtio-win package does not include network drivers for Windows 7 and Windows XP. For those operating systems, the rtl8139 network drivers are used. rtl8139 support must be already available in the guest.
%SystemRoot%\Drivers\VirtIO
to DevicePath
, meaning this directory is automatically searched for drivers when a new device is detected.
CriticalDeviceDatabase
section of the registry, and ensure the CDUpgrader service is started at the next boot.
virt-v2v
has completed the conversion. The converted virtual machine is now fully functional, and the conversion is complete for output to KVM managed by libvirt. If the virtual machine is being converted for output to Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization, the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager will perform additional steps to complete the conversion: