Xen virtualized guests can be converted remotely via SSH. Ensure that the host running the virtualized guest is accessible via SSH.

To convert the virtualized guest, run:

virt-v2v -ic xen+ssh://[email protected] -op pool --bridge brname vm-name

Where vmhost.example.com is the host running the virtualized guest, pool is the local storage pool to hold the image, brname is the name of a local network bridge to connect the converted guest's network to, and vm-name is the domain of the Xen virtualized guest. You may also use the --network parameter to connect to a locally managed network, or specify multiple mappings in /etc/virt-v2v.conf.

If your guest uses a Xen para-virtualized kernel (it would be called something like kernel-xen or kernel-xenU), virt-v2v will attempt to install a new kernel during the conversion process. You can avoid this requirement by installing a regular kernel, which won't reference a hypervisor in its name, alongside the Xen kernel prior to conversion. You should not make this newly installed kernel your default kernel, because Xen will not boot it. virt-v2v will make it the default during conversion.