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

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I forgot to mention: Manually installing the .msi from C:\ will give me a 
working guest agent channel. So I'm fairly certain it just doesn't get
executed.

On 10.09.23 00:09, Lee Garrett wrote:
> 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