virt-v2v error "No root device found in this operating system image" when converting Windows system

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • When trying to import it into RHEV, getting the following error:
"No root device found in this operation system image"
  • Running virt-v2v results in the following error:
virt-v2v: No root device found in this operating system image.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • virt-v2v
  • Windows virtual machine using NTFS filesystem
  • ksplice

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