Re: new to virt-manager & tools, have issues with screen sizing and VPN setup in a guest

[Junqin Zhou <juzhou@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Sbob,

Please see my comments below.

On Thu, Jul 14, 2022 at 1:36 PM Sbob <sbob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi all;

I installed the following today :

qemu-kvm libvirt virt-install bridge-utils  virt-manager libvirt-devel virt-top libguestfs-tools guestfs-tools

I followed this guide to install virt-manager and a bridged network.

I used virt-v2v to convert a VMware image :

# virt-v2v -i vmx /data/vmware/Fedora35-Wynnbet/Fedora35-Wynnbet.vmx  -o local -of qcow2 -os /data/kvm/Imported/Fedora35-Wynnbet

Then I edited the resulting xml file (/data/kvm/Imported/Fedora35-Wynnbet/Fedora35-Wynnbet.xml)

and I commented out the network interface (the VMware one):

        <!-- <interface type='network'> -->
      <!-- <source network='ethernet0'/> -->
      <!-- <model type='virtio'/> -->
      <!-- <mac address='00:0C:29:0B:53:5E'/> -->
    <!-- </interface> -->

Next I added the new vm to virt-manager:

# virsh define /data/kvm/Imported/Fedora35-Wynnbet/Fedora35-Wynnbet.xml

It worked, I started the vm from virt-manager, logged in and used virt-manager to create a new interface.

Now I have 2 issues: 

1) I cannot get it to resize the VM with the window, the View -> Scale Display -> Auto Resize VM with Window option is greyed out

For this issue, please check the following configurations of your VM:

• Does your VM have a GUI?  If not, 'Auto Resize VM with Window' option will be disabled in text mode.
• Does the service 'qumu-guest-agent' is running inside your VM?
• Does the VM be configured with 'qemu-ga' channel? If not, you can add it via virt-manager or 'virsh edit command'
• <channel type="unix">
    <target type="virtio" name="org.qemu.guest_agent.0"/>
    <address type="virtio-serial" controller="0" bus="0" port="1"/>
  </channel>

Hope the above information can do you a favor, thanks.

2) the VMware vm was setup with a PPTP based VPN, but in the converted kvm / virt-mananger vm the vpn will not connect, it simply says an error occurred.

Sorry, I have no idea about this one. Or you can provide much more information about it, thanks.

Thanks in advance

Best Regards,

Junqin Zhou(周俊芹)