Hi, I am in the process of converting a w2k8 physical server to C6.5 kvm. In reading https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/V2V_Guide/sect-V2V_Guide-Configuration_Changes-Configuration_Changes_for_Windows_Virtual_Machines.html It says that virtio-win rpm is required. I know that the virtio-win rpms are not available for Centos 6.5 but the drivers are available for download at https://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/virtio-win/latest/images/bin/ My question is does any have anyone have any documentation that shows where I should put the virtio-win drivers in order to get a successful migration? Is there any better documentation that I should use to get the migration done? I have been googling all afternoon with no real progress. Some old threads I have found seem to indicate that /usr/share/virtio-win is the correct place but those threads are from 2011. I need to do the migration tomorrow and I would like to be as prepared as possible. Regards, -- Tom me at tdiehl.org Spamtrap address me123 at tdiehl.org
The best "documentation" is that if you don't personally care to burn your time learning to do virtualization software integration from source code, you use the RPM's from the upstream vendor. Red Hat's notes are aimed at RHEL, and the CentOS 6.5 package are built form the latest Red Hat published source with all the patches, integrated with their virt-manager and KVM and other components. Don't do it from scratch unless you care to spend development time on what should be a plug and play operations. On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 5:22 PM, <me at tdiehl.org> wrote:> Hi, > > I am in the process of converting a w2k8 physical server to C6.5 kvm. In reading > https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/V2V_Guide/sect-V2V_Guide-Configuration_Changes-Configuration_Changes_for_Windows_Virtual_Machines.html > It says that virtio-win rpm is required. I know that the virtio-win rpms are > not available for Centos 6.5 but the drivers are available for download at > https://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/virtio-win/latest/images/bin/ > > My question is does any have anyone have any documentation that shows > where I should put the virtio-win drivers in order to get a successful > migration? Is there any better documentation that I should > use to get the migration done? > > I have been googling all afternoon with no real progress. Some old threads I > have found seem to indicate that /usr/share/virtio-win is the correct place > but those threads are from 2011. I need to do the migration tomorrow and I > would like to be as prepared as possible. > > Regards, > > -- > Tom me at tdiehl.org Spamtrap address me123 at tdiehl.org > _______________________________________________ > CentOS-virt mailing list > CentOS-virt at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-virt
On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 5:22 PM, <me at tdiehl.org> wrote:> Hi, > > I am in the process of converting a w2k8 physical server to C6.5 kvm. In > reading > > https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/V2V_Guide/sect-V2V_Guide-Configuration_Changes-Configuration_Changes_for_Windows_Virtual_Machines.html > It says that virtio-win rpm is required. I know that the virtio-win rpms > are > not available for Centos 6.5 but the drivers are available for download at > https://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/virtio-win/latest/images/bin/ > >Good question. Per the RH docs, a RHN subscription is necessary for the virtio-win package. https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/Virtualization_Host_Configuration_and_Guest_Installation_Guide/chap-Virtualization_Host_Configuration_and_Guest_Installation_Guide-Para_virtualized_drivers.html#sect-Virtualization_Host_Configuration_and_Guest_Installation_Guide-Para_virtualized_drivers-Installing_the_KVM_Windows_para_virtualized_drivers> My question is does any have anyone have any documentation that shows > where I should put the virtio-win drivers in order to get a successful > migration? Is there any better documentation that I should > use to get the migration done? >Maybe this will be helpful. http://asgardian.be/WordPress/2011/11/12/virtualization-kvm-p2v-how-to-prepare-your-windows-to-a-p2v-migration/ http://edoceo.com/howto/kvm-windows-p2v http://rwmj.wordpress.com/2009/10/13/poor-mans-p2v/ <-- in comments somebody migrated Windows 2003 Server and reported success> > I have been googling all afternoon with no real progress. Some old threads > I > have found seem to indicate that /usr/share/virtio-win is the correct place > but those threads are from 2011. I need to do the migration tomorrow and I > would like to be as prepared as possible. >My KVM and Windows experience has been for fresh installs only (where I used the ISO from the Fedora project). Most of my VMs are Linux (go figure!). Out of simplicity, I would attach the virtio-win ISO and attach a temporary virtio disk so the machine would [at least] boot via IDE initially. This presents a couple of extra steps, but it's a one time thing. I'm definitely interested in better/simpler/efficient solutions if there is one.> > Regards, > > -- > Tom me at tdiehl.org Spamtrap address > me123 at tdiehl.org > _______________________________________________ > CentOS-virt mailing list > CentOS-virt at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-virt >-- ---~~.~~--- Mike // SilverTip257 // -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-virt/attachments/20140503/ed723190/attachment-0006.html>
Hi, Am 03.05.2014 22:32, schrieb SilverTip257:> Per the RH docs, a RHN subscription is necessary for the virtio-win package.well the ovirt-project[1] will provide this package "soon" (tm). meanwhile you could try the following: (this is a quote from the ovirt-users ML)> download the src rpm from > http://ftp.redhat.com/redhat/linux/enterprise/6Server/en/RHOS/SRPMS/ > build the rpm > rpmbuild --rebuild virtio-win-1.6.8-4.el6.src.rpm > install the rpm > rpm -Uhv ~/rpmbuild/RPMS/noarch/virtio-win-1.6.8-4.el6.noarch.rpmI didn't test it myself, so I don't know if it really works, but "it should" (ymmv). HTH [1] http://www.ovirt.org PS: ovirt is the upstream project of red hat enterprise virtualization it would be cool to see some integration work with the centos virt sig! :) -- Mit freundlichen Gr??en / Regards Sven Kieske Systemadministrator Mittwald CM Service GmbH & Co. KG K?nigsberger Stra?e 6 32339 Espelkamp T: +49-5772-293-100 F: +49-5772-293-333 https://www.mittwald.de Gesch?ftsf?hrer: Robert Meyer St.Nr.: 331/5721/1033, USt-IdNr.: DE814773217, HRA 6640, AG Bad Oeynhausen Komplement?rin: Robert Meyer Verwaltungs GmbH, HRB 13260, AG Bad Oeynhausen