Issued:

2012-06-20

Updated:

2012-06-20

RHEA-2012:0965 - new package: virt-p2v

Synopsis

new package: virt-p2v

Type/Severity

Product Enhancement Advisory

Topic

A new virt-p2v package is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

Virt-P2V is a tool for conversion of a physical server to a virtual guest.

This enhancement update adds the virt-p2v package to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, which contains a bootable ISO image for Virt-P2V conversion. The ISO image is also available on Red Hat Network in the Downloads section of the following channels:

RHEL AUS Server (v. 6.2 for 64-bit x86_64)
RHEL EUS Server (v. 6.2.z for 64-bit x86_64)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 6 for 64-bit x86_64)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Compute Node (v. 6 for x86_64)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6 for 64-bit x86_64)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6 for x86_64)

The bootable image is needed to use the tool as the disks must be unmounted and not in use at the time of conversion. It allows you to convert servers running Microsoft Windows or Red Hat Enterprise Linux into virtual guests on Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization or libvirt hosts. For further information, refer to the This content is not included.http://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/V2V_Guide/index.html documentation page. (BZ#807445)

All users who require virt-p2v should install this new package.

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/knowledge/articles/11258

Affected Products

Updated Packages

• virt-p2v-0.8.6-5.20120502.1.el6.src.rpm
• virt-p2v-0.8.6-5.20120502.1.el6.noarch.rpm

Fixes

• This content is not included.BZ - 800776
• This content is not included.BZ - 813640
• This content is not included.BZ - 816922
• This content is not included.BZ - 818119

CVEs

(none)

References

• This content is not included.This content is not included.http://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/V2V_Guide/index.html

Additional information

• The Red Hat security contact is This content is not included.secalert@redhat.com. More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/.
• Offline Security Data data is available for integration with other systems. See Offline Security Data API to get started.