RHBA-2013:1749 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated virt-v2v package that fixes one bug is now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The virt-v2v package provides a tool for converting virtual machines to use the
KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) hypervisor or Red Hat Enterprise
Virtualization. The tool modifies both the virtual machine image and its
associated libvirt metadata. Also, virt-v2v can configure a guest to use VirtIO
drivers if possible.

This update fixes the following bug:

• An update to virt-v2v included upstream support for the import of OVA images

exported by VMware servers. Unfortunately, testing has shown that VMDK images
created by recent versions of VMware ESX cannot be reliably supported, thus this
feature has been withdrawn. (BZ#1028983)

Users of virt-v2v are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which fixes
this bug.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to
use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
https://access.redhat.com/site/articles/11258

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 6.5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 6.5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 6.5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 6.5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 6.5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6 x86_64

Fixes

CVEs

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References

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