Virt-v2v failed to convert vmware guest with error "internal <fqdn> is neither an ESX 3.5, 4.x nor 5.x host"

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Issue

  • virt-v2v fails to convert a VMware guest to rhev with the below error message.
virt-v2v: Failed to connect to esx://<fqdn>/?no_verify=1: libvirt error code: 1, message: internal error <fqdn> is neither an ESX 3.5, 4.x nor 5.x host

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • virt-v2v

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