Bug 1078854

Summary:	Need to restart guest to change network.
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	David Woodhouse <dwmw2>
Component:	virt-manager	Assignee:	Cole Robinson <crobinso>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version:	20	CC:	berrange, crobinso, virt-maint
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Description David Woodhouse 2014-03-20 12:27:17 UTC

When I use virt-manager to change which virtual network a guest's NIC is attached to, it tells me I need to restart the guest.

This is a bit odd since I can remove a virtio NIC and add a replacement (on the new network) without restarting. Why can't you just indicate a loss of carrier, then the carrier returns with a connection to the new network?

I appreciate Windows is crap but "you have plugged you Ethernet cable into a new network; you now must reboot" was really only a myth, surely?

Comment 1 Cole Robinson 2014-03-20 18:17:12 UTC

Looks like libvirt has API support for this nowadays, it's just not wired up in virt-manager. I'll poke at it.

Comment 2 Cole Robinson 2014-03-22 22:29:47 UTC

Fixed upstream now

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2014-03-22 22:59:27 UTC

virt-manager-1.0.1-1.fc20 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 20.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/virt-manager-1.0.1-1.fc20

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2014-03-24 06:42:18 UTC

Package virt-manager-1.0.1-1.fc20:
* should fix your issue,
* was pushed to the Fedora 20 testing repository,
* should be available at your local mirror within two days.
Update it with:
# su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing virt-manager-1.0.1-1.fc20'
as soon as you are able to.
Please go to the following url:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2014-4273/virt-manager-1.0.1-1.fc20
then log in and leave karma (feedback).

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2014-03-27 04:42:10 UTC

virt-manager-1.0.1-1.fc20 has been pushed to the Fedora 20 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.