1.2. Subscriptions
To install the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager and hosts, your systems must be registered with the Content Delivery Network using Red Hat Subscription Management. This section outlines the entitlements and channels required to set up a Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization environment.
Important
Red Hat is transitioning the RHN-hosted interface into the Red Hat Subscription Management (RHSM) interfaces by July 31, 2017. If your current systems are registered to RHN Classic, see Migrating from RHN Classic to Red Hat Subscription Management (RHSM) for Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization for instructions on how to migrate your systems to RHSM.
1.2.1. Required Entitlements and Repositories
The packages provided in the following repositories are required to install and configure a functioning Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization environment. When one of these repositories is required to install a package, the steps required to enable the repository are provided in the appropriate location in the Installation Guide or Self-Hosted Engine Guide.
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Subscription Pool
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Repository Name
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Repository Label
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Details
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
| rhel-6-server-rpms
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Provides the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Server.
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
| RHEL Server Supplementary
| rhel-6-server-supplementary-rpms
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Provides the virtio-win package, which provides the Windows VirtIO drivers for use in virtual machines.
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Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization
| Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization
| rhel-6-server-rhevm-3.6-rpms |
Provides the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager.
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Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform
| jb-eap-6-for-rhel-6-server-rpms
| Provides the supported release of Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform on which the Manager runs. |
Important
Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor 6 hosts are supported in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.6 only in clusters with 3.5 compatibility. Clusters with 3.6 compatibility support Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor 7 hosts and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 hosts only.
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Subscription Pool
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Repository Name
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Repository Label
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Details
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Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization
| Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization
| rhel-6-server-rhevh-rpms
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Provides the rhev-hypervisor package, which includes the image required to install the hypervisor.
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Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization
| Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization
| rhel-7-server-rhevh-rpms
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Provides the rhev-hypervisor package, which includes the image required to install the hypervisor.
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Subscription Pool
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Repository Name
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Repository Label
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Details
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
| rhel-7-server-rpms
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Provides the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Server.
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Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization
| Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Management Agents (RPMs)
| rhel-7-server-rhev-mgmt-agent-rpms
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Provides the QEMU and KVM packages required for using Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 servers as virtualization hosts.
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Important
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 hosts are supported in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.6 only in clusters with 3.5 compatibility. Clusters with 3.6 compatibility support Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 hosts and Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor 7 hosts only.
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Subscription Pool
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Repository Name
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Repository Label
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Details
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
| rhel-6-server-rpms
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Provides the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Server.
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Server - Optional
| rhel-6-server-optional-rpms
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Provides the sanlock package and sanlock-related packages required for using Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 servers as virtualization hosts.
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Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization
| Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Management Agents (RPMs)
| rhel-6-server-rhev-mgmt-agent-rpms
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Provides the QEMU and KVM packages required for using Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 servers as virtualization hosts.
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1.2.2. Optional Entitlements and Repositories
The packages provided in the following repositories are not required to install and configure a functioning Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization environment. However, they are required to install packages that provide supporting functionality on virtual machines and client systems such as USB redirection and virtual machine resource monitoring. When one of these repositories is required to install a package, the steps required to enable the repository are provided in the appropriate location in the Installation Guide or Self-Hosted Engine Guide.
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Subscription Pool
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Repository Name
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Repository Label
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Details
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
| RHEL Server Supplementary (v. 6 64-bit x86_64)
| rhel-6-server-supplementary-rpms |
Provides the spice-usb-share and kmod-kspiceusb-rhel60 packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, which enables USB redirection (legacy mode) on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 clients.
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
| RHEL Supplementary EUS (v. 5.9.z for 64-bit x86_64)
| rhel-5.9.z-server-supplementary-rpms |
Provides the spice-usb-share and kmod-kspiceusb-rhel5u6 packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, which enables USB redirection (legacy mode) on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 clients.
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Server - RH Common (v.7 Server for x86_64)
| rhel-7-server-rh-common-rpms
| Provides the rhevm-guest-agent-common package for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, which allows you to monitor virtual machine resources on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 clients. |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
| Red Hat Enterprise Virt Agent (v.6 Server for x86_64)
| rhel-6-server-rhev-agent-rpms
| Provides the rhevm-guest-agent-common package for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, which allows you to monitor virtual machine resources on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 clients. |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
| Red Hat Enterprise Virt Agent (v.5 Server for x86_64)
| rhel-5-server-rhev-agent-rpms
| Provides the rhev-guest-agent package for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, which allows you to monitor virtual machine resources on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 clients. |
