RHEA-2015:0198 - Product Enhancement Advisory

Topic

Updated Windows Guest Tools packages that fix several bugs and add various
enhancements are now available.

Description

Changes to the Windows Guest Tools component:

• Previously, application locations stored in the Windows registry were

different for 32-bit and 64- bit systems. In some cases, the QEMU guest agent
was not reported by the RHEV-M guest agent as an installed application. This
version of the RHEV-M guest agent now includes both locations and reports all
applications to the RHEV-M user interface. (BZ#1105056)

• With this feature, a new command line option "ISNOREBOOT" was added to guest

tools. When the option is used as part of a silent install (together with
"ISSILENTMODE"), it disables the reboot of the machine at the end of the
installation, allowing additional steps to be performed prior to rebooting the
machine. (BZ#1025822)

• With this feature, support is provided for Windows Guest Tools for Windows

Server 2012 R2 and Windows 8.1 virtual machines. This feature is also backported
to Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.4. (BZ#1099697)

• Previously, Windows Server 2012 R2 was unsupported in Red Hat Enterprise

Virtualization 3.3, so no guest tools can be installed for Windows Server 2012
R2 using the RHEV 3.3 installer. With this update, support for Windows Server
2012 R2 and Windows 8.1 has been added and is now supported in Red Hat
Enterprise Virtualization 3.4 and Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.5.
(BZ#1076220)

• After an upgrade, single sign-on wasn't appearing in the list of installed

components, but listed in the Change/Modify list of Windows Guest Tools. Even
though the functionality wasn't affected, it was confusing for users. With this
update, the installed state of the single sign-on component is shown as
expected. (BZ#1133866)

• Previously, on 64-bit systems, Spice components were appearing as unselected

in the Change/Modify list even though they were installed. With this update, the
installed components are shown as expected. (BZ#1134250)

• With this enhancement, the RHEV Agent rhev-agent.ini file is no longer

replaced each time a new version of the agent is installed. New configuration
files were introduced to contain the system configuration, and so the
rhev-agent.ini configuration file is now intended to contain user local
configuration overrides. Note that users should be aware that as a consequence a
broken configuration will remain even after upgrading or removing and then
re-installing a software. (BZ#1115526)

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/articles/11258

Affected Products

• Red Hat Virtualization 3.5 x86_64

Fixes

• BZ - 1025822 - PRD35 - [RFE] Provide a noreboot flag for RHEV-Tools
• BZ - 1076220 - RHEV-toolsSetup_3.3_11 installation failed on a windows 2012 R2 Standard x86_64 with "No supported OS was detected. Aborting installation" error message.
• BZ - 1099697 - PRD35 - [RFE] Need rhev-guest-tools for Win8.1 and Win2k12R2.
• BZ - 1105056 - [rhev-agent] qemu-ga not reported as installed on 64bit OS because of different registry path
• BZ - 1109781 - RHEV-Agent installer must be modified to install the new conf. files
• BZ - 1115526 - [windows guest tools] do not overwrite .ini file
• BZ - 1117670 - [WGT] Make ISO metadata better
• BZ - 1118361 - [WGT] uninstalled message is not seen in vdsm.log after WGT were uninstalled in Windows guest
• BZ - 1133866 - [wgt] [post-upgrade] RHEV SSO in not selected in RHEV-Tools -> Change/Modify list
• BZ - 1134250 - [wgt] [Windows 7 64bit] RHEV Spice Agent/Spice Driver are not selected in RHEV-Tools -> Change/Modify list
• BZ - 1134488 - [wgt] [apt] APT does not update WGT components (3.4.8 -> 3.5.2)
• BZ - 1142241 - [wgt] 3.5.3 has missing '[loggers]' section name in default-logger.ini which prevents GA running

CVEs

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References

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