ahhh… thanks! 2 minutes was the problem… I tried associating .vv files with the RemoteView application, but that doesn’t work, just brings up the remote viewer app as though it hadn’t been given a console.vv file to configure it… any other way of doing this other than going to a terminal and starting it?

Thanks again! Bill Dossett Virtualisation Architect Pitney Bowes – Tech Central 6 Hercules Way, 600 Leavesden Park Watford, WD25 7GS Phone (+44) (0)1923 279353 | VOIP: 54739353 Mobile (+44) (0)7775 908612 bill.dossett(a)pb.com www.pb.com In Engineering? Raise a ticket via Remedy Anywhere [HERE] takes less than a minute ManageIQ User Guide available [HERE] Check out the ManageIQ Blog for recent enhancements and information [HERE] On Sep 24, 2014, at 10:58 AM, Karli Sjöberg <Karli.Sjoberg(a)slu.se&gt; wrote: > On Wed, 2014-09-24 at 09:28 +0000, Bill Dossett wrote: > > Hi Karli, > > > > > > I am on oVirt Engine Version 3.4.3-1.el6 is that what you mean? > > Yepp, that´s what I meant. Well, it´s working for us, though we´re > still > running 3.4.1 so that may have changed in later releases? > > FYI, the "authentication" that remote-viewer is referring to is the > "ticket" (random gibberish - not the "engine" password) that > ovirt-engine generates every time you press for console. That ticket > has > a 2 min timeout, so if you download a console.vv and wait more than > that, the ticket will experired, and you´d have to download a new > file > for the authentication to work. Makes sense? > > /K > > > > > > > thanks > > > > Bill Dossett > > Virtualisation Architect > > Pitney Bowes – Tech Central > > 6 Hercules Way, 600 Leavesden Park > > Watford, WD25 7GS > > Phone (+44) (0)1923 279353 | VOIP: 54739353 > > Mobile (+44) (0)7775 908612 > > bill.dossett(a)pb.com > > www.pb.com > > > > In Engineering? Raise a ticket via Remedy Anywhere [HERE] takes > > less > > than a minute > > > > ManageIQ User Guide available [HERE] > > > > Check out the ManageIQ Blog for recent enhancements and > > information [HERE] > > > > On Sep 24, 2014, at 10:11 AM, Karli Sjöberg <Karli.Sjoberg(a)slu.se&gt; > > wrote: > > > > > On Wed, 2014-09-24 at 09:07 +0000, Bill Dossett wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > > > > > I got pretty excited when I found out there was a girt-viewer > > > > for > > > > mac… if this would work, it means I could manange my ovirt > > > > stack > > > > from > > > > my mac without having to login to my windows VDI. > > > > > > > > > > > > I have downloaded and installed per the instructions - and > > > > then > > > > downloaded the console.vv file and run the command line to > > > > start > > > > the > > > > viewer with the console.vv - the first time it popped up and > > > > then > > > > said > > > > that spice needed authentication… tried my virt-engine > > > > password > > > > that > > > > didn’t work, hit cancel and it shut down. Tried it again and > > > > now > > > > it > > > > just says it can’t determine the connection type from uri and > > > > I > > > > have > > > > to quit. > > > > > > > > > > > > I am running OSX 10.9.4 and apparently this has only been > > > > tested > > > > on > > > > 10.9.1… hoping there is a fix to make this work, or am I doing > > > > something wrong? The command I am using is > > > > > > > > > > > > /Applications/RemoteViewer.app/Contents/MacOS/RemoteViewer > > > > Downloads/console.vv > > > > > > > > and the console.vv is indeed in the Downloads dir off my home > > > > dir. > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Bill Dossett > > > > Virtualisation Architect > > > > Pitney Bowes – Tech Central > > > > 6 Hercules Way, 600 Leavesden Park > > > > Watford, WD25 7GS > > > > Phone (+44) (0)1923 279353 | VOIP: 54739353 > > > > Mobile (+44) (0)7775 908612 > > > > bill.dossett(a)pb.com > > > > www.pb.com > > > > > > > > In Engineering? Raise a ticket via Remedy Anywhere [HERE] > > > > takes > > > > less > > > > than a minute > > > > > > > > ManageIQ User Guide available [HERE] > > > > > > > > Check out the ManageIQ Blog for recent enhancements and > > > > information [HERE] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hey Bill! > > > > > > What oVirt version are you on? > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Med Vänliga Hälsningar > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > Karli Sjöberg > > > Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Box 7079 (Visiting > > > Address > > > Kronåsvägen 8) > > > S-750 07 Uppsala, Sweden > > > Phone: +46-(0)18-67 15 66 > > > karli.sjoberg(a)slu.se > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > > > > > -- > > Med Vänliga Hälsningar > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Karli Sjöberg > Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Box 7079 (Visiting > Address > Kronåsvägen 8) > S-750 07 Uppsala, Sweden > Phone: +46-(0)18-67 15 66 > karli.sjoberg(a)slu.se ______________________________________________________________________