[ovirt-users] overt viewer on mac osx

[Karli Sjöberg]

Bill, remember to keep users list when replying.

On Wed, 2014-09-24 at 10:16 +0000, Bill Dossett wrote:
> ahhh… thanks!  2 minutes was the problem… I tried associating .vv
> files with the RemoteView application, but that doesn’t work, just
> brings up the remote viewer app as though it hadn’t been given a
> console.vv file to configure it… any other way of doing this other
> than going to a terminal and starting it? 

Right, it´s been explained to me in the past:
http://lists.ovirt.org/pipermail/users/2014-January/019963.html

@Christophe

Has there been any updates to this? A newer version perhaps?

/K

> 
> 
> Thanks again!
> 
> Bill Dossett
> Virtualisation Architect
> Pitney Bowes – Tech Central
> 6 Hercules Way, 600 Leavesden Park
> Watford, WD25 7GS
> Phone (+44) (0)1923 279353 | VOIP: 54739353
> Mobile (+44) (0)7775 908612
> bill.dossett at pb.com
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>  
> In Engineering? Raise a ticket via Remedy Anywhere [HERE] takes less
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>  
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>  
> Check out the ManageIQ Blog for recent enhancements and
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> 
> On Sep 24, 2014, at 10:58 AM, Karli Sjöberg <Karli.Sjoberg at slu.se>
> wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, 2014-09-24 at 09:28 +0000, Bill Dossett wrote:
> > > Hi Karli, 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > I am on oVirt Engine Version 3.4.3-1.el6   is that what you mean?
> > 
> > Yepp, that´s what I meant. Well, it´s working for us, though we´re
> > still
> > running 3.4.1 so that may have changed in later releases?
> > 
> > FYI, the "authentication" that remote-viewer is referring to is the
> > "ticket" (random gibberish - not the "engine" password) that
> > ovirt-engine generates every time you press for console. That ticket
> > has
> > a 2 min timeout, so if you download a console.vv and wait more than
> > that, the ticket will experired, and you´d have to download a new
> > file
> > for the authentication to work. Makes sense?
> > 
> > /K
> > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > thanks
> > > 
> > > Bill Dossett
> > > Virtualisation Architect
> > > Pitney Bowes – Tech Central
> > > 6 Hercules Way, 600 Leavesden Park
> > > Watford, WD25 7GS
> > > Phone (+44) (0)1923 279353 | VOIP: 54739353
> > > Mobile (+44) (0)7775 908612
> > > bill.dossett at pb.com
> > > www.pb.com
> > > 
> > > In Engineering? Raise a ticket via Remedy Anywhere [HERE] takes
> > > less
> > > than a minute
> > > 
> > > ManageIQ User Guide available [HERE]
> > > 
> > > Check out the ManageIQ Blog for recent enhancements and
> > > information [HERE]
> > > 
> > > On Sep 24, 2014, at 10:11 AM, Karli Sjöberg <Karli.Sjoberg at slu.se>
> > > wrote:
> > > 
> > > > On Wed, 2014-09-24 at 09:07 +0000, Bill Dossett wrote:
> > > > > Hi, 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > I got pretty excited when I found out there was a girt-viewer
> > > > > for
> > > > > mac…  if this would work, it means I could manange my ovirt
> > > > > stack
> > > > > from
> > > > > my mac without having to login to my windows VDI.
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > I have downloaded and installed per the instructions - and
> > > > > then
> > > > > downloaded the console.vv file and run the command line to
> > > > > start
> > > > > the
> > > > > viewer with the console.vv - the first time it popped up and
> > > > > then
> > > > > said
> > > > > that spice needed authentication… tried my virt-engine
> > > > > password
> > > > > that
> > > > > didn’t work, hit cancel and it shut down.  Tried it again and
> > > > > now
> > > > > it
> > > > > just says it can’t determine the connection type from uri and
> > > > > I
> > > > > have
> > > > > to quit.
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > I am running OSX 10.9.4 and apparently this has only been
> > > > > tested
> > > > > on
> > > > > 10.9.1… hoping there is a fix to make this work, or am I doing
> > > > > something wrong?  The command I am using is
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > /Applications/RemoteViewer.app/Contents/MacOS/RemoteViewer
> > > > > Downloads/console.vv
> > > > > 
> > > > > and the console.vv is indeed in the Downloads dir off my home
> > > > > dir.
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > Thanks
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > Bill Dossett
> > > > > Virtualisation Architect
> > > > > Pitney Bowes – Tech Central
> > > > > 6 Hercules Way, 600 Leavesden Park
> > > > > Watford, WD25 7GS
> > > > > Phone (+44) (0)1923 279353 | VOIP: 54739353
> > > > > Mobile (+44) (0)7775 908612
> > > > > bill.dossett at pb.com
> > > > > www.pb.com
> > > > > 
> > > > > In Engineering? Raise a ticket via Remedy Anywhere [HERE]
> > > > > takes
> > > > > less
> > > > > than a minute
> > > > > 
> > > > > ManageIQ User Guide available [HERE]
> > > > > 
> > > > > Check out the ManageIQ Blog for recent enhancements and
> > > > > information [HERE]
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Hey Bill!
> > > > 
> > > > What oVirt version are you on?
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > -- 
> > > > 
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> > > > Address
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> > > > S-750 07 Uppsala, Sweden
> > > > Phone:  +46-(0)18-67 15 66
> > > > karli.sjoberg at slu.se
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
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> > Address
> > Kronåsvägen 8)
> > S-750 07 Uppsala, Sweden
> > Phone:  +46-(0)18-67 15 66
> > karli.sjoberg at slu.se
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