[ovirt-users] qemu version

[Itamar Heim]

On 11/11/2014 08:46 PM, Doron Fediuck wrote:
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>
> ----- 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/
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you should also remember while the version did not change since the last 
distro rebase for .el6, it contains any feature ovirt/rhev is using via 
feature backports, so while its "0.12.1", it has way more advanced 
features in it.