From 4d78c436b15742c25288bcae441a9782ee316fe5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Richard W.M. Jones" <rjones@redhat.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2018 14:30:21 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] v2v: docs: Describe support for SHA-2 certs for Windows 7 /
2008 R2 (RHBZ#1624878).
Thanks: Yan Vugenfirer.
(cherry picked from commit 741ef228cd8d17bd1a8a60a2cfa83c3937120ede)
---
v2v/virt-v2v.pod | 14 ++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)
diff --git a/v2v/virt-v2v.pod b/v2v/virt-v2v.pod
index 893e47fb9..dc443b717 100644
--- a/v2v/virt-v2v.pod
+++ b/v2v/virt-v2v.pod
@@ -1097,6 +1097,20 @@ This can also prevent booting with a 7B error [see previous section]
if the guest has group policy containing
C<Device Installation Restrictions>.
+=head2 Support for SHA-2 certificates in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2
+
+Later versions of the Windows virtio drivers are signed using SHA-2
+certificates (instead of SHA-1). The original shipping Windows 7 and
+Windows Server 2008 R2 did not understand SHA-2 certificates and so
+the Windows virtio drivers will not install properly.
+
+To fix this you must apply SHA-2 Code Signing Support from:
+L<https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/SecurityAdvisories/2015/3033929>
+before converting the guest.
+
+For further information see:
+L<https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1624878>
+
=head1 UEFI
VMware allows you to present UEFI firmware to guests (instead of the
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