4.3.2.4. Converting a local KVM virtual machine

Procedure 4.6. Converting a local KVM virtual machine

1. Stop the virtual machine.

   1. Ensure that the virtual machine is stopped prior to running the v2v process. If the virtual machine is in a clustered Red Hat Enterprise Linux HA virtual machine environment, stop and disable the virtual machine resource in cluster node using the command:

      clusvcadm -d vm:<guest>

   2. After stopping the virtual machine, run virsh define <path-to-guest.xml> to place the stopped virtual machine under the control of libvirt. This command allows virt-v2v to recognize the virtual machine and enable it to be converted.

2. Convert the virtual machine.

   To convert the virtual machine, run:

   virt-v2v -o rhev -os storage.example.com:/exportdomain --network rhevm guest_name

   Where storage.example.com:/exportdomain is the export storage domain, rhevm is the locally managed network to connect the converted virtual machine's network to, and guest_name is the name of the KVM virtual machine.
   You may also use the --bridge parameter to connect to a locally managed network if your virtual machine only has a single network interface. If your virtual machine has multiple network interfaces, edit /etc/virt-v2v.conf to specify the network mapping for all interfaces.