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7.269. virt-what
Updated virt-what packages that add one enhancement are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.
The virt-what packages provide a command-line tool that is used to detect whether the operating system is running inside a virtual machine.
Enhancement
- BZ#829427
- This enhancement adds support for the Virtage hardware partitioning system to the virt-what utility.
All users of virt-what are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which add this enhancement.

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