Recommended way to install latest version of virt-manager

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tsimblist
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Recommended way to install latest version of virt-manager

Post by tsimblist » 2015/03/04 20:38:41

I want to use the new snapshot support in the newest version (1.0) of virt-manager (see http://blog.wikichoon.com/2014/03/snaps ... nager.html ).

My CentOS 7 is updated to the latest available after a standard install and "yum update". Virtual Machine Manager reports version 0.10.0 when I do Help/About.

I did follow the instructions that I found here: https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvirt ... 00106.html
It gave me some newer versions of KVM & QEMU but did not change virt-manager.

What is the recommended way to get virt-manager 1.0?

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Re: Recommended way to install latest version of virt-manage

Post by gerald_clark » 2015/03/04 20:49:34

CentOS supports what it ships. Replacing core programs with newer versions is not recommended.

tsimblist
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Re: Recommended way to install latest version of virt-manage

Post by tsimblist » 2015/03/05 19:18:21

I found an acceptable workaround. I created a Fedora 21 virtual machine. It has Virtual Machine Manager at version 1.1.0.

I have a remote connection from the Fedora 21 virt-manager to the CentOS 7 vm instance that now has the oVirt updates for KVM & QEMU.

I can now see the "Manage VM snapshots" icon on the Console window of my KVM nested test virtual machine. I am loading the test vm with Ubuntu 14.04 minimal server in order to experiment with the snapshot feature.

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