Libguestfs - Nov 2015 - Re: P2V conversion failed with "/run/lvm/lvmetad.socket: connect failed: No such file or directory"

Hello Rich,
Greetings!

It was great connecting with you and, I would like to thank you for your
time and being patient on answering all our queries.

However, referring to the link ->
http://libguestfs.org/virt-p2v.1.html#how-virt-p2v-works we have a
ambiguity -> i.e. under the section "GUI INTERACTIVE CONFIGURATION"
we have
"When you start virt-p2v, you'll see a graphical configuration dialog
that
walks you through connection to the conversion server,"

As of now we are using *virt-manager* to get this GUI INTERACTIVE
CONFIGURATION as we are not sure if this is the correct way of invoking GUI,

Attaching the screen shots of the process till where we were *successful
using the virt-manger*

It would be highly appreciated if you can let us know how we can invoke
this interactive GUI with-out virt-manager so that we could proceed further
with the conversion.

*Thanks & Regards,*

*Chengappa M.R*

Software Designer
Network Function Virtualization | Communication Media Solutions

cm-r@hp.com
M +91 944 934 9647
Hewlett Packard Company
Bangalore,
India.


Please print thoughtfully


On 3 November 2015 at 04:45, Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 02, 2015 at 10:59:35PM +0000, Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
> > On Mon, Nov 02, 2015 at 06:51:20PM +0530, Ravi Chaudhary wrote:
> > > Sorry, attached herein is the screenshot
> >
> > This error "unexpected end of file waiting for password
prompt" is
> > this bug:
> >
> > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1167916#c4
> >
> > Although it is a bug in virt-p2v -- it should print a clearer error
> > message -- what it really means in this case is that you've got
the
> > wrong server name, user or password, or that virt-p2v is unable to
> > contact the server (perhaps because of firewall or network problems).
>
> And by "server", of course I mean the virt-v2v conversion server.
>
> Rich.
>
> --
> Richard Jones, Virtualization Group, Red Hat
> http://people.redhat.com/~rjones
> Read my programming and virtualization blog: http://rwmj.wordpress.com
> virt-df lists disk usage of guests without needing to install any
> software inside the virtual machine.  Supports Linux and Windows.
> http://people.redhat.com/~rjones/virt-df/
>

Hi Richard,

We have generated .iso on Physical server and tried booting same with
"livecd-p2v-*.iso", and we are getting "unexpected end of file
waiting for
password prompt" error. Also we are  not able to execute
"/sbin/ifconfig"
or "ip a" binaries on Physical server after booting from livecd.

We have attached "p2v.ks" file and "livecd-creator p2v.ks"
logs for
your reference. Hope it might be helpful.

Thanks,
Tejas

On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 3:03 PM, Chengappa Changz <chengappa.mr@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Hello Rich,
> Greetings!
>
> It was great connecting with you and, I would like to thank you for your
> time and being patient on answering all our queries.
>
> However, referring to the link ->
> http://libguestfs.org/virt-p2v.1.html#how-virt-p2v-works we have a
> ambiguity -> i.e. under the section "GUI INTERACTIVE
CONFIGURATION" we have
> "When you start virt-p2v, you'll see a graphical configuration
dialog
> that walks you through connection to the conversion server,"
>
> As of now we are using *virt-manager* to get this GUI INTERACTIVE
> CONFIGURATION as we are not sure if this is the correct way of invoking
GUI,
>
> Attaching the screen shots of the process till where we were *successful
> using the virt-manger*
>
> It would be highly appreciated if you can let us know how we can invoke
> this interactive GUI with-out virt-manager so that we could proceed further
> with the conversion.
>
> *Thanks & Regards,*
>
> *Chengappa M.R*
>
> Software Designer
> Network Function Virtualization | Communication Media Solutions
>
> cm-r@hp.com
> M +91 944 934 9647
> Hewlett Packard Company
> Bangalore,
> India.
>
>
> Please print thoughtfully
>
>
> On 3 November 2015 at 04:45, Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com>
wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Nov 02, 2015 at 10:59:35PM +0000, Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
>> > On Mon, Nov 02, 2015 at 06:51:20PM +0530, Ravi Chaudhary wrote:
>> > > Sorry, attached herein is the screenshot
>> >
>> > This error "unexpected end of file waiting for password
prompt" is
>> > this bug:
>> >
>> > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1167916#c4
>> >
>> > Although it is a bug in virt-p2v -- it should print a clearer
error
>> > message -- what it really means in this case is that you've
got the
>> > wrong server name, user or password, or that virt-p2v is unable to
>> > contact the server (perhaps because of firewall or network
problems).
>>
>> And by "server", of course I mean the virt-v2v conversion
server.
>>
>> Rich.
>>
>> --
>> Richard Jones, Virtualization Group, Red Hat
>> http://people.redhat.com/~rjones
>> Read my programming and virtualization blog: http://rwmj.wordpress.com
>> virt-df lists disk usage of guests without needing to install any
>> software inside the virtual machine.  Supports Linux and Windows.
>> http://people.redhat.com/~rjones/virt-df/
>>
>
>

On Tue, Nov 03, 2015 at 03:03:21PM +0530, Chengappa Changz
wrote:
> Hello Rich,
> Greetings!
> 
> It was great connecting with you and, I would like to thank you for your
> time and being patient on answering all our queries.
> 
> However, referring to the link ->
> http://libguestfs.org/virt-p2v.1.html#how-virt-p2v-works we have a
> ambiguity -> i.e. under the section "GUI INTERACTIVE
CONFIGURATION" we have
> "When you start virt-p2v, you'll see a graphical configuration
dialog that
> walks you through connection to the conversion server,"
Have a look at what I wrote here:

  https://www.redhat.com/archives/libguestfs/2015-November/msg00015.html

which will show you how you can diagnose the real problem.
> As of now we are using *virt-manager* to get this GUI INTERACTIVE
> CONFIGURATION as we are not sure if this is the correct way of invoking
GUI,
While you can use virt-manager for testing things, that's not the
correct way to run virt-p2v to convert a physical machine.

Rich.
> Attaching the screen shots of the process till where we were *successful
> using the virt-manger*
> 
> It would be highly appreciated if you can let us know how we can invoke
> this interactive GUI with-out virt-manager so that we could proceed further
> with the conversion.
> 
> *Thanks & Regards,*
> 
> *Chengappa M.R*
> 
> Software Designer
> Network Function Virtualization | Communication Media Solutions
> 
> cm-r@hp.com
> M +91 944 934 9647
> Hewlett Packard Company
> Bangalore,
> India.
> 
> 
> Please print thoughtfully
> 
> 
> On 3 November 2015 at 04:45, Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com>
wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, Nov 02, 2015 at 10:59:35PM +0000, Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
> > > On Mon, Nov 02, 2015 at 06:51:20PM +0530, Ravi Chaudhary wrote:
> > > > Sorry, attached herein is the screenshot
> > >
> > > This error "unexpected end of file waiting for password
prompt" is
> > > this bug:
> > >
> > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1167916#c4
> > >
> > > Although it is a bug in virt-p2v -- it should print a clearer
error
> > > message -- what it really means in this case is that you've
got the
> > > wrong server name, user or password, or that virt-p2v is unable
to
> > > contact the server (perhaps because of firewall or network
problems).
> >
> > And by "server", of course I mean the virt-v2v conversion
server.
> >
> > Rich.
> >
> > --
> > Richard Jones, Virtualization Group, Red Hat
> > http://people.redhat.com/~rjones
> > Read my programming and virtualization blog: http://rwmj.wordpress.com
> > virt-df lists disk usage of guests without needing to install any
> > software inside the virtual machine.  Supports Linux and Windows.
> > http://people.redhat.com/~rjones/virt-df/
> >




-- 
Richard Jones, Virtualization Group, Red Hat http://people.redhat.com/~rjones
Read my programming and virtualization blog: http://rwmj.wordpress.com
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

Hi Richard,

Thanks for your response,

We have followed the steps mentioned in
https://www.redhat.com/archives/libguestfs/2015-November/msg00015.html

Now we are able to connect the V2V Conversion Server from Physical server
after booting from livecd.

Once ssh connection established,  "Start Conversion"  opens up another
UI
which has necessary info. of hardware (eg. CPU, RAM, HDD Capacity, No. of
NICs etc..)

After starting conversation, at the time of decompressing kernel, after
loading modules by iso we are getting below error,

*file -zb
/sysroot/lib/modules/3.17.4-301.fc21.x86_64/kernel/arch/x86/crypto/blowfish-x86_64.ko.xz*
*libguestfs: trace: file = "XZ compressed data"*
*libguestfs: trace: file_architecture = NULL (error)*
*virt-v2v: error: libguestfs error: file_architecture: unknown
architecture: *
*/lib/modules/3.17.4-301.fc21.x86_64/kernel/arch/x86/crypto/blowfish-x86_64.ko.xz*

*If reporting bugs, run virt-v2v with debugging enabled and include the *
*complete output:*

*  virt-v2v -v -x [...]*
*libguestfs: trace: close*
*libguestfs: closing guestfs handle 0xb7aea0 (state 2)*
*libguestfs: trace: internal_autosync*


It would be very helpful if you can provide some pointers on this.

I have attached log file for reference.


Thanks,
Tejas

On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 7:01 AM, Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com>
wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 03, 2015 at 03:03:21PM +0530, Chengappa Changz wrote:
> > Hello Rich,
> > Greetings!
> >
> > It was great connecting with you and, I would like to thank you for
your
> > time and being patient on answering all our queries.
> >
> > However, referring to the link ->
> > http://libguestfs.org/virt-p2v.1.html#how-virt-p2v-works we have a
> > ambiguity -> i.e. under the section "GUI INTERACTIVE
CONFIGURATION" we
> have
> > "When you start virt-p2v, you'll see a graphical
configuration dialog
> that
> > walks you through connection to the conversion server,"
>
> Have a look at what I wrote here:
>
>   https://www.redhat.com/archives/libguestfs/2015-November/msg00015.html
>
> which will show you how you can diagnose the real problem.
>
> > As of now we are using *virt-manager* to get this GUI INTERACTIVE
> > CONFIGURATION as we are not sure if this is the correct way of
invoking
> GUI,
>
> While you can use virt-manager for testing things, that's not the
> correct way to run virt-p2v to convert a physical machine.
>
> Rich.
>
> > Attaching the screen shots of the process till where we were
*successful
> > using the virt-manger*
> >
> > It would be highly appreciated if you can let us know how we can
invoke
> > this interactive GUI with-out virt-manager so that we could proceed
> further
> > with the conversion.
> >
> > *Thanks & Regards,*
> >
> > *Chengappa M.R*
> >
> > Software Designer
> > Network Function Virtualization | Communication Media Solutions
> >
> > cm-r@hp.com
> > M +91 944 934 9647
> > Hewlett Packard Company
> > Bangalore,
> > India.
> >
> >
> > Please print thoughtfully
> >
> >
> > On 3 November 2015 at 04:45, Richard W.M. Jones
<rjones@redhat.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > > On Mon, Nov 02, 2015 at 10:59:35PM +0000, Richard W.M. Jones
wrote:
> > > > On Mon, Nov 02, 2015 at 06:51:20PM +0530, Ravi Chaudhary
wrote:
> > > > > Sorry, attached herein is the screenshot
> > > >
> > > > This error "unexpected end of file waiting for password
prompt" is
> > > > this bug:
> > > >
> > > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1167916#c4
> > > >
> > > > Although it is a bug in virt-p2v -- it should print a
clearer error
> > > > message -- what it really means in this case is that
you've got the
> > > > wrong server name, user or password, or that virt-p2v is
unable to
> > > > contact the server (perhaps because of firewall or network
problems).
> > >
> > > And by "server", of course I mean the virt-v2v
conversion server.
> > >
> > > Rich.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Richard Jones, Virtualization Group, Red Hat
> > > http://people.redhat.com/~rjones
> > > Read my programming and virtualization blog:
http://rwmj.wordpress.com
> > > virt-df lists disk usage of guests without needing to install any
> > > software inside the virtual machine.  Supports Linux and Windows.
> > > http://people.redhat.com/~rjones/virt-df/
> > >
>
>
>
>
>
> --
> Richard Jones, Virtualization Group, Red Hat
> http://people.redhat.com/~rjones
> Read my programming and virtualization blog: http://rwmj.wordpress.com
> 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
>