From 9e64238a389264b34af20b49da929d5bf6ccd436 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Richard W.M. Jones" Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2017 11:32:16 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] v2v: vddk: Further rework documentation. Thanks for suggestions from Ming Xie. (cherry picked from commit 12d87361a4623587c53196e70157448158c02c7f) --- v2v/virt-v2v.pod | 18 ++++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/v2v/virt-v2v.pod b/v2v/virt-v2v.pod index 48a20cccc..417c25331 100644 --- a/v2v/virt-v2v.pod +++ b/v2v/virt-v2v.pod @@ -1304,6 +1304,10 @@ library is permitted by the license. =item 2. +VDDK E 6.5 is required. + +=item 3. + You must also compile nbdkit, enabling the VDDK plugin. At least nbdkit E 1.1.16 is required, but it is usually best to compile from the git tree. @@ -1320,12 +1324,14 @@ L =back -=item 3. +Compile nbdkit as described in the sources (see link above). -You do B need to run C. You can run nbdkit from -its source directory. Set C<$PATH> to point to the nbdkit top build -directory (that is, the directory containing a shell script called -F), eg: +You do B need to run C because you can run nbdkit +from its source directory. The source directory has a shell script +called F which runs the locally built copy of nbdkit and its +plugins. So set C<$PATH> to point to the nbdkit top build directory +(that is, the directory containing the shell script called F), +eg: export PATH=/path/to/nbdkit-1.1.x:$PATH @@ -1333,7 +1339,7 @@ F), eg: You must find the SSL "thumbprint" of your VMware server. How to do this is explained in L, also available at the -link given in item 2 above. +link above. =item 5. -- 2.14.3