<h2><a name="conversion">Conversion</a></h2>
<dl>
- <dt><a href="https://rwmj.wordpress.com/2009/10/13/poor-mans-p2v/">Poor mans p2v</a></dt>
+ <dt><a href="http://libguestfs.org/virt-p2v.1.html">virt-p2v</a></dt>
<dd>
- A simple approach for converting a physical machine to a virtual
- machine, using a rescue CD.
+ Convert a physical machine to run on KVM. It is a LiveCD
+ which is booted on the machine to be converted. It collects a
+ little information from the user, then copies the disks over
+ to a remote machine and defines the XML for a domain to run
+ the guest. (Note this tool is included with libguestfs)
</dd>
- <dt><a href="http://et.redhat.com/~rjones/virt-p2v/">virt-p2v</a></dt>
- <dd>
- An older tool for converting a physical machine into a virtual
- machine. It is a LiveCD which is booted on the machine to be
- converted. It collects a little information from the user, then
- copies the disks over to a remote machine and defines the XML for a
- domain to run the guest.
- </dd>
- <dt><a href="http://git.fedorahosted.org/git/?p=virt-v2v.git;a=summary">virt-v2v</a></dt>
+ <dt><a href="http://libguestfs.org/virt-v2v.1.html">virt-v2v</a></dt>
<dd>
- virt-v2v converts guests from a foreign hypervisor to run on KVM,
- managed by libvirt. It can currently convert Red Hat Enterprise
- Linux (RHEL) and Fedora guests running on Xen and VMware ESX. It
+ virt-v2v converts guests from a foreign hypervisor to run on
+ KVM, managed by libvirt. It can convert guests from VMware or
+ Xen to run on OpenStack, oVirt (RHEV-M), or local libvirt. It
will enable VirtIO drivers in the converted guest if possible.
+ (Note this tool is included with libguestfs)
</dd>
<dd>
For RHEL customers of Red Hat, conversion of Windows guests is also