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    • FATeknollogeeF
      FATeknollogee
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      virt-v2v: This guest has virtio drivers installed.
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      • scottalanmillerS
        scottalanmiller @FATeknollogee
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        @FATeknollogee said in Virt-manager: IDE disks:

        @scottalanmiller said in Virt-manager: IDE disks:

        @FATeknollogee said in Virt-manager: IDE disks:

        I tried using virt-v2v to convert, for some odd reason, virt-v2v thinks the disks are virtio!!

        VirtIO is what you would want. I assume that the V2V process is failing, though?

        Funny enough, v2v does not fail!

        So you get a working VM? What's the issue then?

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        • FATeknollogeeF
          FATeknollogee @scottalanmiller
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          @scottalanmiller said in Virt-manager: IDE disks:

          @FATeknollogee said in Virt-manager: IDE disks:

          @scottalanmiller said in Virt-manager: IDE disks:

          @FATeknollogee said in Virt-manager: IDE disks:

          I tried using virt-v2v to convert, for some odd reason, virt-v2v thinks the disks are virtio!!

          VirtIO is what you would want. I assume that the V2V process is failing, though?

          Funny enough, v2v does not fail!

          So you get a working VM? What's the issue then?

          No working vm, vm will not boot, says it can't find the disks

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          • FATeknollogeeF
            FATeknollogee
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            vprotect_appliance.png

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            • FATeknollogeeF
              FATeknollogee
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              xml file shows the disks as IDE.

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              • scottalanmillerS
                scottalanmiller @FATeknollogee
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                @FATeknollogee said in Virt-manager: IDE disks:

                @scottalanmiller said in Virt-manager: IDE disks:

                @FATeknollogee said in Virt-manager: IDE disks:

                @scottalanmiller said in Virt-manager: IDE disks:

                @FATeknollogee said in Virt-manager: IDE disks:

                I tried using virt-v2v to convert, for some odd reason, virt-v2v thinks the disks are virtio!!

                VirtIO is what you would want. I assume that the V2V process is failing, though?

                Funny enough, v2v does not fail!

                So you get a working VM? What's the issue then?

                No working vm, vm will not boot, says it can't find the disks

                Oh, so the V2V process fails then. That's what I meant. It didn't result in a working system.

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                • scottalanmillerS
                  scottalanmiller @FATeknollogee
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                  @FATeknollogee in theory you can remap the drives manually 🙂

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                  • FATeknollogeeF
                    FATeknollogee
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                    # virt-v2v -i ova vProtect-Generic.ova -o libvirt -of qcow2 -os VirtualMachines
                    [   0.0] Opening the source -i ova vProtect-Generic.ova
                    virt-v2v: warning: making OVA directory public readable to work around 
                    libvirt bug https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1045069
                    [   3.5] Creating an overlay to protect the source from being modified
                    [   3.7] Opening the overlay
                    [   7.6] Inspecting the overlay
                    [  23.7] Checking for sufficient free disk space in the guest
                    [  23.7] Estimating space required on target for each disk
                    [  23.7] Converting CentOS Linux release 7.6.1810 (Core)  to run on KVM
                    virt-v2v: This guest has virtio drivers installed.
                    [  88.9] Mapping filesystem data to avoid copying unused and blank areas
                    [  89.8] Closing the overlay
                    [  90.0] Assigning disks to buses
                    [  90.0] Checking if the guest needs BIOS or UEFI to boot
                    [  90.0] Initializing the target -o libvirt -os VirtualMachines
                    [  90.1] Copying disk 1/2 to /vm/vProtect-sda (qcow2)
                        (100.00/100%)
                    [ 108.3] Copying disk 2/2 to /vm/vProtect-sdb (qcow2)
                        (100.00/100%)
                    [ 126.1] Creating output metadata
                    Pool VirtualMachines refreshed
                    
                    Domain vProtect defined from /tmp/v2vlibvirtc251bd.xml
                    
                    [ 126.3] Finishing off
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                    • scottalanmillerS
                      scottalanmiller
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                      You are trying to install vProtect the agentless backup product for KVM?

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                      • FATeknollogeeF
                        FATeknollogee @scottalanmiller
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                        @scottalanmiller said in Virt-manager: IDE disks:

                        You are trying to install vProtect the agentless backup product for KVM?

                        Kinda, they have an appliance (prepackaged ova exported from ESXi), I was going to test it.
                        Trying to convert the ova to qcow2
                        Quicker than installing the app from scratch.

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                        • scottalanmillerS
                          scottalanmiller @FATeknollogee
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                          @FATeknollogee said in Virt-manager: IDE disks:

                          Kinda, they have an appliance (prepackaged ova exported from ESXi), I was going to test it.

                          Crash consistent only, I'd not use that. Why are you looking at it?

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                          • FATeknollogeeF
                            FATeknollogee @scottalanmiller
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                            @scottalanmiller said in Virt-manager: IDE disks:

                            @FATeknollogee said in Virt-manager: IDE disks:

                            Kinda, they have an appliance (prepackaged ova exported from ESXi), I was going to test it.

                            Crash consistent only, I'd not use that. Why are you looking at it?

                            Why am I looking at the application?

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                            • scottalanmillerS
                              scottalanmiller @FATeknollogee
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                              @FATeknollogee said in Virt-manager: IDE disks:

                              Quicker than installing the app from scratch.

                              Is it? You still need to get to VirtIO in the end. And you want a reliable method for the future. I would not want to do it this way unless there was no other choice.

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                              • scottalanmillerS
                                scottalanmiller @FATeknollogee
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                                @FATeknollogee said in Virt-manager: IDE disks:

                                @scottalanmiller said in Virt-manager: IDE disks:

                                @FATeknollogee said in Virt-manager: IDE disks:

                                Kinda, they have an appliance (prepackaged ova exported from ESXi), I was going to test it.

                                Crash consistent only, I'd not use that. Why are you looking at it?

                                Why am I looking at the application?

                                Yes, why are you looking at a crash-consistent "backup" tool?

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                                • FATeknollogeeF
                                  FATeknollogee @scottalanmiller
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                                  @scottalanmiller said in Virt-manager: IDE disks:

                                  @FATeknollogee said in Virt-manager: IDE disks:

                                  Quicker than installing the app from scratch.

                                  Is it? You still need to get to VirtIO in the end. And you want a reliable method for the future. I would not want to do it this way unless there was no other choice.

                                  For lab testing, this method "should" have been faster!

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                                  • FATeknollogeeF
                                    FATeknollogee @scottalanmiller
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                                    @scottalanmiller said in Virt-manager: IDE disks:

                                    @FATeknollogee said in Virt-manager: IDE disks:

                                    @scottalanmiller said in Virt-manager: IDE disks:

                                    @FATeknollogee said in Virt-manager: IDE disks:

                                    Kinda, they have an appliance (prepackaged ova exported from ESXi), I was going to test it.

                                    Crash consistent only, I'd not use that. Why are you looking at it?

                                    Why am I looking at the application?

                                    Yes, why are you looking at a crash-consistent "backup" tool?

                                    Not too many other choices out there!

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                                    • scottalanmillerS
                                      scottalanmiller @FATeknollogee
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                                      @FATeknollogee said in Virt-manager: IDE disks:

                                      @scottalanmiller said in Virt-manager: IDE disks:

                                      @FATeknollogee said in Virt-manager: IDE disks:

                                      Quicker than installing the app from scratch.

                                      Is it? You still need to get to VirtIO in the end. And you want a reliable method for the future. I would not want to do it this way unless there was no other choice.

                                      For lab testing, this method "should" have been faster!

                                      I'm not sure that I agree. Pre-built appliances are nearly always a massive pain and they aren't a good process for testing end to end. So more work up front, more work later. I generally dislike them a lot. Faster they never seem to be.

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                                      • scottalanmillerS
                                        scottalanmiller @FATeknollogee
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                                        @FATeknollogee said in Virt-manager: IDE disks:

                                        @scottalanmiller said in Virt-manager: IDE disks:

                                        @FATeknollogee said in Virt-manager: IDE disks:

                                        @scottalanmiller said in Virt-manager: IDE disks:

                                        @FATeknollogee said in Virt-manager: IDE disks:

                                        Kinda, they have an appliance (prepackaged ova exported from ESXi), I was going to test it.

                                        Crash consistent only, I'd not use that. Why are you looking at it?

                                        Why am I looking at the application?

                                        Yes, why are you looking at a crash-consistent "backup" tool?

                                        Not too many other choices out there!

                                        What do you mean? There are endless awesome choices. This just isn't one of them. Why do you perceive a shortage of backup options?

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                                        • FATeknollogeeF
                                          FATeknollogee @scottalanmiller
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                                          @scottalanmiller said in Virt-manager: IDE disks:

                                          @FATeknollogee said in Virt-manager: IDE disks:

                                          @scottalanmiller said in Virt-manager: IDE disks:

                                          @FATeknollogee said in Virt-manager: IDE disks:

                                          @scottalanmiller said in Virt-manager: IDE disks:

                                          @FATeknollogee said in Virt-manager: IDE disks:

                                          Kinda, they have an appliance (prepackaged ova exported from ESXi), I was going to test it.

                                          Crash consistent only, I'd not use that. Why are you looking at it?

                                          Why am I looking at the application?

                                          Yes, why are you looking at a crash-consistent "backup" tool?

                                          Not too many other choices out there!

                                          What do you mean? There are endless awesome choices. This just isn't one of them. Why do you perceive a shortage of backup options?

                                          List them out for me, please

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                                          • scottalanmillerS
                                            scottalanmiller
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                                            Crash Consistent is the issue here, that I would see. When there are "real" backups that are full, rather than non-quiesced, why bother taking a backup if it isn't reliable? Reliability is the biggest factor in whether you consider a backup useful. It's not like you could use this and tell a client that you took a backup.

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