Libguestfs - Sep 2023 - Fwd: virt-v2v creating image that does not install guest agent on first boot

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Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2023 00:09:17 +0200
From: Lee Garrett <lgarrett at rocketjump.eu>
To: libguestfs at redhat.com
Subject: virt-v2v creating image that does not install guest agent on first
 boot

Hi,

rwmjones from #guestfs on libera IRC pointed me to this mail address.

I've noticed that converting the latest Windows 11 trial image via
virt-v2v does not install the guest agent any more on first boot. I
have let the machine settle for ~10 minutes to ensure it's not just
because I'm too impatient. I can see C:\qemu-ga-x86-64.msi, and also a
bunch of files in  "C:\Program Files\Guestfs\Firstboot\" and
.\Scripts, so the files are definitely copied onto the VM image, just
not executed for some reason.

The vmware image was downloaded from
https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/downloads/virtual-machines/.
The issue should be 100% reproducible (at least for me). I recall that
an older image from two, three weeks ago downloaded from the same
location did not have this issue. There guest agent was installed and
working on the first boot. Unfortunately I overwrote the image so I
cannot verify this.

I have attached the debug output of the virt-v2v run of the latest
image where this issue is apparent (guest agent not being installed).

Please let me know if there's anything else I can check, or if you
need any further info.

Cheers,
Lee

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On Sun, Sep 10, 2023 at 11:34:22AM +0100, Richard W.M. Jones
wrote:
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> ----- Forwarded message from Lee Garrett <lgarrett at rocketjump.eu>
-----
> 
> Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2023 00:09:17 +0200
> From: Lee Garrett <lgarrett at rocketjump.eu>
> To: libguestfs at redhat.com
> Subject: virt-v2v creating image that does not install guest agent on first
>  boot
> 
> Hi,
> 
> rwmjones from #guestfs on libera IRC pointed me to this mail address.
> 
> I've noticed that converting the latest Windows 11 trial image via
> virt-v2v does not install the guest agent any more on first boot. I
> have let the machine settle for ~10 minutes to ensure it's not just
> because I'm too impatient. I can see C:\qemu-ga-x86-64.msi, and also a
> bunch of files in  "C:\Program Files\Guestfs\Firstboot\" and
> .\Scripts, so the files are definitely copied onto the VM image, just
> not executed for some reason.
I can see from the log that these are installed in the image.
> The vmware image was downloaded from
https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/downloads/virtual-machines/.
> The issue should be 100% reproducible (at least for me). I recall that
> an older image from two, three weeks ago downloaded from the same
> location did not have this issue. There guest agent was installed and
> working on the first boot. Unfortunately I overwrote the image so I
> cannot verify this.
> 
> I have attached the debug output of the virt-v2v run of the latest
> image where this issue is apparent (guest agent not being installed).
> 
> Please let me know if there's anything else I can check, or if you
> need any further info.
The main thing to look for is any debugging output which should appear
in c:\program files\guestfs\firstboot\log.txt

It would be interesting to know if this file is present at all, and
what exactly it contains.

I've CC'd my colleague Ming on this to see if she has noticed anything
with recent Windows 11.

Rich.
> Cheers,
> Lee
> 
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