Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 496150
Export HOST UUID through SMBIOS to show in guest dmidecode
Last modified: 2015-08-23 10:57:10 EDT
+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #496147 +++ This request is to in addition to the guest's UUID also export the *host's* UUID through the SMBIOS to the guest. This is needed in order to establish RHN business rules that will allow using a *guest* centric model, in which the host is *not* registered in RHN. The the current model for identifying virtual guests and the entitlement they should be consuming, relies on the host itself being registered in RHN and then comparing the guest UUIDS it reports with the actual guests registering. That does not work for a model where the hosts are not registered or are even not able to communicate outside a locked-down management network. The premier use case is RHEV-H, where the host is not registered in RHN. Other use-cases might include other virtualization platforms. RHN would use the host UUID to find guests sharing a host. A requirement for this is, that the SMBIOS reflects the host the guest is actually running on (vs. the one it was booted on and the possibly migrated away from).
Patch for bug #496147 was included on RHEL-5-OVIRT branch on kvm-83-43.el5ovirt, and the patch was pulled to the RHEL-5 branch on kvm-83-39.el5 (bug #501729).
start vm with the following command: # /usr/libexec/qemu-kvm -drive file=/data/images/rhel5.4-64.virtio,if=virtio,cache=off,index=0,boot=on \ -no-hpet -usbdevice tablet -rtc-td-hack -smp 2 -m 2G -uuid `uuidgen` \ -net nic,model=virtio,macaddr=00:66:ED:08:85:DF,vlan=0 -net tap,vlan=0,script=/etc/qemu-ifup -cpu qemu64,+sse2 \ -boot c -vnc :6 \ -smbios type=0,vendor=RedHat,version=RHEV2.1,release=2.1 \ -smbios type=1,manufacturer="Red Hat",product=RHEV,version=2.1,serial=44454C4C-4800-1032-8033-C4C04F4D3258,sku=SKU and get the following info: [root@localhost ~]# dmidecode -t 1 # dmidecode 2.9 SMBIOS 2.4 present. Handle 0x0100, DMI type 1, 27 bytes System Information Manufacturer: Red Hat Product Name: RHEV Version: 2.1 Serial Number: 44454C4C-4800-1032-8033-C4C04F4D3258 UUID: 07FC96D7-7A2A-4A1C-B79C-394FACEFCE9E Wake-up Type: Power Switch SKU Number: SKU Family: Not Specified is it the result wanted?
Change the status to *VERIFIED*.
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem described in this bug report. This report is therefore being closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files, please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report if the solution does not work for you. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2009-1272.html