[ovirt-users] host usb

[ffuentes]

Giorgio,

Thanks for your reply.

Where can I get vdsm from 3.6.7* for my host?

Thanks again!

Regards,

Fernando Fuentes
Supervisor & Senior Systems Administrator
Email: ffuentes at aasteel.com
  
American Alloy Steel, Inc.
Houston, Texas
Website: http://www.aasteel.com
  
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On 06/16/2016 05:52 AM, Giorgio Bersano wrote:
> 2016-06-16 6:39 GMT+02:00 Fernando Fuentes <ffuentes at darktcp.net>:
>> I am now getting this when I try to start it:
>>
>>
>> VM methub is down with error. Exit message: Hook Error.
>>
>> To get the hostusb setup I did:
>>
>> engine-config -s
>> "UserDefinedVMProperties=hostusb=^0x[0-9a-fA-F]{4}:0x[0-9a-fA-F]{4}$"
>> ovirt-engine restart
>>
>> and the host has the usb hooked installed.
>> But when I go an add the custom property "hostusb" the vm wont start.
>>
>> Again this is on oVirt 3.6 Centos 6.5 x86_64
>> and a host of Centos 7 x86_64
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>> TIA!
>>
> Hi Fernando,
> in 3.6 to pass an host USB device to a VM you don't need an hook as it
> is now standard in the system.
>
> But if you have vdsm from 3.6.6 it doesn't work because of a bug. It
> has already been corrected and if you update vdsm* to 3.6.7rc it will
> work. I had the same problem but now it's OK.
>
> Going to the administration portal after the upgrade you should see
> your USB device in the "Host devices" tab of the "Host"; if it isn't
> there clik "Refresh Capabilities" and it should come up.
> Then you go to "Virtual Machines", select your VM, then "Host devices"
> and "Add device" and you're almost there.
>
> I learned this thanks to something posted in this list and probably a
> bugzilla too but I'm unable to find it ATM.
> If you see references to IOMMU ignore them unless you need to expose a
> PCI device.
>
> HTH,
> Giorgio.
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