How To Install virt-v2v on CentOS 8

virt-v2v is Convert a virtual machine to run on KVM

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install virt-v2v on CentOS 8.

What is virt-v2v

Virt-v2v converts virtual machines from non-KVM hypervisors to run under KVM. To convert physical machines, see the virt-p2v-maker package.

We can use yum or dnf to install virt-v2v on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install virt-v2v.

Install virt-v2v on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install virt-v2v using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install virt-v2v

Install virt-v2v on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install virt-v2v using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install virt-v2v

How To Uninstall virt-v2v on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the virt-v2v package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove virt-v2v

virt-v2v Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/bin/virt-v2v
/usr/bin/virt-v2v-copy-to-local
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/2c
/usr/lib/.build-id/2c/422bf43a8d7c36c97c72278cbfb97cedf56939
/usr/lib/.build-id/86
/usr/lib/.build-id/86/bc61ff524e483e4b61f5c5483785fef845e417
/usr/share/doc/virt-v2v
/usr/share/doc/virt-v2v/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/virt-v2v/README
/usr/share/man/man1/virt-v2v-copy-to-local.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/virt-v2v-input-vmware.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/virt-v2v-input-xen.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/virt-v2v-output-local.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/virt-v2v-output-openstack.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/virt-v2v-output-rhv.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/virt-v2v-support.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/virt-v2v.1.gz
/usr/share/virt-tools
/usr/share/virt-tools/rhev-apt.exe
/usr/share/virt-tools/rhsrvany.exe

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install virt-v2v on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.