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In vmware to KVM migrations : virt-v2v can’t find the file the OVF says should exist, the conversion stops and throws “file not found in the OVA archive.” #10284

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@akshayfromcomhard

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vcenter connection is live and after starting migration, below error comes with logs -

tail -f /var/log/cloudstack/agent/agent.log
2025-01-27 20:23:40,799 INFO [resource.wrapper.LibvirtConvertInstanceCommandWrapper] (agentRequest-Handler-3:null) (logid:f60e79bc) Attempting to convert the OVF c7c4fe2c-4362-4482-a14d-c788e6278371 of the instance vm123 from VMware to KVM
2025-01-27 20:23:40,826 INFO [resource.wrapper.LibvirtConvertInstanceCommandWrapper] (Script-6:null) (logid:) (virt-v2v ovf source: /mnt/c81c5de0-17e2-3259-a95e-f8dc6728ae09/c7c4fe2c-4362-4482-a14d-c788e6278371/ progress) virt-v2v: virt-v2v 1.44.2 (x86_64)
2025-01-27 20:23:40,827 INFO [resource.wrapper.LibvirtConvertInstanceCommandWrapper] (Script-6:null) (logid:) (virt-v2v ovf source: /mnt/c81c5de0-17e2-3259-a95e-f8dc6728ae09/c7c4fe2c-4362-4482-a14d-c788e6278371/ progress) libvirt version: 8.0.0
2025-01-27 20:23:40,827 INFO [resource.wrapper.LibvirtConvertInstanceCommandWrapper] (Script-6:null) (logid:) (virt-v2v ovf source: /mnt/c81c5de0-17e2-3259-a95e-f8dc6728ae09/c7c4fe2c-4362-4482-a14d-c788e6278371/ progress) [ 0.0] Opening the source -i ova /mnt/c81c5de0-17e2-3259-a95e-f8dc6728ae09/c7c4fe2c-4362-4482-a14d-c788e6278371/
2025-01-27 20:23:40,827 INFO [resource.wrapper.LibvirtConvertInstanceCommandWrapper] (Script-6:null) (logid:) (virt-v2v ovf source: /mnt/c81c5de0-17e2-3259-a95e-f8dc6728ae09/c7c4fe2c-4362-4482-a14d-c788e6278371/ progress) ova: orig_ova = /mnt/c81c5de0-17e2-3259-a95e-f8dc6728ae09/c7c4fe2c-4362-4482-a14d-c788e6278371/, top_dir = /mnt/c81c5de0-17e2-3259-a95e-f8dc6728ae09/c7c4fe2c-4362-4482-a14d-c788e6278371, ova_type = Directory
2025-01-27 20:23:40,843 INFO [resource.wrapper.LibvirtConvertInstanceCommandWrapper] (Script-6:null) (logid:) (virt-v2v ovf source: /mnt/c81c5de0-17e2-3259-a95e-f8dc6728ae09/c7c4fe2c-4362-4482-a14d-c788e6278371/ progress) cd '/mnt/c81c5de0-17e2-3259-a95e-f8dc6728ae09/c7c4fe2c-4362-4482-a14d-c788e6278371' && find -type f
2025-01-27 20:23:40,850 INFO [resource.wrapper.LibvirtConvertInstanceCommandWrapper] (Script-6:null) (logid:) (virt-v2v ovf source: /mnt/c81c5de0-17e2-3259-a95e-f8dc6728ae09/c7c4fe2c-4362-4482-a14d-c788e6278371/ progress) virt-v2v: error: -i ova: OVF references file
2025-01-27 20:23:40,850 INFO [resource.wrapper.LibvirtConvertInstanceCommandWrapper] (Script-6:null) (logid:) (virt-v2v ovf source: /mnt/c81c5de0-17e2-3259-a95e-f8dc6728ae09/c7c4fe2c-4362-4482-a14d-c788e6278371/ progress) ‘c7c4fe2c-4362-4482-a14d-c788e6278371-disk0.vmdk’ which was not found
2025-01-27 20:23:40,850 INFO [resource.wrapper.LibvirtConvertInstanceCommandWrapper] (Script-6:null) (logid:) (virt-v2v ovf source: /mnt/c81c5de0-17e2-3259-a95e-f8dc6728ae09/c7c4fe2c-4362-4482-a14d-c788e6278371/ progress) in the OVA archive
2025-01-27 20:23:40,850 INFO [resource.wrapper.LibvirtConvertInstanceCommandWrapper] (Script-6:null) (logid:) (virt-v2v ovf source: /mnt/c81c5de0-17e2-3259-a95e-f8dc6728ae09/c7c4fe2c-4362-4482-a14d-c788e6278371/ progress)
2025-01-27 20:23:40,850 INFO [resource.wrapper.LibvirtConvertInstanceCommandWrapper] (Script-6:null) (logid:) (virt-v2v ovf source: /mnt/c81c5de0-17e2-3259-a95e-f8dc6728ae09/c7c4fe2c-4362-4482-a14d-c788e6278371/ progress) If reporting bugs, run virt-v2v with debugging enabled and include the
2025-01-27 20:23:40,850 INFO [resource.wrapper.LibvirtConvertInstanceCommandWrapper] (Script-6:null) (logid:) (virt-v2v ovf source: /mnt/c81c5de0-17e2-3259-a95e-f8dc6728ae09/c7c4fe2c-4362-4482-a14d-c788e6278371/ progress) complete output:
2025-01-27 20:23:40,850 INFO [resource.wrapper.LibvirtConvertInstanceCommandWrapper] (Script-6:null) (logid:) (virt-v2v ovf source: /mnt/c81c5de0-17e2-3259-a95e-f8dc6728ae09/c7c4fe2c-4362-4482-a14d-c788e6278371/ progress)
2025-01-27 20:23:40,850 INFO [resource.wrapper.LibvirtConvertInstanceCommandWrapper] (Script-6:null) (logid:) (virt-v2v ovf source: /mnt/c81c5de0-17e2-3259-a95e-f8dc6728ae09/c7c4fe2c-4362-4482-a14d-c788e6278371/ progress) virt-v2v -v -x [...]
2025-01-27 20:23:40,850 INFO [resource.wrapper.LibvirtConvertInstanceCommandWrapper] (Script-6:null) (logid:) (virt-v2v ovf source: /mnt/c81c5de0-17e2-3259-a95e-f8dc6728ae09/c7c4fe2c-4362-4482-a14d-c788e6278371/ progress) rm -rf '/var/tmp/null.G0UmXs'
2025-01-27 20:23:40,854 INFO [resource.wrapper.LibvirtConvertInstanceCommandWrapper] (Script-6:null) (logid:) (virt-v2v ovf source: /mnt/c81c5de0-17e2-3259-a95e-f8dc6728ae09/c7c4fe2c-4362-4482-a14d-c788e6278371/ progress) libguestfs: closing guestfs handle 0x55d5d7f15c10 (state 0)
2025-01-27 20:23:40,857 WARN [resource.wrapper.LibvirtConvertInstanceCommandWrapper] (agentRequest-Handler-3:null) (logid:f60e79bc) Execution of process [73029] for command [virt-v2v --root first -i ova /mnt/c81c5de0-17e2-3259-a95e-f8dc6728ae09/c7c4fe2c-4362-4482-a14d-c788e6278371/ -o local -os /mnt/c81c5de0-17e2-3259-a95e-f8dc6728ae09 -of qcow2 -on ef1f1603-1c83-4888-8f55-4a17feafb699 -v ] failed.
2025-01-27 20:23:40,857 WARN [resource.wrapper.LibvirtConvertInstanceCommandWrapper] (agentRequest-Handler-3:null) (logid:f60e79bc) Exception [Stream closed] occurred when attempting to run command [virt-v2v --root first -i ova /mnt/c81c5de0-17e2-3259-a95e-f8dc6728ae09/c7c4fe2c-4362-4482-a14d-c788e6278371/ -o local -os /mnt/c81c5de0-17e2-3259-a95e-f8dc6728ae09 -of qcow2 -on ef1f1603-1c83-4888-8f55-4a17feafb699 -v ].
java.io.IOException: Stream closed
at java.base/java.io.BufferedInputStream.getBufIfOpen(BufferedInputStream.java:176)
at java.base/java.io.BufferedInputStream.read(BufferedInputStream.java:342)
at java.base/sun.nio.cs.StreamDecoder.readBytes(StreamDecoder.java:295)
at java.base/sun.nio.cs.StreamDecoder.implRead(StreamDecoder.java:337)
at java.base/sun.nio.cs.StreamDecoder.read(StreamDecoder.java:179)
at java.base/java.io.InputStreamReader.read(InputStreamReader.java:181)
at java.base/java.io.BufferedReader.fill(BufferedReader.java:161)
at java.base/java.io.BufferedReader.readLine(BufferedReader.java:326)
at java.base/java.io.BufferedReader.readLine(BufferedReader.java:392)
at com.cloud.utils.script.OutputInterpreter.processError(OutputInterpreter.java:38)
at com.cloud.utils.script.Script.execute(Script.java:313)
at com.cloud.hypervisor.kvm.resource.wrapper.LibvirtConvertInstanceCommandWrapper.performInstanceConversion(LibvirtConvertInstanceCommandWrapper.java:414)
at com.cloud.hypervisor.kvm.resource.wrapper.LibvirtConvertInstanceCommandWrapper.execute(LibvirtConvertInstanceCommandWrapper.java:134)
at com.cloud.hypervisor.kvm.resource.wrapper.LibvirtConvertInstanceCommandWrapper.execute(LibvirtConvertInstanceCommandWrapper.java:62)
at com.cloud.hypervisor.kvm.resource.wrapper.LibvirtRequestWrapper.execute(LibvirtRequestWrapper.java:78)
at com.cloud.hypervisor.kvm.resource.LibvirtComputingResource.executeRequest(LibvirtComputingResource.java:1929)
at com.cloud.agent.Agent.processRequest(Agent.java:683)
at com.cloud.agent.Agent$AgentRequestHandler.doTask(Agent.java:1106)
at com.cloud.utils.nio.Task.call(Task.java:83)
at com.cloud.utils.nio.Task.call(Task.java:29)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:264)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1128)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:628)
at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:829)
2025-01-27 20:23:40,858 ERROR [resource.wrapper.LibvirtConvertInstanceCommandWrapper] (agentRequest-Handler-3:null) (logid:f60e79bc) The virt-v2v conversion for the OVF c7c4fe2c-4362-4482-a14d-c788e6278371 failed. Please check the agent logs for the virt-v2v output

versions

The versions of ACS - 14.19.1.2
hypervisors - KVM
storage - NFS

The steps to reproduce the bug

  1. in host where v2v is installed check agent logs
  2. from cloudstack GUI, follow vmware to kvm migration process
  3. vcenter create clone and after sometime migration fails with above error
    ...

What to do about it?

No response

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  1. boring-cyborg commented on Jan 27, 2025

    @boring-cyborg

    Thanks for opening your first issue here! Be sure to follow the issue template!

  2. DaanHoogland commented on Jan 28, 2025

    @DaanHoogland
    Contributor

    @akshayfromcomhard , are all conversions failing for you or is this with a specific template?

  3. akshayfromcomhard commented on Jan 28, 2025

    @akshayfromcomhard
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  4. DaanHoogland commented on Jan 28, 2025

    @DaanHoogland
    Contributor

    can you try with the command line : virt-v2v --root first -i ova /mnt/c81c5de0-17e2-3259-a95e-f8dc6728ae09/c7c4fe2c-4362-4482-a14d-c788e6278371/ -o local -os /mnt/c81c5de0-17e2-3259-a95e-f8dc6728ae09 -of qcow2 -on ef1f1603-1c83-4888-8f55-4a17feafb699 -v ?
    you may need to replace some of the parameters.

  5. akshayfromcomhard commented on Jan 28, 2025

    @akshayfromcomhard
    Author

    Hi,

    This gives error - No such file or directory
    This means OVA is not getting copied in KVM host.

  6. DaanHoogland commented on Jan 29, 2025

    @DaanHoogland
    Contributor

    @akshayfromcomhard , can you copy the file by hand? (not as a workaround but as an invetigative step)

  7. akshayfromcomhard commented on Feb 1, 2025

    @akshayfromcomhard
    Author

    Hi,
    Can you please share a command to do this?

  8. DaanHoogland commented on Feb 1, 2025

    @DaanHoogland
    Contributor

    use scp to copy the OVA to the KVM host.

  9. akshayfromcomhard commented on Feb 1, 2025

    @akshayfromcomhard
    Author

    Are these the steps? -

    Steps for Manual OVA Migration Process
    Step 1: Export the VM to OVA from vCenter/ESXi
    Use the vSphere Client to export the VM as an OVA.
    Right-click on the VM → Template → Export OVF Template.
    Save the exported .ova file on your local machine or a network location.
    Step 2: Copy the OVA to the KVM Host
    Use the scp (secure copy) command to transfer the exported OVA to your KVM server.

    Example Command:

    scp /path/to/your-vm.ova user@kvm-host:/path/to/destination/

    Replace /path/to/your-vm.ova with the actual OVA file path on your local system.
    Replace user@kvm-host:/path/to/destination/ with your KVM server's username, IP, and destination path.

  10. DaanHoogland commented on Feb 3, 2025

    @DaanHoogland
    Contributor

    yes @akshayfromcomhard , this is good for testing if you can convert the OVA.

    For trouble shooting the automated process you would wan't to export it to one of the storages.

  11. DaanHoogland commented on Feb 13, 2025

    @DaanHoogland
    Contributor

    @akshayfromcomhard please have a look at @thanasiskalos , please have alook at https://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/en/4.20.0.0/adminguide/virtual_machines/importing_vmware_vms_into_kvm.html especially the last few notes. If you cannot convert with virt-v2v on the command line it is not possible with ACS either.

  12. locked and limited conversation to collaborators on Feb 13, 2025
  13. converted this issue into a discussion #10388 on Feb 13, 2025
  14. added this to the unplanned milestone on Sep 20, 2025
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