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Description of problem: With the introduction of virtio-win 1.9.12 the process for installing GT will differ, instead of running the msi-s there is now an exe file for this. Also guide for automated(command line) installation needs updating for the same reasons. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): virtio-win-1.9.12-2.el8.noarch How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1. create a windows VM 2. attach virtio-win CD to the VM 3. check installation through cmd line and graphical interface according to the documentation Actual results: process differs Expected results: documentation should be updated to reflect latest changes Additional info:
In which RHV release does this version of virtio-win start appearing?
Technically 4.4.3 but virtio-win is provided via RHEL channels (currently nighty) so now it will be in all of them.
Can you provide me
(In reply to Petr Matyáš from comment #0) > Description of problem: > With the introduction of virtio-win 1.9.12 the process for installing GT > will differ, instead of running the msi-s there is now an exe file for this. > Also guide for automated(command line) installation needs updating for the > same reasons. Besides the file being an exe instead of an MSI, are there any other differences? What are the file names now?
File name is 'virtio-win-guest-tools.exe', the installation through UI is the same. There is a difference in console installation, we can't select only specific drivers to install as with the msi, all the drivers are installed by default. This can be done when 'virtio-win-gt-x64.msi' is used for drivers installation (same arguments as with the previous virtio-win) and then install qemu and ovirt guest-agents from their respective msis ('ovirt-guest-agent-x64.msi' and 'guest-agent/qemu-ga-x86_64.msi')
Petr, Why do I still see the msi files in the list of packages for virtio-win-1.9.12-2 [1]: /usr/share/virtio-win/installer/virtio-win-gt-x64.msi /usr/share/virtio-win/installer/virtio-win-gt-x86.msi /usr/share/virtio-win/installer/virtio-win-guest-tools.exe [1] https://centos.pkgs.org/8/centos-appstream-x86_64/virtio-win-1.9.12-2.el8.noarch.rpm.html
Those files are still there, but their functionality changed a little bit, those msi's don't install guest agents currently, as I mentioned in comment#5.