new package: virt-v2v

New virt-v2v packages are now available.

virt-v2v is a tool for converting virtual machines to use the KVM hypervisor. It
modifies both the virtual machine image and its associated metadata. virt-v2v
will also configure a virtual machine to use VirtIO drivers if possible.

These new packages:

* allow the user to convert and import VMware ESX virtual guests to RHEL 5 KVM
or RHEV.

* allow the user to convert and import RHEL 5 Xen virtual guests to RHEL 5 KVM
or RHEV.

* allow the user to convert and import RHEL 5 KVM virtual guests to RHEV.

This update also adds the following enhancements:

* Augeas, a library and useful tools for systematically changing configuration
files. (BZ#584360)

* fakechroot, a utility allowing unprivileged users to run programs requiring
root privileges. (BZ#584361)

* fakeroot, a utility to run a command in an environment wherein it appears to
have root privileges for file manipulation. (BZ#584362)

* febootstrap, a tool providing the ability to bootstrap small Red Hat
Enterprise Linux or Fedora appliances. (BZ#584363)

* hivex, a library and system administration tools for reading and writing the
Windows Registry binary hive files. (BZ#584364)

* libguestfs, a library and set of tools for accessing and modifying guest disk
images. (BZ#584365)

* libintl, an internationalization library for Perl compatible with gettext.
(BZ#584367)

* IO::Stringy, a Perl library for performing I/O on in-core objects like strings
and arrays. (BZ#584366)

* ExtUtils::CBuilder, a tool for building the C portions of Perl modules by
invoking the appropriate compilers and linkers in a cross-platform manner.
(BZ#584758)

* ExtUtils::ParseXS, a tool for converting Perl XS code (an interface
description file format) into C code. (BZ#584754)

* Module::Build, a cross-platform system for building, testing, and installing
Perl modules, that is meant to be an alternative to ExtUtils::MakeMaker.
(BZ#584752)

* Module::Pluggable, a simple and extensible mechanism for allowing other Perl
modules to make use of plug-ins. (BZ#584436)

* XML::Writer, a Perl module for writing XML documents. (BZ#584368)

* XML::XPath, a Perl XPath parser and evaluator. (BZ#584369)

* XML::XPathEngine, a Perl XPath engine for DOM-like trees. (BZ#596722)

* XML::RegExp, a Perl module containing regular expressions for the following
XML tokens: BaseChar, Ideographic, Letter, Digit, Extender, CombiningChar,
NameChar, EntityRef, CharRef, Reference, Name, NmToken, and AttValue.
(BZ#584429)

* XML::DOM, a Perl extension to XML::Parser, which adds a new 'Style' called
'Dom' that allows XML::Parser to build an object oriented data structure with a
DOM Level 1 compliant interface. (BZ#584434)

* XML::DOM::XPath, a Perl module adding the possibility to use XML::XPath
methods to query a DOM (Document Object Model). (BZ#584437)

* v2v-libvirt, client libraries to be used by virt-v2v. (BZ#584693)

All users requiring virt-v2v should install these new packages, which add these
enhancements.

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to
use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259

584360 - Request for new package for RHEL-5-RHEV: augeas
584361 - Request for new package for RHEL-5-RHEV: fakechroot
584362 - Request for new package for RHEL-5-RHEV: fakeroot
584363 - Request for new package for RHEL-5-RHEV: febootstrap
584364 - Request for new package for RHEL-5-RHEV: hivex
584365 - Request for new package for RHEL-5-RHEV: libguestfs
584366 - Request for new package for RHEL-5-RHEV: perl-IO-stringy
584367 - Request for new package for RHEL-5-RHEV: perl-libintl
584368 - Request for new package for RHEL-5-RHEV: perl-XML-Writer
584369 - Request for new package for RHEL-5-RHEV: perl-XML-XPath
584429 - Request for new package for RHEL-5: perl-XML-RegExp
584434 - Request for new package for RHEL-5: perl-XML-DOM
584436 - Request for new package for RHEL-5: perl-Module-Pluggable
584437 - Request for new package for RHEL-5: perl-XML-DOM-XPath
584438 - Request for new package for RHEL-5: virt-v2v
584693 - Request for new package for RHEL-5: v2v-libvirt
584752 - Request for new package for RHEL-5: perl-Module-Build
584754 - Request for new package for RHEL-5: perl-ExtUtils-ParseXS
584758 - Request for new package for RHEL-5: perl-ExtUtils-CBuilder
589441 - [ESX conversion] /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8/Sys/VirtV2V/Target/LibVirt.pm doesn't load Locale::TextDomain as it should
596091 - Virt-V2V fails with an error converting a windows guest if there is no config file
596238 - Unhelpful error message when converting Windows guest with missing deps
596722 - Request for new package for RHEL-5-RHEV: perl-XML-XPathEngine
600220 - virt-v2v| fail to convert the ESX guest with snaphost
602067 - V2V fails to generate OVF file