Issued:
2019-05-08
Updated:
2019-05-08

RHEA-2019:1054 - rhv-guest-tools-iso bug fix and enhancement update

Synopsis

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

Type/Severity

Product Enhancement Advisory None

Topic

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

Description

RHV Guest tools should consume virtio-win fix from BZ#1613815.

Build rhv-guest-tools-iso for RHV 4.3 - RHEL 7.

Changes to the rhv-guest-tools-iso component:

  • This fix ensures a Windows guest machine does not fail during the snapshot or merge processes. For more information, see BZ#1596457. (BZ#1613505)

  • QEMU Guest Agent packages for several Linux distributions have been added to make it easier to install the guest agent offline. (BZ#1620569)

  • This fix includes a signed certificate for rhev-apt.exe until 2022-01-25. (BZ#1688056)

  • The virtio-smbus driver installer for the built-in SMBus device on Windows 2008 guests has been added to the RHV Windows Guest Tools. As a result, SMBus devices are now identified correctly in the Device Manager on these guests. (BZ#1578782)

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

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Virtualization Manager4.3x86_64

Updated Packages

  • rhv-guest-drivers-debug-iso-4.3-2.el7ev.src.rpm
  • rhv-guest-tools-iso-4.3-6.el7ev.src.rpm
  • rhv-guest-tools-iso-4.3-6.el7ev.noarch.rpm
  • rhv-guest-drivers-debug-iso-4.3-2.el7ev.noarch.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

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Additional information