Information about the package, virt-v2v, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The virt-v2v package is designed for, Convert a virtual machine to run on KVM.
Package Name:
virt-v2v
Summary:
Convert a virtual machine to run on KVM
Description:
virt-v2v is a tool for converting and importing virtual machines to libvirt-managed KVM, or Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization. It can import a variety of guest operating systems from libvirt-managed hosts and VMware ESX.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0.9.1
Release:
5.el6_5
Size:
3.9 M
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+ and LGPLv2+
Control the virt-v2v package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install virt-v2v
This command will install virt-v2v on the server.
yum remove virt-v2v
This command will un-install virt-v2v on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove virt-v2v, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove virt-v2v
This command will un-install virt-v2v on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove virt-v2v when using the -y flag.
yum update virt-v2v
This command will update virt-v2v to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove virt-v2v, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update virt-v2v
This command will update virt-v2v to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove virt-v2v when using the -y flag.
yum info virt-v2v
This command will show you core information about the virt-v2v package.
yum deplist virt-v2v
This command will show you the dependencies for virt-v2v. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update virt-v2v
This command will check if there is an update waiting on virt-v2v. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.