From 5731e864c4f6ae58f48972b7c1771e9eefc57bf2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Richard W.M. Jones" 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 91f575617..457effa50 100644 --- a/v2v/virt-v2v.pod +++ b/v2v/virt-v2v.pod @@ -946,6 +946,20 @@ This can also prevent booting with a 7B error [see previous section] if the guest has group policy containing C. +=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 +before converting the guest. + +For further information see: +L + =head1 UEFI VMware allows you to present UEFI firmware to guests (instead of the -- 2.20.1