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-0003.html>