[Users] Unable to access remote console in User portal from IE/Windows7

[Itamar Heim]

On 11/27/2012 11:53 AM, nasir nasir wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I have been experimenting with Ovirt 3.1 and so far most of the things
> work. Many thanks indeed for this great free software! Now I am facing
> an issue for accessing the remote console in User Portal from windows 7
> client using IE9. I am able to login to the User Portal and access the
> VM using the console button from Linux. But while I try the same from a
> windows 7 machine, it is NOT working. When I click on the console
> button, it doesn't pop any window or show anything. Some of the docs I
> read says that for the first time, I would be greeted with an ActiveX
> warning and can install the same to get the console. But I didnt get
> anything of that kind. So my questions to you all are,
>
> -- Is User Portal and Console supported on Windows platform ?
> -- If supported, is there anything  needed to be installed on the
> Windows machine from which I am trying to access the User Portal ?( I
> did install spice-guest-tools-0.exe on both VM and the Windows machine I
> am trying to access the User Portal)
> -- If not supported, what is the recommended way of accessing VMs from
> windows clients ? I understand that the firefox spice-xpi plugin is only
> for Linux.
>
> Relevant info,
>
> --OS : CentOS 6.3 64 bit
> -- ovirt-engine-setup-plugin-allinone-3.1.0-3.28.el6.noarch.rpm
> (Actually I used the repo from http://www.dreyou.org/ovirt/ , )
> -- Client from which I am trying to access: Windows 7 (32bit), IE 9
>
> Any reply would be highly appreciated and I would be more than happy to
> send any further details if needed. I searched a lot for any relevant
> docs for the same but could not find anything.
>
> Thanks and regards,
> Nasir
>
>
>
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