VIRT-V2V-RELEASE-NOTES-2.6(1)

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version 2.13.8 · 11 versions
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💅 virt-v2v-release-notes-2.6(1) — the 2.6 glow-up, bestie

okay so this is the manual page virt-v2v-release-notes-2.6(1) and it's literally just the receipts for everything that changed in virt-v2v 2.6 ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

virt-v2v-release-notes — the virt-v2v release notes for 2.6, no cap 💖

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

These are the release notes for virt-v2v 2.6, and they're describing the major changes since 2.4. Like, the whole iconic era between those two versions 🎀

Virt-v2v 2.6.0 was released on 8 October 2024. Mark your calendars, bestie 📅

✨ New features ✨

  • You can now use most virt-customize(1) options during conversions — think installing arbitrary firstboot scripts, uploading or editing files, etc. It's giving so much flexibility 💅
  • Installation of QEMU Guest Agent in Windows guests has been revised and made much more reliable. But real talk: a visible effect of this change is that Windows guests may reboot four or more times during the first boot after conversion (which is necessary). It's not broken, it's just dramatic 😭 (Thanks Vadim Rozenfeld, Konstantin Kostiuk, Yuri Benditovich, Yan Vugenfirer).
  • We now forcibly online all virtio disks during firstboot, which works around a security mitigation in recent versions of Windows that offlines them if they change bus (Martin Necas). Workaround queen behavior, honestly 👑
  • QEMU Balloon Server (blnsvr) is now installed in Windows guests, if it's found on the virtio-win ISO. This improves statistics gathering for these guests. Numbers go brrr 📈
  • Add support for Circle Linux (Bella Zhang). New distro just dropped 🌈
  • Add some support for LoongArch guests (liuxiang). Little baby support, but it's growing 🧚

🎀 Other fixes 🎀

  • -i ova mode now uses the detected guest firmware, if it's not specified in the OVA metadata (Bella Khizgiyaev). Smart default, we love to see it.
  • -o kubevirt output mode has been substantially changed to fix multiple problems. It should be way more compatible with real KubeVirt instances now. (Thanks Arik Hadas, Bella Khizgiyaev, Lee Yarwood, Martin Necas). Glow-up of the year fr fr 🔥
  • -o libvirt mode now includes an <os firmware> attribute specifying whether the guest needs BIOS or UEFI to boot. It's literally telling you what it needs 💜
  • The output of virt-v2v-inspector(1) has been revised, with much more metadata available. More info, more power 🫶
  • The --mac option now allows the gateway and network mask length to be empty (Arik Hadas). Optional means optional 💅
  • The debug output of virt-v2v has been improved. Now when you're searching the log for important events, you can just use the regular expression "/^info:/". iykyk 😌

⭐ Build changes ⭐

  • We no longer require external ssh/scp commands for input mode -i vmx. Instead we use nbdkit-ssh-plugin(1) — and no, this isn't a new requirement, it's already being used for file transfer. This makes remote file detection way more predictable, and it also allows the -ip option to be used to specify a password. (Thanks Ming Xie, Laszlo Ersek). Character development for the build system 🦋
  • OCaml bytecode compilation now outputs the whole exe to make it more resistant to being stripped (Jerry James). Built different, literally 💪
  • Multiple test files which were copied over from libguestfs but not actually used by virt-v2v tests have been deleted. Decluttering era 🧹

🔥 Internals 🔥

  • Added a test for -o kubevirt mode. Testing is self-care, bestie ✅

💀 Bugs fixed 💀

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

virt-v2v(1). That's the one, go read it bestie 🫶

👑 AUTHORS 👑

Authors of virt-v2v 2.6 — the whole squad, we stan:

  • Andi Chandler
  • Bella Khizgiyaev
  • Bella Zhang
  • Jerry James
  • liuxiang
  • Nir Soffer
  • Richard W.M. Jones
  • Schamane187
  • Thorsten Bolten
  • Yuri Chornoivan

Copyright (C) 2009-2025 Red Hat Inc.

💜 LICENSE 💜

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.

The all-caps bits are the legal equivalent of screaming, so don't skip them, bestie 😭

🙈 BUGS 🙈

To get a list of bugs against libguestfs, use this link: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/buglist.cgi?component=libguestfs&product=Virtualization+Tools

To report a new bug against libguestfs, use this link: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/enter_bug.cgi?component=libguestfs&product=Virtualization+Tools

When reporting a bug, please supply:

  • The version of libguestfs.
  • Where you got libguestfs (eg. which Linux distro, compiled from source, etc)
  • Describe the bug accurately and give a way to reproduce it.
  • Run libguestfs-test-tool(1) and paste the complete, unedited output into the bug report.

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