[Users] Users Digest, Vol 10, Issue 29

[jose garcia]

On 07/09/2012 05:18 PM, users-request at ovirt.org wrote:
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>     1. Re: VM Tools (Andres Gonzalez)
>     2. Re: VM Tools (Robert Middleswarth)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2012 13:10:43 -0300
> From: Andres Gonzalez <tuchoz at gmail.com>
> To: Robert Middleswarth <robert at middleswarth.net>
> Cc: users at ovirt.org
> Subject: Re: [Users] VM Tools
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> Thanks !
>
> Looks that there's a problem with the CentOS repo:
>
> *[root at localhost ~]# yum install rhev-agent-pam-rhev-cred rhev-agent*
> *Failed to set locale, defaulting to C*
> *Loaded plugins: fastestmirror*
> *Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile*
> * * base: mirror.netglobalis.net*
> * * commercial-addons: 66.128.53.13*
> * * elastix-base: 66.128.53.13*
> * * elastix-extras: 66.128.53.13*
> * * elastix-updates: 66.128.53.13*
> * * epel: epel.mirror.mendoza-conicet.gob.ar*
> * * extras: mirror.netglobalis.net*
> * * updates: mirror.netglobalis.net*
> *ovirt-dre/primary
>
>          | 7.0 kB     00:00     *
> *http://www.dreyou.org/ovirt/ovirt-engine/repodata/primary.xml.gz: [Errno
> -3] Error performing checksum*
> *Trying other mirror.*
> *Error: failure: repodata/primary.xml.gz from ovirt-dre: [Errno 256] No
> more mirrors to try.*
>
>
> Regards.
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 12:37 PM, Robert Middleswarth <
> robert at middleswarth.net> wrote:
>
>>   On 07/09/2012 10:40 AM, Andres Gonzalez wrote:
>>
>> Hi !!
>>
>> Reading the oVirt installation guide says that when a local ISO storage
>> domain is configured during installation the virtio-win ISO and Virtual
>> Floppy Drive (VFD) images, containing the VirtIO drivers for Windows
>> virtual machines, are automatically copied to the new storage domain. The rhev-tools-setup
>> ISO, containing the oVirt Guest Tools for Windows virtual machines are
>> also copied to the domain.
>>
>> I'm running oVirt under FC 16, and I don't have those packages installed,
>> what could it be ?
>>
>> I downloaded from
>> http://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/virtio-win/latest/images/bin/ the
>> iso file but it doesn't have the floppy file (useful for the Windows setup
>> installation) and also drivers for Windows 2008.
>>
>> Under RHEV when having a Windows VM at the admin GUI you can see what
>> applications are installed, IP address, who's logged in, etc., on the VM.
>> This is possible on oVirt too ?
>>
>> Is there any guest tool for Linux VMs ? (RHEL or CentOS)
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Regards.-
>> --
>> AGD
>>
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>>   This is a known limit of ovirt.  You can use the Same ISO / floppy disk
>> for windows that is used for RHEV.  For whatever reason the floppy isn't
>> available from Red Hat any-more.  You can get the last known release of it
>> using the way back machine.
>> http://web.archive.org/web/20110501124422/http://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/virtio-win/latest/images/bin/virtio-win-1.1.16.vfd
>>
>> I have no access to RHEL to confirm but I have been told that RHEV drivers
>> work fine under ovirt.
>>
>> CentOS you can download those from
>> http://wiki.dreyou.org/dokuwiki/doku.php/ovirt_rpm_start .  You need to
>> add the repo listed at the top and then if you look at the bottom there is
>> the install for the guest.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Robert
>>
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>
tested this morning in a scientific linux:

http://www.dreyou.org/ovirt/

adding file

ovirt-dre.repo <http://www.dreyou.org/ovirt/ovirt-dre.repo> to 
/etc/yum.repos.d/

Good evening.
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