⁠2.3.3. Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager Software Channels

Installation of the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager requires that the system be subscribed to a number of Red Hat Network channels in addition to those required for Red Hat Enterprise Linux. These channels are used to retrieve both the initial installation packages and later updates as they become available.

Note

See the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager Release Notes for specific channel names current to your system.
You must ensure that you have entitlements to the required channels listed here before proceeding with installation.

Certificate-based Red Hat Network

  • The Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server entitlement, provides Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
  • The Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization entitlement, provides Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager.
  • The Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform entitlement, provides the supported release of the application platform on which the Manager runs.

Red Hat Network Classic

  • The Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6 for 64-bit x86_64) channel, also referred to as rhel-x86_64-server-6, provides Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Server. The Channel Entitlement name for this channel is Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6).
  • The RHEL Server Supplementary (v. 6 64-bit x86_64) channel, also referred to as rhel-x86_64-server-supplementary-6, provides the virtio-win package. The virtio-win package provides the Windows VirtIO drivers for use in virtual machines. The Channel Entitlement Name for the supplementary channel is Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6).
  • The Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager (v3.3 x86_64) channel, also referred to as rhel-x86_64-server-6-rhevm-3.3, provides Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager. The Channel Entitlement Name for this channel is Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager (v3).
  • The Red Hat JBoss EAP (v 6) for 6Server x86_64 channel, also referred to as jbappplatform-6-x86_64-server-6-rpm, provides the supported release of the application platform on which the Manager runs. The Channel Entitlement Name for this channel is Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (v 4, zip format).

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