Re: [ovirt-users] VM manipulate DMI Chassis Serial value

On 01/22/2016 10:01 PM, Nir Soffer wrote: > Adding Francesco > > On Fri, Jan 22, 2016 at 1:40 PM, <ovirt(a)timmi.org&gt; wrote: >> Hi list, >> >> it is possible to change the DMI Chassis Serial value in the VM config? >> >> Virtualbox is able to perform this via the following command for example: >> c:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\VBoxManage.exe setextradata >> "NAME_OF_VIRTUAL_MACHINE" >> "VBoxInternal/Devices/pcbios/0/Config/DmiChassisSerial" "123456789" >> >> Handle 0x0300, DMI type 3, 21 bytes >> Chassis Information >> Manufacturer: Red Hat >> Type: Other >> Lock: Not Present >> Version: RHEL 7.2.0 PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996) >> Serial Number: Not Specified >> Asset Tag: Not Specified >> Boot-up State: Safe >> Power Supply State: Safe >> Thermal State: Safe >> Security Status: Unknown >> OEM Information: 0x00000000 >> Height: Unspecified >> Number Of Power Cords: Unspecified >> Contained Elements: 0 >> >> root@demo:~ # dmidecode -s chassis-serial-number >> Not Specified >> >> >> I want to change the red above!! >> Is there a way to change that in Ovirt as well? >> >> Best regards and thank you for your help. >> Christoph >> You should be able to change it from the GUI: Edit -> Show Advanced Options -> System -> General -> Provide Custom serial number policy -> Custom serial number. You can also change it with the API, for example with the Python SDK: ---8<--- #!/usr/bin/python from ovirtsdk.api import API from ovirtsdk.xml import params # Connect to the server: api = API( url="https://rhevm36.example.com/ovirt-engine/api";, username="admin@internal", password="...", ca_file="/etc/pki/ovirt-engine/ca.pem", debug=True ) # Find the VM: vm = api.vms.get(name="myvm") # Set a custom serial number: vm.set_serial_number( params.SerialNumber( policy="custom", value="myserialnumber", ) ) vm.update() # Disconnect: api.disconnect() --->8---