On Mon, Apr 03, 2023 at 01:28:14PM +0100, Richard W.M. Jones
wrote:>
> 13:19 < tgolembi[m]> is there a trick how to convert a VM with name
that starts with a dash? It's being confused for virt-v2v argument.
> :)
>
> Yes you can do this:
>
> $ virt-v2v -o [etc...] -- vmname
Duh. I didn't see that in the documentation and it didn't occur to me
to try.
Thanks
>
> Note all -options need to come before the "--".
>
> For example:
>
> $ virt-builder fedora-35
> $ mv fedora-35.img ./-fedora-35.img
> $ virt-v2v -i disk -o null -- -fedora-35.img
> [ 0.0] Setting up the source: -i disk -fedora-35.img
> [etc]
>
> It's quite possible this could hit other corner-cases inside virt-v2v
> (eg when running subprocesses), so if you see bugs please file them.
>
> Rich.
>
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> virt-p2v converts physical machines to virtual machines. Boot with a
> live CD or over the network (PXE) and turn machines into KVM guests.
> http://libguestfs.org/virt-v2v
>