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Adding an entry for Pramod Kumar (Elastic Engineering)
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anande
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| + One should have account to Broadcom developer site to download library. | ||
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| ## Environment: | ||
| + **virt-v2v Virtual appliance** - `192.168.11.11` |
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Is the IP-Address static/required OR Was it in your test environment?
If customer spins up an Appliance and their IP-Addr is expected to be different, I'd suggest removing this.
anande
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| https://libguestfs.org/nbdkit-vddk-plugin.1.html | ||
| https://developer.broadcom.com/sdks/vmware-virtual-disk-development-kit-vddk/latest | ||
| https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/8.0/vsphere-vddk-programming-guide/GUID-158D8330-7C9C-4F9C-83E1-4DC154DA3C66.html |
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| ### Build and Install vddk plugins: | ||
| + #### Login to virt-v2v appliance. | ||
| #### On controller node: | ||
| ```shell | ||
| ssh -i ~/.ssh/rpc_support [email protected] | ||
| sudo -i | ||
| ``` | ||
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| + #### Download vddk code from git repository. | ||
| #### On virtual appliance: | ||
| ```shell | ||
| git clone https://github.com/libguestfs/nbdkit.git | ||
| ``` | ||
| + #### Run below commands to install required packages and vddk plugins. | ||
| #### On virtual appliance: | ||
| ```shell | ||
| sudo apt-get install libtool | ||
| apt install pkg-config m4 libtool automake autoconf | ||
| cd nbdkit/ | ||
| ``` | ||
| ```shell | ||
| autoreconf -i | ||
| ./configure --disable-dependency-tracking | ||
| ``` | ||
| ```shell | ||
| apt install make | ||
| make | ||
| make install | ||
| ``` | ||
| ```shell | ||
| cp /usr/local/lib/nbdkit/plugins/nbdkit-vddk-plugin.so \ | ||
| /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/nbdkit/plugins/ | ||
| ``` | ||
| + #### Check if vddk plugins has been installed successfully. | ||
| #### On virtual appliance: | ||
| ```shell | ||
| nbdkit vddk libdir=/usr/local/lib/nbdkit/plugins/ --dump-plugin | ||
| ``` |
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Login to virt-v2v appliance.
On controller node:
ssh -i ~/.ssh/rpc_support [email protected]
sudo -i Download vddk code from git repository on virtual appliance:
git clone https://github.com/libguestfs/nbdkit.gitRun below commands to install required packages and vddk plugins on virtual appliance:
sudo apt-get install libtool
apt install pkg-config m4 libtool automake autoconf
cd nbdkit/
autoreconf -i
./configure --disable-dependency-tracking
apt install make
make
make install
cp /usr/local/lib/nbdkit/plugins/nbdkit-vddk-plugin.so \
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/nbdkit/plugins/ Check if vddk plugins has been installed successfully on virtual appliance:
nbdkit vddk libdir=/usr/local/lib/nbdkit/plugins/ --dump-plugin
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| #### Example output: | ||
| ```shell | ||
| path=/usr/local/lib/nbdkit/plugins/nbdkit-vddk-plugin.so | ||
| name=vddk | ||
| version=1.33.11 | ||
| api_version=2 | ||
| struct_size=384 | ||
| max_thread_model=parallel | ||
| thread_model=parallel | ||
| errno_is_preserved=0 | ||
| magic_config_key=file | ||
| has_longname=1 | ||
| has_unload=1 | ||
| has_dump_plugin=1 | ||
| has_config=1 | ||
| has_config_complete=1 | ||
| has_config_help=1 | ||
| has_get_ready=1 | ||
| has_after_fork=1 | ||
| has_open=1 | ||
| has_close=1 | ||
| has_get_size=1 | ||
| has_block_size=1 | ||
| has_can_flush=1 | ||
| has_can_extents=1 | ||
| has_can_fua=1 | ||
| has_pread=1 | ||
| has_pwrite=1 | ||
| has_flush=1 | ||
| has_extents=1 | ||
| vddk_default_libdir=/usr/local/lib/vmware-vix-disklib | ||
| vddk_has_nfchostport=1 | ||
| ``` |
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!!! example "Command Output"
path=/usr/local/lib/nbdkit/plugins/nbdkit-vddk-plugin.so
name=vddk
version=1.33.11
api_version=2
struct_size=384
max_thread_model=parallel
thread_model=parallel
errno_is_preserved=0
magic_config_key=file
has_longname=1
has_unload=1
has_dump_plugin=1
has_config=1
has_config_complete=1
has_config_help=1
has_get_ready=1
has_after_fork=1
has_open=1
has_close=1
has_get_size=1
has_block_size=1
has_can_flush=1
has_can_extents=1
has_can_fua=1
has_pread=1
has_pwrite=1
has_flush=1
has_extents=1
vddk_default_libdir=/usr/local/lib/vmware-vix-disklib
vddk_has_nfchostport=1
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| + #### Download and place VMware vddk library: | ||
| Login to Broadcom web link https://developer.broadcom.com/sdks/vmware-virtual-disk-development-kit-vddk/latest and download zip file. Place it under /tmp/ on virt-v2v appliance. In my case I downloaded the latest version which is `8.0.3`. | ||
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| + #### Move tar file under /opt and extract it. | ||
| ```shell | ||
| ls -l /tmp/VMware-vix-disklib-8.0.0-20521017.x86_64.tar.gz | ||
| mv /tmp/VMware-vix-disklib-8.0.0-20521017.x86_64.tar.gz /opt/ | ||
| ``` | ||
| ```shell | ||
| cd /opt | ||
| tar xvzf VMware-vix-disklib-8.0.0-20521017.x86_64.tar.gz | ||
| cd vmware-vix-disklib-distrib/ | ||
| ls | ||
| ``` | ||
| + #### Appliance is ready to migrate the vm using vddk plugins now. |
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Download and Extract VMware VDDK library:
Login to Broadcom VDDK SDK Downloads page and download zip file. Place it under /tmp/ on virt-v2v appliance. In my case I downloaded the latest version which is 8.0.3.
Move tar file under /opt and extract it.
ls -l /tmp/VMware-vix-disklib-8.0.0-20521017.x86_64.tar.gz
mv /tmp/VMware-vix-disklib-8.0.0-20521017.x86_64.tar.gz /opt/
cd /opt
tar xvzf VMware-vix-disklib-8.0.0-20521017.x86_64.tar.gz
cd vmware-vix-disklib-distrib/
lsAppliance is ready to migrate the vm using vddk plugins now.
Updated md file with the required changes.
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