RHBA-2011:1642 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated virt-manager package that fixes multiple bugs and adds various
enhancements is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

Virtual Machine Manager (virt-manager) is a graphical tool for administering
virtual machines for KVM, Xen, and QEMU.

The virt-manager package has been upgraded to upstream version 0.9.0, which
provides support for the IEEE 802.1Qbg standard. The virt-manager utility now
allows editing of virtualport settings for direct interfaces. (BZ#693875)

This update fixes the following bugs:

• If the user pressed the X button on the "Customize configuration before

install" dialog box, the box closed and the installation started instead of
being canceled. With this update, pressing the new Cancel button in the dialog
box removes the custom changes and displays the "New VM" wizard. The X button
now correctly performs the cancel action. (BZ#703067)

• The virt-manager utility offered sound card models in the user interface (UI)

that are not supported at the QEMU level. As a consequence, selecting one of
these models prevented a guest from starting. Unsupported models are now hidden
so that there is no option to generate a broken guest configuration. (BZ#729590)

• When performing tunneled migration using the virt-manager utility, the

migration failed with an error message. With this update, the proper URI is now
generated when performing peer-to-peer migration. As a result, tunneled
migration now works as expected. (BZ#699953)

• The virt-manager utility offered to create the SCSI (Small Computer System

Interface) and USB devices in the UI. These options are not supported at the
QEMU level, therefore selecting one of these models prevented a guest from
starting. Unsupported models are now hidden so that there is no option to
generate a broken guest configuration. (BZ#727766)

• Previously, virt-manager did not properly escape reserved characters in domain

names when listing them in the main list of virtual machines. If a virtual
machine had any reserved XML characters in its name, the name was incorrectly
displayed in the list of virtual machines. With this update, virt-manager
properly escapes reserved characters in the names of virtual machines, which are
correctly displayed as a result. (BZ#732371)

• When monitoring the disk I/O statistics in virt-manager, the utility used

different scales on graphs for various machines. As a consequence, a graph for a
virtual machine with low I/O activity displayed very similar information as a
graph for a machine with high I/O activity. The virt-manager utility is now
modified to show all visible graphs on the same scale, adjusted dynamically to
the highest reported I/O value. Graphs can now be reliably compared across
various virtual machines. (BZ#588505)

• Previously, virt-manager incorrectly compared USB devices of a running guest

to the USB devices from its offline configuration file. A hot unplugged USB
device did appear again after the guest had been rebooted. Now, comparisons work
correctly for online and offline guests and hot unplug removes the USB device
for all subsequent starts. (BZ#698096)

This update also adds the following enhancements:

• The virt-manager utility now provides an option to set the iSCSI Qualified

Name (IQN) value for an iSCSI pool. (BZ#488141)

• With this update, virt-manager now uses the Simple Protocol for Independent

Computing Environments (SPICE) graphics for new guests by default. This allows
for audio streaming and better graphics performance. (BZ#680060)

• Previously, only local guest virtual machines were allowed to be installed by

specifying a URL tree. With this update, virt-manager can now provision also
remote guests using a URL tree. (BZ#546440)

• The virt-manager utility now allows managing Linux Containers (LXC) guests.

This includes basic life cycle management (start, stop, pause) and creation of
application containers. (BZ#693872)

Users are advised to upgrade to this updated virt-manager package, which fixes
these bugs and adds these enhancements.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant
to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red
Hat Network to apply this update are available at
https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x

Fixes

• BZ - 622890 - no warning if change to boot device order is not applied
• BZ - 640993 - libvirtd reports an error message when virt-v2v is run. (error : qemudDomainGetVcpus:6325 : Requested operation is not valid:)
• BZ - 672448 - The command line should have precedence even if user request a console for all domains
• BZ - 677539 - RFE: virt-manager should allow to set AIO mode to guest for qemu-kvm
• BZ - 678790 - Linux distro list is stale and out of date
• BZ - 680060 - [RFE] requests spice-gtk build for virt-manager spice supporting
• BZ - 684078 - 'Host Details' character is not updated to 'Connection Details'
• BZ - 684150 - Automatic disk naming in virt-manager has flaws
• BZ - 685062 - the memory usage graphic on the VM detail window is wrong
• BZ - 688060 - virt-manager: unclear that kernel args require manually specifying a kernel path
• BZ - 689865 - [RHEL 6.1] "virt-manager -h" command from ssh session gives error
• BZ - 690146 - Can not show the dialog "Add new virtual hardware" when libvirtd restart
• BZ - 690274 - virt-manager throws dbus timeout error when talking to PackageKit
• BZ - 690388 - In the guest installation process, use shortcut key "ALT + F" to continue, it will not take effect immediately when you change the storage size.
• BZ - 693872 - LXC: virt-manager support for Linux Containers
• BZ - 693875 - [6.2 FEAT] virt-manager: include 802.1Qbg support
• BZ - 695378 - virt-manager should strip white chars from user input
• BZ - 696550 - Usage description is incorrect in virt-manager help document
• BZ - 696570 - Pause button is on checked status although click "No" on the confirmation page
• BZ - 698096 - USB device still exist after hot-unplug usb device and shutdown VM from virt-manager
• BZ - 699953 - Tunnelled migration failed from virt-manager
• BZ - 701142 - RFE: show vm description in a tooltip in manager window
• BZ - 701984 - RFE: Offer "spicevmc" character device in Add Hardware dialog
• BZ - 703067 - The guest installation is still started although close the Customize configuration page
• BZ - 703073 - Cannot create new VM after close the New VM window
• BZ - 703092 - Can create connection when Hypervisor is empty
• BZ - 706827 - RFE: disable 'add volume' button for unsupported pool types
• BZ - 708181 - Fix instances of #!/usr/bin/env python in virt-manager
• BZ - 709194 - Runtime pinning should display correctly when inputting default pinning value as 1-3 in virt-manager
• BZ - 709303 - Autoconnect should take effect in Add Connection page of virt-manager
• BZ - 710337 - virt-manager: hide option of using vmdk files, qemu disables support
• BZ - 714604 - "Locate ISO media volume" should change as "Locate floppy media volume" when browsing floppy media in virt-manager
• BZ - 717373 - Hide combination of qxl and vnc
• BZ - 720895 - There are two same shortcut keys in operation list when right click the connection
• BZ - 726325 - Error in PREIN scriptlet: line 1: fg: no job control
• BZ - 726447 - network stats reporting shows empty graphs
• BZ - 727414 - [virt-manager]can't open guest via virt-manager
• BZ - 727519 - virt-manager is missing several icons
• BZ - 727766 - Please hide unsupported SCSI and USB device types options in virt-manager
• BZ - 728155 - [virt-manager]can't delete guest from virt-manager when guest have save file
• BZ - 728497 - [virt-manager]Error dialog shown up when add storage to guest
• BZ - 728541 - virt-manager resize to vm broken
• BZ - 728845 - crash when delete a device which changed options but not apply
• BZ - 729226 - Can not add a storage pool: rhel6 gtk doesn't have get_sensitive
• BZ - 732371 - virt-manager's domain name is not correct if domain name has special character
• BZ - 734693 - Install Graphics as Spice is not taken effect in Preferences setting

CVEs

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References

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