On Dec 3, 2013, at 10:52 , Vinzenz Feenstra <vfeenstr@redhat.com> wrote:

On 11/30/2013 09:49 PM, Blaster wrote:

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There doesn't seem to be a single "tools" or "agent" install like there is under ESXi, that's required to be installed under ovirt, instead I've seen references to

1) virtio drivers 2) Spice drivers 3) qemu agent

What's really needed under both Windows and Linux to get guests working properly? Well it depends on what you consider 'working properly'

Mainly you will need to have the VirtIO drivers, the Spice Drivers and the Spice VDAgent For additional features supported by oVirt you'll also need the ovirt-guest-agent The qemu agent is currently optional, however will be required together with the ovirt-guest-agent at some point to support some additional features.

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Are all these agents included in Fedora?

Yes they are.

btw the virtio drivers are already in kernel so for a bare minimum functionality you're ready to go without any additional sw on Fedora. If you want copy&paste in SPICE you need vdagent, if you need detailed utilization statistics, app list, guest IP reporting, SSO you need ovirt-guest-agent. If you need the new backup API and hotplug CPU in the future you'll need qemu-ga as well Thanks, michal

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From: michal.skrivanek@redhat.com Date: Tue=2C 3 Dec 2013 14:23:19 +0100 To: Blaster@556nato.com CC: users@ovirt.org Subject: Re: [Users] What agents are needed? =20 =20 On Dec 3=2C 2013=2C at 10:52 =2C Vinzenz Feenstra <vfeenstr@redhat.com> w= rote: =20

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On 11/30/2013 09:49 PM=2C Blaster wrote:

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There doesn't seem to be a single "tools" or "agent" install like ther= e is under ESXi=2C that's required to be installed under ovirt=2C instead I= 've seen references to =20 1) virtio drivers 2) Spice drivers 3) qemu agent =20 What's really needed under both Windows and Linux to get guests workin= g properly? Well it depends on what you consider 'working properly' =20 Mainly you will need to have the VirtIO drivers=2C the Spice Drivers an= d the Spice VDAgent For additional features supported by oVirt you'll also need the ovirt-g= uest-agent The qemu agent is currently optional=2C however will be required togeth= er with the ovirt-guest-agent at some point to support some additional feat= ures. =20 =20 Are all these agents included in Fedora? Yes they are. =20 btw the virtio drivers are already in kernel so for a bare minimum functi= onality you're ready to go without any additional sw on Fedora. If you want= copy&paste in SPICE you need vdagent=2C if you need detailed utilization s= tatistics=2C app list=2C guest IP reporting=2C SSO you need ovirt-guest-ag= ent. If you need the new backup API and hotplug CPU in the future you'll ne= ed qemu-ga as well Michal=2C thank you for sharing this information. I am going to try and = get this into added to the wiki. Blaster if this helps:For Fedora=2C you ca= n get the guest agent and spice drivers by running "yum install ovirt-guest= -agent spice-vdagent" . Additional steps for the ovirt-guest-agent install = here ( http://www.ovirt.org/How_to_install_the_guest_agent_in_Fedora) but I= wasn't aware of the spice-vdagent. For Windows- you can get the VirtIO dri= vers by downloading the iso from http://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/virti= o-win/latest/images/=2C upload it to your ISO store=2C change the CD on the= vm=2C and then install the drivers through device manager. That will solve= virtio-serial and virtio-scsi- you can get the spice drivers by downloadin= g the windows binary from http://www.spice-space.org/download.html (I added=

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Thanks=2C michal =20

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