Issued:
2013-11-20
Updated:
2013-11-20

RHBA-2013:1547 - virt-v2v bug fix and enhancement update

Synopsis

virt-v2v bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory (none)

Topic

Updated virt-v2v package that fixes several bugs and adds various enhancements is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The virt-v2v package provides a tool for converting virtual machines to use the KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) hypervisor or Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization. The tool modifies both the virtual machine image and its associated libvirt metadata. Also, virt-v2v can configure a guest to use VirtIO drivers if possible.

The virt-v2v package has been upgraded to upstream version 0.9.1, which provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous version. (BZ#965501)

This update also fixes the following bugs:

  • After using the virt-v2v utility to migrate a Windows 2003 R2 32bit guest from Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Xen to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 KVM, the guest did not boot. With this update, the Windows Xen drivers are disabled during conversion, and the guest now boots correctly. (BZ#809273)

  • Previously, virt-v2v assumed that Microsoft Windows operating system could be installed only to the /windows directory. Consequently, when a non-existent path was copied during installation, virt-v2v terminated unexpectedly. With this update, the system path is no longer hardcoded, and virt-v2v no longer crashes in the described scenario. (BZ#820928)

  • Previously, virt-v2v always used the first kernel (0th kernel) instead of the default kernel (ex: default=1). With this update, virt-v2v uses the default kernel to create a new migrated Virtual Machine. (BZ#829859)

  • Prior to this update, during conversion of a Linux guest with multiple console entries on the kernel boot command line, virt-v2v terminated unexpectedly. With this update, guests with multiple consoles can be converted successfully. (BZ#887884)

  • Due to the incompatibility of vmware-tools and the virt-v2v code, the virt-v2v utility was failing to convert ESX Red Hat Enterprise Linux VM to KVM VM (Kernel-based VM) on the vmware-tools-foundation dependency. An upstream patch that fixes the broken dependency has been applied, and conversions now succeed. (BZ#953994)

Users of virt-v2v are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which fixes these bugs and adds these enhancements.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/site/articles/11258

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6x86_64

Updated Packages

  • virt-v2v-0.9.1-4.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • virt-v2v-0.9.1-4.el6.src.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information