Conversion process fails with a SSH error while using virt-p2v

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • The conversion process fails unexpectedly with a undescriptive error message:

    Conversion failed: could not open data connection over SSH to the conversion server: remote server timed out unexpectedly, waiting for: "ssh -R" output.
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x
  • Virt-p2v

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