[Users] oVirt console plans

Itamar Heim iheim at redhat.com
Mon Jan 30 19:55:14 UTC 2012


On 01/30/2012 09:17 PM, Brown, Chris (GE Healthcare) wrote:
> I would agree with this assessment. Spice while nice is an issue with windows and older linux/etc guests as well.
> A few issues until the qxl paravirtual guest drivers are in place in the guest:
> - windows guests -->  erratic mouse movement and controls = install via KBD and add drivers by hand/kbd
> - fix for windows guests = use templates or load from images that have been syspreped or slipstreamed w/driver
> - older linux guests = ? EX: custom spins or old 2.4 based stuff
> - non linux guests bsd/solaris/android = ?
>
> Just  my 2 cents, but VNC or vrdp(VirtualBox) has worked well with all of the above guests
> when it concerns remote consoles.

iirc, you can use RDP from a windows client to a windows guest.
you can set the password for VNC consoles via ovirt-engine-cli then open 
a vnc client (should probably make this easy via ui as well)



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