Bug 701873 – virt-manager should not allow options that break guests (SCSI, etc.)

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Bug 701873 - virt-manager should not allow options that break guests (SCSI, etc.)

Summary:	virt-manager should not allow options that break guests (SCSI, etc.)

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

Aliases:	None

Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Classification:	Red Hat
Component:	virt-manager (Show other bugs)
Sub Component:
Version:	5.7
Hardware:	All Linux

Priority	low Severity medium
Target Milestone:	rc
Target Release:	---
Assigned To:	Cole Robinson
QA Contact:	Virtualization Bugs
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Depends On:	653675
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Reported:	2011-05-04 02:47 EDT by mliu
Modified:	2012-02-21 00:59 EST (History)
CC List:	12 users (show)

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Doc Type:	Bug Fix
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Clone Of:	653675
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Last Closed:	2012-02-21 00:59:55 EST
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Attachments	(Terms of Use)
Disable scsi option for qemu connections (1.05 KB, text/plain) 2011-10-14 17:27 EDT, Cole Robinson	no flags	Details
Add an attachment (proposed patch, testcase, etc.)

External Trackers
Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata	RHBA-2012:0216	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	virt-manager bug fix update	2012-02-20 10:08:05 EST

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Comment 1 RHEL Product and Program Management 2011-06-20 18:45:12 EDT

This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for inclusion in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.7 and Red Hat does not plan to fix this issue the currently developed update.

Contact your manager or support representative in case you need to escalate this bug.

Comment 3 Cole Robinson 2011-10-14 17:27:22 EDT

Created attachment 528280 [details]
Disable scsi option for qemu connections

SCSI is really the only important one here, since recovery from it is basically impossible with 5.7 virt-manager

Comment 4 Cole Robinson 2011-10-14 19:46:10 EDT

Fixed in virt-manager-0.6.1-15.el5

Comment 5 zhe peng 2011-10-21 03:51:11 EDT

this bug can reproduce with virt-manager-0.6.1-14.el5

verify with:
kernel-2.6.18-274.el5
virt-manager-0.6.1-15.el5
python-virtinst-0.400.3-12.el5

step:
 1: prepare a qemu connection
 2: create a guest 
 3: add new hardware and select storage
 4: in device type drop-down list,no SCSI disk list, the option is disabled
verification passed.

Comment 6 zhe peng 2011-10-21 04:28:57 EDT

by comment 5,move to verified.

Comment 7 Daisy Wu 2012-01-11 03:56:28 EST

Verified this bug on virt-manager-0.6.1-16.el5 and passed.

verify with:
kernel-2.6.18-303.el5
virt-manager-0.6.1-16.el5
python-virtinst-0.400.3-13.el5

step:
 1: prepare a qemu connection
 2: create a guest 
 3: add new hardware and select storage
 4: in device type drop-down list,no SCSI disk list, the option is disabled

Comment 8 errata-xmlrpc 2012-02-21 00:59:55 EST

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2012-0216.html

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