virt-manager enhancement update

Advisory:	RHEA-2007:0637-4
Type:	Product Enhancement Advisory
Severity:	N/A
Issued on:	2007-11-07
Last updated on:	2007-11-07
Affected Products:	RHEL Desktop Multi OS (v. 5 client) RHEL Virtualization (v. 5 server)
OVAL:	N/A

Details

An updated virt-manager package that supports management of inactive guest
machines is now available.

The Virtual Machine Manager application is a desktop user interface for
managing virtual machines.

The new virt-manager provides UI for managing inactive guest virtual
machines, removing the need to use command line tools for starting guests.
It also adds support for NAT based networking.

Users of virt-manager are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which
adds these enhancements.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188

Updated packages

RHEL Desktop Multi OS (v. 5 client)

SRPMS:
virt-manager-0.4.0-3.el5.src.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0480	`96ce5022f2c9c52c070eb18347556850`

IA-32:
virt-manager-0.4.0-3.el5.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0480	`7e6105d0e8962a78b7f3cf2440f02aa1`

x86_64:
virt-manager-0.4.0-3.el5.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0480	`6e8faf1a49432bfef86cb5ba30d99884`

RHEL Virtualization (v. 5 server)

SRPMS:
virt-manager-0.4.0-3.el5.src.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0480	`96ce5022f2c9c52c070eb18347556850`

IA-32:
virt-manager-0.4.0-3.el5.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0480	`7e6105d0e8962a78b7f3cf2440f02aa1`

IA-64:
virt-manager-0.4.0-3.el5.ia64.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0480	`057d6922c16ffc275d10057828beddb1`

x86_64:
virt-manager-0.4.0-3.el5.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0480	`6e8faf1a49432bfef86cb5ba30d99884`

(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)

Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)

211559 - preferences dialog uses wrong window type
215020 - string issues
215338 - Add a "destroy" command to virt-manager
216704 - Suggest a name for the disk image file when creating a new domain
217372 - VM started with "maximum memory".
217596 - Backspace doesn't work in serial console
217702 - HVM save and restore fails with obscure error message
218773 - "acpi" and "apic" can't be changed by user with virt-manager
223508 - No gui equivalent of xm create
235317 - virt-manager gui comes with several locale errors
243464 - Update to 0.4.0 to support inactive domain management
249094 - virt-manager starts domU install even though error with duplicate name exists
249463 - Spelling typo 'VirtAUization'

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