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Aug 20, 2013 · System Administration · rhosto

CentOS 6.4 service virt-who won't start - work around

Here is the problem. [root@bob ~]# service virt-who start Démarrage de virt-who : Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/share/virt-who/virt-who.py", line 33, in <module> from subscriptionmanager import SubscriptionManager, SubscriptionManagerError File "/usr/share/virt-who/subscriptionmanager.py", line 24, in <module> import rhsm.connection as rhsm_connection ImportError: No module named rhsm.connection [FAILED]   There is a simple work around. Install the Scientific Linux 6 python-rhsm package.   Name : python-rhsm Version : 1.1.8 Vendor : Scientific Linux Release : 1.el6 Date : 2013-02-22 01:54:26 Group : Development/Libraries Source RPM : python-rhsm-1.1.8-1.el6.src.rpm Size : 0.27 MB Packager : Scientific Linux Summary : A Python library to communicate with a Red Hat Unified Entitlement Platform Description : A small library for communicating with the REST interface of a Red Hat Unified Entitlement Platform. This interface is used for the management of system entitlements, certificates, and access to content.   First install python-simplejson   [root@bob ~]# yum install python-simplejson   Then pick a mirror from http://rpm.pbone.net/index.php3/stat/4/idpl/20813982/dir/scientific_linux_6/com/python-rhsm-1.1.8-1.el6.x86_64.rpm.html and download python-rhsm-1.1.8-1.el6.x86_64.rpm and install it   [root@bob ~]# rpm --install python-rhsm-1.1.8-1.el6.x86_64.rpm   Then start virt-who   [root@bob ~]# service virt-who start

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