Libvirt supports VM generation ID since 4.4.0, This patchset adds it for virt-manager. The value either is specified through cli or is generated by libvirt. ex: virt-install --genid e90ff655-47a5-4484-9f9c-79a683c2a2e2 --memory ... OR virt-install --genid --memory ... Microsoft details about VM generation ID: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=260709 Signed-off-by: Lin Ma <lma@xxxxxxxx> --- .../compare/virt-install-many-devices.xml | 1 + tests/clitest.py | 2 ++ virt-install | 15 +++++++++++++++ virtinst/guest.py | 3 ++- 4 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/tests/cli-test-xml/compare/virt-install-many-devices.xml b/tests/cli-test-xml/compare/virt-install-many-devices.xml index 61c7df07..3e6877be 100644 --- a/tests/cli-test-xml/compare/virt-install-many-devices.xml +++ b/tests/cli-test-xml/compare/virt-install-many-devices.xml @@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ <libosinfo:os id="http://fedoraproject.org/fedora/unknown"/> </libosinfo:libosinfo> </metadata> + <genid>e90ff655-47a5-4484-9f9c-79a683c2a2e2</genid> <memory>65536</memory> <currentMemory>65536</currentMemory> <vcpu placement="static">4</vcpu> diff --git a/tests/clitest.py b/tests/clitest.py index 8194e796..1ec246b0 100644 --- a/tests/clitest.py +++ b/tests/clitest.py @@ -466,6 +466,8 @@ c.add_compare(""" \ --vcpus 4,cores=1,placement=static \ --cpu none \ \ +--genid e90ff655-47a5-4484-9f9c-79a683c2a2e2 \ +\ --disk /dev/default-pool/UPPER,cache=writeback,io=threads,perms=sh,serial=WD-WMAP9A966149,boot_order=2 \ --disk %(NEWIMG1)s,sparse=false,size=.001,perms=ro,error_policy=enospace,discard=unmap,detect_zeroes=yes \ --disk device=cdrom,bus=sata,read_bytes_sec=1,read_iops_sec=2,total_bytes_sec=10,total_iops_sec=20,write_bytes_sec=5,write_iops_sec=6,driver.copy_on_read=on,geometry.cyls=16383,geometry.heads=16,geometry.secs=63,geometry.trans=lba \ diff --git a/virt-install b/virt-install index 57835849..0ca117d3 100755 --- a/virt-install +++ b/virt-install @@ -550,6 +550,12 @@ def build_guest_instance(conn, options): guest.os.arch = options.arch if options.machine: guest.os.machine = options.machine + if options.genid is None: + # The value of genid will be generated by libvirt in case of + # specifying --genid suboption without value + guest.genid = True + elif options.genid: + guest.genid = options.genid # If explicit os-variant requested, set it early since it will # provide more defaults in the future @@ -793,6 +799,15 @@ def parse_args(): geng.add_argument("-u", "--uuid", help=argparse.SUPPRESS) geng.add_argument("--description", help=argparse.SUPPRESS) + genid_kwargs = { + "dest": "genid", + "default": False, + "nargs": '?', + "help": _("Enable VM generation ID for windows."), + } + + geng.add_argument("--genid", **genid_kwargs) + insg = parser.add_argument_group(_("Installation Method Options")) insg.add_argument("-c", dest="cdrom_short", help=argparse.SUPPRESS) insg.add_argument("--cdrom", help=_("CD-ROM installation media")) diff --git a/virtinst/guest.py b/virtinst/guest.py index 0538ccfd..1ae60e5e 100644 --- a/virtinst/guest.py +++ b/virtinst/guest.py @@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ class Guest(XMLBuilder): XML_NAME = "domain" _XML_PROP_ORDER = [ - "type", "name", "uuid", "title", "description", "_metadata", + "type", "name", "uuid", "title", "description", "_metadata", "genid", "hotplugmemorymax", "hotplugmemoryslots", "maxmemory", "_memory", "blkiotune", "memtune", "memoryBacking", "_vcpus", "curvcpus", "vcpu_placement", @@ -206,6 +206,7 @@ class Guest(XMLBuilder): cpuset = XMLProperty("./vcpu/@cpuset") uuid = XMLProperty("./uuid") + genid = XMLProperty("./genid") id = XMLProperty("./@id", is_int=True) type = XMLProperty("./@type") bootloader = XMLProperty("./bootloader") -- 2.21.0 _______________________________________________ virt-tools-list mailing list virt-tools-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/virt-tools-list