[Bug 959308] Re: kvm does not generate a system uuid by default

[Evan Dandrea]

Serge,

The caller here is all our end users.

I'd like to argue for carrying a patch against upstream. All the other major virtual machines set a system UUID by default:
- VirtualBox: http://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch08.html#idp12395280 (search for hardwareuuid)
- VMWare: http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1541
- Parallels: http://forum.parallels.com/showthread.php?t=32400

Microsoft requires it for Logo Certification, as I understand it.

I can't imagine it doing any harm. I suspect there are countless more
things in the wild depending on one being set than there are ones
expecting a NULL value.

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Title:
  kvm does not generate a system uuid by default

Status in “qemu-kvm” package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in “whoopsie-daisy” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Booting ubuntu_precise-desktop-i386.iso under kvm results in
  /var/log/upstart/whoopsie.log containing:

    Could not open the product uuid file.

  This is because by default kvm does not create a uuid by default. As
  such, there is no /sys/class/dmi/id/product_uuid file which whoopsie
  is attempting to read.

  kvm can generate a uuid by booting it with the --uuid option:

      kvm --uuid <uuid> ...

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: qemu-kvm 1.0+noroms-0ubuntu8
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-19.30-generic-pae 3.2.11
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-19-generic-pae i686
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  ApportVersion: 1.94.1-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Mon Mar 19 14:05:46 2012
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
  KvmCmdLine:
   UID        PID  PPID  C    SZ   RSS PSR STIME TTY          TIME CMD
   james    30178 25913 18 168710 544196 0 13:51 pts/9    00:02:44 kvm -cdrom /home/james/.cache/testdrive/iso/ubuntu_precise-desktop-i386.iso -hda ubuntu-install-testing.kvm -net nic -net user -m 512
  MachineType: LENOVO 2516CTO
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=fr_CA.UTF8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-19-generic-pae root=UUID=7ad192e9-7b26-49d1-8e1c-fefc7dc495cb ro acpi_sleep=nonvs console=ttyUSB0,115200n8r console=tty quiet splash vt.handoff=7
  SourcePackage: qemu-kvm
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-01-12 (67 days ago)
  dmi.bios.date: 08/27/2010
  dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
  dmi.bios.version: 6IET72WW (1.32 )
  dmi.board.name: 2516CTO
  dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
  dmi.board.version: Not Available
  dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information
  dmi.chassis.type: 10
  dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
  dmi.chassis.version: Not Available
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr6IET72WW(1.32):bd08/27/2010:svnLENOVO:pn2516CTO:pvrThinkPadT410:rvnLENOVO:rn2516CTO:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable:
  dmi.product.name: 2516CTO
  dmi.product.version: ThinkPad T410
  dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO

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