[ovirt-users] qemu version

[Doron Fediuck]

----- Original Message -----
> From: "John H. Thompson (GSFC-606.2)[Computer Sciences Corporation]" <hoot at ptpnow.com>
> To: users at ovirt.org
> Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 8:33:17 PM
> Subject: [ovirt-users] qemu version
> 
> oVirt seems to want to install a very old version of qemu, version 0.12.1 in
> fact. Version 2.1.2 is now available. Is there any way to make oVirt use a
> newer version or use/leave what’s already installed?
> 

Hi John,
oVirt does not choose the qemu version. It uses the one available
in centos[1] or the other relevant distro repo.
Having that said, you need to bare in mind there's a whole stack build on top
of qemu (libvirt, vdsm, etc) and jumping forward may destabilize the setup
you're using.

Doron

[1] http://mirror.centos.org/centos/6.6/updates/x86_64/Packages/