> From: [email protected] > Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2013 14:23:19 +0100 > To: [email protected] > CC: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Users] What agents are needed? > > > On Dec 3, 2013, at 10:52 , Vinzenz Feenstra <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 11/30/2013 09:49 PM, Blaster wrote: > >> There doesn't seem to be a single "tools" or "agent" install like there is > >> under ESXi, that's required to be installed under ovirt, instead I've seen > >> references to > >> > >> 1) virtio drivers > >> 2) Spice drivers > >> 3) qemu agent > >> > >> What's really needed under both Windows and Linux to get guests working > >> properly? > > Well it depends on what you consider 'working properly' > > > > Mainly you will need to have the VirtIO drivers, the Spice Drivers and the > > Spice VDAgent > > For additional features supported by oVirt you'll also need the > > ovirt-guest-agent > > The qemu agent is currently optional, however will be required together > > with the ovirt-guest-agent at some point to support some additional > > features. > > > >> > >> Are all these agents included in Fedora? > > Yes they are. > > btw the virtio drivers are already in kernel so for a bare minimum > functionality you're ready to go without any additional sw on Fedora. If you > want copy&paste in SPICE you need vdagent, if you need detailed utilization > statistics, app list, guest IP reporting, SSO you need ovirt-guest-agent. If > you need the new backup API and hotplug CPU in the future you'll need qemu-ga > as well > Michal, thank you for sharing this information. I am going to try and get > this into added to the wiki. Blaster if this helps:For Fedora, you can get > the guest agent and spice drivers by running "yum install ovirt-guest-agent > spice-vdagent" . Additional steps for the ovirt-guest-agent install here ( > http://www.ovirt.org/How_to_install_the_guest_agent_in_Fedora) but I wasn't > aware of the spice-vdagent. For Windows- you can get the VirtIO drivers by > downloading the iso from > http://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/virtio-win/latest/images/, upload it to > your ISO store, change the CD on the vm, and then install the drivers through > device manager. That will solve virtio-serial and virtio-scsi- you can get > the spice drivers by downloading the windows binary from > http://www.spice-space.org/download.html (I added this to the wiki this > week). Note: Win7 and lower right now.- you can get the ovirt-guest-agent by > following these directions: > http://www.ovirt.org/OVirt_Guest_Agent_For_Windows
> Thanks, > michal > > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Users mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users > > > > > > -- > > Regards, > > > > Vinzenz Feenstra | Senior Software Engineer > > RedHat Engineering Virtualization R & D > > Phone: +420 532 294 625 > > IRC: vfeenstr or evilissimo > > > > Better technology. Faster innovation. Powered by community collaboration. > > See how it works at redhat.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Users mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users > > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users
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