
VMware vSphere ESX / ESX(i) - versions 6.0, 6.5, 6.7 and 7.0.Supported hypervisors for conversionĬonversions from the following hypervisors are supported: Note: virt-v2v conversions of any operating system not listed above may in some cases work, but are not supported by Red Hat. * After converting a Debian or Ubuntu VMware virtual machine to KVM, the name of the VM's network interface may change, and thus requires manual configuration. * virt-v2v cannot change the default kernel in the GRUB2 configuration, and the kernel configured in the VM is not changed during the conversion, even if a more optimal version of the kernel is available on the VM. In addition, This conversion currently has the following known issues: As a Technology Preview, converting Debian and Ubuntu VMs is not supported.

To do so, use the sax2 distribution tool in the guest OS after the migration is finished. Virtual machines that use X graphics and a SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 operating system should be re-adjusted after the conversion for the graphics to work properly. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11, SP4 and later This also differs when using virt-v2v on RHEL 7 and on RHEL 8: Guest OS Only virtual machines running specific guest operating systems can be converted by virt-v2v to run on KVM. Supported conversions Supported guest operating systems for conversions All other architectures, including IBM Z, IBM POWER, and 64-bit ARM are not supported for v2v conversion.


Important: virt-v2v is currently only supported on the AMD64 and Intel 64 architecture, also known as x86_64. In Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, virt-v2v is also available from the Red Hat OpenStack Platform channel. Virt-v2v is included in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 and is installed with the virt-v2v package. This article provides an overview of VM conversions and links to procedures for specific types of conversions. virt-v2v can convert Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Windows VMs running on Xen and VMware ESX environments. The virt-v2v tool converts virtual machines (VMs) from foreign hypervisors, including their disk images and metadata, for use with Red Hat Enterprise Linux with KVM managed by libvirt, Red Hat Virtualization, and Red Hat OpenStack Platform.
