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9 changes: 6 additions & 3 deletions source/open_cluster_deployment/kvm_node/kvm_driver.rst
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Expand Up @@ -364,12 +364,15 @@ QEMU Guest Agent allows the communication of some actions with the guest OS. Thi

The agent package needed in the Guest OS is available in most distributions. It's called ``qemu-guest-agent`` in most of them. If you need more information you can follow these links:

* https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7/html/Virtualization_Deployment_and_Administration_Guide/chap-QEMU_Guest_Agent.html
* http://wiki.libvirt.org/page/Qemu_guest_agent
* https://wiki.qemu.org/Features/GuestAgent
* `QEMU Guest Agent - libvirt <http://wiki.libvirt.org/page/Qemu_guest_agent>`_
* `QEMU Guest Agent - rhel <https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7/html/Virtualization_Deployment_and_Administration_Guide/chap-QEMU_Guest_Agent.html>`_
* `Guest Agent Features <https://wiki.qemu.org/Features/GuestAgent>`_

The communication channel with guest agent is enabled in the domain XML when the ``GUEST_AGENT`` feature is selected in the VM Template.

QEMU Guest Agent monitoring
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You can extend the VM monitoring information with information gathered by the guest agent by setting ``:enabled`` to **true** on the file ``/var/lib/one/remotes/etc/im/kvm-probes.d/guestagent.conf``. Execute ``onehost sync --force`` afterwards. This file contains a list of ``:commands`` that will be executed when running the VM monitoring probes. The result of the execution of these commands will appear on the MONITORING section on the VM instance template.

By default an example command is provided, this effectively allows to detect VM crashes
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