NAME¶

virt-p2v-make-disk - Build the virt-p2v disk using virt-builder

SYNOPSIS¶

 virt-p2v-make-disk -o /dev/sdX os-version

DESCRIPTION¶

virt-p2v(1) converts a physical machine to run virtualized on KVM, managed by libvirt, OpenStack, oVirt, Red Hat Enterprise Virtualisation (RHEV), or one of the other targets supported by virt-v2v(1). virt-p2v-make-disk is a script which creates a bootable disk image or USB key containing virt-p2v. It uses virt-builder(1) to do this, and is just a small shell script around virt-builder. virt-p2v-make-disk has two required parameters: The -o parameter specifies where the output should go, for example to a USB key (eg. "-o /dev/sdX") or to a file. If you pass a device name, then the existing contents of the device will be erased. The "os-version" parameter is the base Linux distro to use for the operating system on the ISO. To list possible "os-version" combinations, do:

 virt-builder -l

EXAMPLES¶

Write a virt-p2v bootable USB key on "/dev/sdX" (and existing content is erased), using Fedora 20 as the base distribution:

 virt-p2v-make-disk -o /dev/sdX fedora-20

Write a virt-p2v bootable virtual disk image, and boot it under qemu:

 virt-p2v-make-disk -o /var/tmp/p2v.img fedora-20
 qemu-kvm -m 1024 -boot c \
   -drive file=/var/tmp/p2v.img,if=virtio,index=0 \
   -drive file=/var/tmp/guest.img,if=virtio,index=1

where "/var/tmp/guest.img" would be the disk image of some guest that you want to convert (for testing only).

OPTIONS¶

--help

Display help.

-o OUTPUT

--output OUTPUT

Write output to "OUTPUT", which can be a local file or block device. The existing contents of the device will be erased.

-V

--version

Display version number and exit.

FILES¶

"$libexecdir/virt-p2v"

The virt-p2v(1) binary which is copied into the bootable disk image. The location of the binary can be changed by setting the "VIRT_P2V_DATA_DIR" environment variable.

"$datadir/issue"

"$datadir/launch-virt-p2v.in"

"$datadir/p2v.service"

Various data files that are copied into the bootable disk image.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES¶

"VIRT_P2V_DATA_DIR"

The directory where virt-p2v-make-disk looks for data files (see "FILES" above). If not set, a compiled-in location is used.

SEE ALSO¶

virt-p2v(1), virt-p2v-make-kickstart(1), virt-v2v(1), http://libguestfs.org/.

AUTHORS¶

Richard W.M. Jones http://people.redhat.com/~rjones/

COPYRIGHT¶

Copyright (C) 2009-2014 Red Hat Inc.

LICENSE¶

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.

BUGS¶

To get a list of bugs against libguestfs, use this link: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/buglist.cgi?component=libguestfs&product=Virtualization+Tools To report a new bug against libguestfs, use this link: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/enter_bug.cgi?component=libguestfs&product=Virtualization+Tools When reporting a bug, please supply:

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The version of libguestfs.

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Where you got libguestfs (eg. which Linux distro, compiled from source, etc)

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Describe the bug accurately and give a way to reproduce it.

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Run libguestfs-test-tool(1) and paste the complete, unedited output into the bug report.