How to install Red Hat provided Hyper V daemons

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Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, or 7
  • Hyper V host
  • Red Hat does not provide HyperV daemons for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 or below

Issue

  • Microsoft Linux Integration Services (LIS) is not supported by Red Hat
  • Red Hat provides Hyper-V daemons that can serve as a replacement for LIS
  • Some services provided by Red Hat, for example kdump, are only guaranteed to run when using the Red Hat provided Hyper V daemons

Resolution

Please verify if you have Microsoft Hyper V daemons currently installed:

# rpm -qa | grep microsoft
kmod-microsoft-hyper-v-4.1.2.2-20161013.x86_64
microsoft-hyper-v-4.1.2.2-20161013.x86_64
microsoft-hyper-v-debuginfo-4.1.2.2-20161013.x86_64

If these are installed, remove them at this time:

# rpm -e kmod-microsoft-hyper-v-<version> microsoft-hyper-v-<version> microsoft-hyper-v-debuginfo-<version>

Be warned that this may take some time
Note: You may wait to reboot the system until the Red Hat provided daemons are installed

Red Hat maintained Hyper-V daemons are provided via the package hyperv-daemons in the rhel-X-server-rpms repository
In RHEL 6:

[root@localhost ~]# yum provides hyperv-daemons
Loaded plugins: product-id, search-disabled-repos, subscription-manager
hyperv-daemons-0-0.15.20130826git.el6.x86_64 : HyperV daemons suite
Repo        : rhel-6-server-rpms

In RHEL 7:

# yum provides hyperv-daemons
Loaded plugins: product-id, search-disabled-repos, subscription-manager
hyperv-daemons-0-0.24.20130826git.el7.x86_64 : HyperV daemons suite
Repo        : rhel-7-server-rpms

Please ensure these are installed:

# yum install hyperv-daemons
# rpm -qa | grep hyperv
hyperv-daemons-license-0-0.29.20160216git.el7.noarch
hypervvssd-0-0.29.20160216git.el7.x86_64
hyperv-daemons-0-0.29.20160216git.el7.x86_64
hypervfcopyd-0-0.29.20160216git.el7.x86_64
hypervkvpd-0-0.29.20160216git.el7.x86_64

Note: A reboot may be necessary for these changes to take effect
To ensure that the modules are loaded into the kernel:

# lsmod | grep -e hyperv -e hv
hv_utils               24418  1 
hv_balloon             21753  0 
hv_netvsc              40045  0 
hv_storvsc             18032  2 
hid_hyperv             13108  0 
hyperv_keyboard        12777  0 
hyperv_fb              17769  1 
hv_vmbus              397185  7 hv_balloon,hyperv_keyboard,hv_netvsc,hid_hyperv,hv_utils,hyperv_fb,hv_storvsc

Note: These steps only address the hyper-v daemons. Certain drivers are included as part of the kernel itself, and can only be updated with a relevant kernel update.

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