virt-v2v is a small program for converting guests from VMware or Xen, to run on KVM, RHEV-M or OpenStack. For RHEL 7.1, I am rewriting and enhancing virt-v2v, so it’s much faster and easier to use.
To install, follow the instructions here for setting up the yum repository, and then you can do:
yum install virt-v2v
To use it, start with the manual here that has lots of examples and the full reference documentation.
Richard WM Jones 
It would be nice to be possible to work both ways…
What is “both ways”?
From kvm to vm-ware or xen 😉
Where should bug reports be sent to for this preview version?
You can send them to
libguestfs@redhat.com. There is no need to subscribe, but the message may be held in moderation for a few hours.Pingback: Odd/scary RHEL 5 bug | Richard WM Jones
First off, thank you for the blog post. 😉 I’ve got a couple of questions that hopefully you can answer:
Why wasn’t virt-v2v included with 7 from the get-go? Also, why is Red Hat shipping a version of libguestfs that is now two years old?
Because as it says “For RHEL 7.1, I am rewriting and enhancing virt-v2v …”
libguestfs in RHEL 7.1 is version 1.28 which was released 18th October 2014, about 6 months ago (but includes many more recent patches on top).
It does not seem to look as you say it is
[root@rodney images]# yum install virt-v2v
Loaded plugins: product-id, subscription-manager
No package virt-v2v available.
Error: Nothing to do
[root@rodney images]#
Error -ENOINFO. However I’ll take a random guess that you are looking for the RHEL 7.2 preview repository.