virt-v2v-copy-to-local(1)

NAME

   virt-v2v-copy-to-local - Copy a remote guest to the local machine

SYNOPSIS

    virt-v2v-copy-to-local -ic LIBVIRT_URI GUEST

    virt-v2v-copy-to-local -ic xen+ssh://[email protected] xen_guest

    virt-v2v-copy-to-local -ic esx://[email protected] vmware_guest

DESCRIPTION

   "virt-v2v-copy-to-local" copies a guest from a remote hypervisor to the
   local machine, in preparation for conversion by virt-v2v(1).  Note this
   tool alone does not do the virt-v2v conversion.

   When to use this tool
   This tool is not usually necessary, but there are a few special cases
   (see list below) where you might need it.

   If your case does not fit one of these special cases, then ignore this
   tool and read virt-v2v(1) instead.  The virt-v2v-copy-to-local process
   is slower than using virt-v2v directly, because it has to copy unused
   parts of the guest disk.

   *   You have a Xen guest using host block devices.  Virt-v2v cannot
       convert such guests directly.

       See "XEN OR SSH CONVERSIONS FROM BLOCK DEVICES" in virt-v2v(1).

   *   You have VMware ESXi hypervisors, and are not using VMware vCenter
       to manage them.  Virt-v2v cannot directly access ESXi hypervisor,
       so you either have to export the guest as an OVA (eg. using
       VMware's "ovftool"); or you can use this tool to copy the guest to
       a local file on the conversion server, from where virt-v2v will be
       able to access it.

       See "INPUT FROM VMWARE ESXi HYPERVISOR" in virt-v2v(1).

   How this tool works
   This tool uses libvirt to get the libvirt XML (metadata) of the remote
   guest, essentially equivalent to running "virsh dumpxml guest".

   It then uses the XML to locate the remote guest disks, which are copied
   over using a hypervisor-specific method.  It uses ssh for remote Xen
   hypervisors, and HTTPS (curl) for remote ESXi hypervisors.

   It then modifies the libvirt XML so that it points at the local copies
   of the guest disks.

   The libvirt XML is output to a file called guest.xml (where guest is
   the name of the guest).  The disk(s) are output to file(s) called
   guest-disk1, guest-disk2 and so on.

   After copying the guest locally, you can convert it using:

    virt-v2v -i libvirtxml guest.xml [-o options ...]

   Virt-v2v finds the local copies of the disks by looking in the XML.

EXAMPLES

   Copy and convert from Xen hypervisor that uses host block devices
   For full instructions, see "XEN OR SSH CONVERSIONS FROM BLOCK DEVICES"
   in virt-v2v(1).

    virt-v2v-copy-to-local -ic xen+ssh://[email protected] xen_guest
    virt-v2v -i libvirtxml xen_guest.xml -o local -os /var/tmp
    rm xen_guest.xml xen_guest-disk*

   Copy and convert from ESXi hypervisor
   For full instructions, see "INPUT FROM VMWARE ESXi HYPERVISOR" in
   virt-v2v(1).

    virt-v2v-copy-to-local -ic esx://[email protected]?no_verify=1 vmware_guest
    virt-v2v -i libvirtxml vmware_guest.xml -o local -os /var/tmp
    rm vmware_guest.xml vmware_guest-disk*

OPTIONS

   --help
       Display help.

   -ic libvirtURI
       Specify a libvirt connection URI

   --password-file file
       Instead of asking for password(s) interactively, pass the password
       through a file.  Note the file should contain the whole password,
       without any trailing newline, and for security the file should have
       mode 0600 so that others cannot read it.

       Currently this option does not have any effect on xen+ssh
       transfers, but that is a bug.

   -q
   --quiet
       This disables progress bars and other unnecessary output.

   -v
   --verbose
       Enable verbose messages for debugging.

   -V
   --version
       Display version number and exit.

SEE ALSO

   virt-v2v(1), virsh(1), http://libguestfs.org/,
   https://libvirt.org/uri.html, https://libvirt.org/remote.html,
   https://libvirt.org/drvesx.html.

AUTHORS

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

COPYRIGHT

   Copyright (C) 2009-2016 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:

   *   The version of libguestfs.

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

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

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

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