Synopsis

rhev-guest-tools-iso bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Product Enhancement Advisory

Topic

Updated rhev-guest-tools-iso packages that fix several bugs and add various enhancements are now available.

Description

The rhev-guest-tools-iso package contains tools and drivers that are required by supported Windows guest operating systems when installed as guests on Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization.

Changes to the rhev-guest-tools component:

• The vioscsi.sys file is now compatible with Microsoft Cluster Services, which enables the Windows virtio-scsi driver to support Windows Server Failover Clustering (WSFC) using shared storage. As a result, vioscsi.sys can pass all tests in the "Validate a Configuration" process. (BZ#1195140)
  
• The RHEV Agent has been renamed to oVirt Agent on Windows. (BZ#1394831)
  
• Previously, the guest agent tried to unlock the screen even if it was unlocked.This triggered the Secure Attention Sequence and opened a window prompting the user to change the password, lock the screen, and so on. This issue has now been resolved for most use cases. (BZ#1422801)
  
• This release adds the VirtIO-RNG driver installer to the guest tools ISO for supported Windows versions. (BZ#1405032)

Solution

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

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/2974891

Affected Products

• Red Hat Virtualization 4.1 x86_64

Fixes

• BZ - 1195140 - Update Guest Tools consuming the latest virtio-win drivers fixing platform bug 1219841 for RHEL 7.3
• BZ - 1389306 - SOURCES.txt: Replace "RHEV-M 3.0 source" with "RHV-M 4.0 source"
• BZ - 1394831 - WGT: Rebrand RHEV Agent to oVirt Agent on Windows
• BZ - 1405032 - [RFE] add virtio-rng driver to installer
• BZ - 1422801 - GA should not unlock screen if it is not locked
• BZ - 1432533 - Update rhev-guest-tools-iso RPM package and include a new version of vdagent-win

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Red Hat Virtualization 4.1

SRPM
rhev-guest-tools-iso-4.1-5.el7ev.src.rpm	SHA-256: 1a53c29dbf610a9185b69a335b513d65f11888331ade086bdad4d06b94a65f5d
x86_64
rhev-guest-tools-iso-4.1-5.el7ev.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: f8a6fdf8ad5164a3601aa09e68535f1b40b8e9c70dc36fdd489b8b0a7ca752c0