virt-v2v cannot detect the source guest of a Windows machine

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Issue

  • We are trying to import a OVA generated in VMWare of a Windows machine.
  • virt-v2v cannot detect the source guest.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7, 8, 9 and 10
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.x
    • Migration Toolkit for Virtualization 2.x
  • Windows guest has C: volume formatted with a NTFS filesystem in Dynamic mode.

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