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Bug 1746354

Summary:	[Docs][Release Notes] Removal of Application Provisioning Tool service (APT)
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager	Reporter:	Sandro Bonazzola <sbonazzo>
Component:	Documentation	Assignee:	Petr Kovar <pkovar>
Status:	CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE	QA Contact:	rhev-docs <rhev-docs>
Severity:	high	Docs Contact:
Priority:	high
Version:	4.4.0	CC:	dfediuck, lsurette, pkovar, rdlugyhe, sgoodman, srevivo
Target Milestone:	ovirt-4.4.1	Keywords:	Documentation, NoDocsQEReview
Target Release:	4.4.0
Hardware:	Unspecified
OS:	Unspecified
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Fixed In Version:		Doc Type:	Removed functionality
Doc Text:	With this release, the Application Provisioning Tool service (APT) is removed. The APT service could cause a Windows virtual machine to reboot without notice, causing possible data loss. With this release, the virtio-win installer replaces the APT service.	Story Points:	---
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Last Closed:	2020-07-22 19:04:18 UTC	Type:	---
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oVirt Team:	Integration	RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host:
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Description Sandro Bonazzola 2019-08-28 09:10:54 UTC

This bug was initially created as a copy of Bug #1745318

I am copying this bug because: 



Currently, the APT service is broken and we have decided to deprecate it from 4.4 guest tools, because:

- In the past, we used to create a symbolic/hard link between the new WGT versioned ISO and an unversioned CD image so all the windows guest tools which already had the unversioned ISO attached would have seen the updated content of the iso and automagically upgraded the drivers and rebooted - we removed it on 4.2.

- guest would reboot without asking confirmation causing possible data loss to customers.

- On 4.4 we will move to the virtio-win installer and we would need a large refactor to the APT service.

Comment 1 Sandro Bonazzola 2020-03-18 14:47:51 UTC

The installer moved to Virtio-Win and APT is not included there anymore.
Moving to documentation to track this in release notes.

Comment 2 RHEL Program Management 2020-03-18 14:47:59 UTC

The documentation text flag should only be set after 'doc text' field is provided. Please provide the documentation text and set the flag to '?' again.