6.6. Updating Virtual Machine Guest Agents and Drivers

Procedure 6.6. Updating the Guest Agents and Drivers on Red Hat Enterprise Linux

1. Log in to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux virtual machine.
2. Update the rhevm-guest-agent-common package:

   # yum update rhevm-guest-agent-common

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3. Restart the service:
   • For Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

     # service ovirt-guest-agent restart

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   • For Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

     # systemctl restart ovirt-guest-agent.service

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Procedure 6.7. Updating the Guest Agents and Drivers on Windows

1. On the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager, update the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Guest Tools to the latest version:

   # yum update -y rhev-guest-tools-iso*
   

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2. Upload the ISO file to your ISO domain, replacing [ISODomain] with the name of your ISO domain:

   engine-iso-uploader --iso-domain=[ISODomain] upload /usr/share/rhev-guest-tools-iso/rhev-tools-setup.iso
   

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   Note

   The rhev-tools-setup.iso file is a symbolic link to the most recently updated ISO file. The link is automatically changed to point to the newest ISO file every time you update the rhev-guest-tools-iso package.
3. In the Administration or User Portal, if the virtual machine is running, use the Change CD button to attach the latest rhev-tools-setup.iso file to each of your virtual machines. If the virtual machine is powered off, click the Run Once button and attach the ISO as a CD.
4. Select the CD Drive containing the updated ISO and execute the RHEV-ToolsSetup.exe file.