Thanks so much Wei, this worked like a charm On Wed, Jun 12, 2024 at 5:22 PM Wei ZHOU <ustcweiz...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I tried the following > > - stop the vm > - enable extra config in global setting > "enable.additional.vm.configuration" > - change account setting "allow.additional.vm.configuration.list.kvm" > to "sysinfo,system,entry", of course you can change global or domain > settings. > - update extra config of vm > cmk update virtualmachine id=2446f9d9-83ad-4b4c-bf3e-df041a390fcf > extraconfig="<sysinfo type='smbios'> <system> <entry > name='serial'>MISERIAL</entry> </system> </sysinfo>" > - start the vm > > vm has the following setting, which looks ok > > > <sysinfo type='smbios'> > <system> > <entry name='serial'>MISERIAL</entry> > </system> > </sysinfo> > <sysinfo type='smbios'> > <system> > <entry name='manufacturer'>Apache Software Foundation</entry> > <entry name='product'>CloudStack KVM Hypervisor</entry> > <entry name='uuid'>2446f9d9-83ad-4b4c-bf3e-df041a390fcf</entry> > </system> > </sysinfo> > > > > -Wei > > On Wed, Jun 12, 2024 at 4:47 PM Francisco Arencibia Quesada > <arencibia.franci...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I tried with this but it stuck libvirt > > https://github.com/atomspring/KVM-BIOS-SerialNo > > :( > > > > On Wed, Jun 12, 2024 at 9:59 AM Francisco Arencibia Quesada < > > arencibia.franci...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > yes that would be great. > > > > > > On Wed, Jun 12, 2024 at 9:58 AM Wido den Hollander <w...@widodh.nl> > wrote: > > > > > >> (Back to the list) > > >> > > >> Op 12/06/2024 om 09:56 schreef Francisco Arencibia Quesada: > > >> > I need to set the serial number, manually, or automatically but it > > >> needs > > >> > to be sticky, licensing purposes. > > >> > > >> If CloudStack would always set the same serial for the same VM, would > > >> that be OK? > > >> > > >> Wido > > >> > > >> > > > >> > :) > > >> > > > >> > On Wed, Jun 12, 2024 at 9:50 AM Wido den Hollander <w...@widodh.nl > > >> > <mailto:w...@widodh.nl>> wrote: > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > Op 11/06/2024 om 16:29 schreef Francisco Arencibia Quesada: > > >> > > Good morning guys, > > >> > > > > >> > > When I run on Windows wmic bios get serialnumber, I receive a > > >> > blank serial > > >> > > number, I have tried > > >> > > running virsh edit VM, and setting : > > >> > > > > >> > > <sysinfo type='smbios'> > > >> > > <system> > > >> > > <entry name='manufacturer'>Apache Software > > >> Foundation</entry> > > >> > > <entry name='product'>CloudStack KVM Hypervisor</entry> > > >> > > <entry name='serial'>MISERIAL</entry> > > >> > > <entry > > >> name='uuid'>166f6f56-a8a3-4ab9-82f3-467bf90b0126</entry> > > >> > > </system> > > >> > > </sysinfo> > > >> > > > > >> > > but still the same. > > >> > > Any guidance? For us it is important to have the serial > number > > >> > field for > > >> > > licensing purposes. > > >> > > > > >> > > > >> > Do you want to be able to set the serialnumber manually or > could the > > >> > UUID be sufficient here? > > >> > > > >> > Wido > > >> > > > >> > > Thanks in advance. > > >> > > Regards > > >> > > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > -- > > >> > *Francisco Arencibia Quesada.* > > >> > *DevOps Engineer* > > >> > > > > > > > > > -- > > > *Francisco Arencibia Quesada.* > > > *DevOps Engineer* > > > > > > > > > -- > > *Francisco Arencibia Quesada.* > > *DevOps Engineer* > -- *Francisco Arencibia Quesada.* *DevOps Engineer*
