Bug 576880 - Cannot mount ISO image when connecting to a remote kvm server
Summary: Cannot mount ISO image when connecting to a remote kvm server
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Virtualization Tools
Classification: Community
Component: virt-manager
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Cole Robinson
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Reported: 2010-03-25 14:49 UTC by John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
Modified: 2011-06-04 19:45 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2011-06-04 19:45:45 UTC
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ISO file browse dialog on remotely connected kvm server (28.52 KB, image/png)
2010-03-25 14:49 UTC, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
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Description John Paul Adrian Glaubitz 2010-03-25 14:49:12 UTC
Created attachment 402578 [details]
ISO file browse dialog on remotely connected kvm server

Description of problem:

When connecting to a remote kvm server, it is not possible to mount an ISO image into a remote virtual machine. I.e., I have a kvm server running in my university which has Windows XP as guest operating system. I want to install some software which is located on a CD-ROM which is stored as an ISO image on the server. When running virt-manager locally on the server, I can go to the "Details" window of the virtual machine, click CD-ROM then "Connect" and mount any ISO image located on the server. When connecting to the server remotely with virt-manager, mounting the image is not possible since the "Browse" button is deactivated. virt-manager should be smart enough to tell whether it's connected locally or remotely and when connected remotely it should browse the servers filesystem instead of the local filesystem.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

0.8.4

How reproducible:

Always reproducible

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Start virt-manager and connect to a remote kvm server
2. Click on a guest machine and click open, then choose 
3. Click "View" and "Details"
4. Click "IDE CDROM" and then "Connect"
5. Click "Browse", it's not possible to choose a ISO image on the server
  
Actual results:

Cannot mount ISO image locally on the server

Expected results:

I would expect to be able to mount an ISO image to a guest machine, no matter whether it's connected locally or remotely.

Additional info:

One can login to the server via SSH and use virsh to mount the ISO but that's less convenient than virt-manager. I'm attaching a screenshot of how the CD-ROM ISO browse dialog looks on a remotely connected machine. Please see also this Ubuntu bug report: <https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/virt-manager/+bug/383068>

Comment 1 Pavel Zhukov 2010-06-10 12:56:59 UTC
I have the same bug on RHEL 5.5 with last updates installed (server) and Gentoo virt-manager-0.8.4-r1 (virt-manager client).


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