Q. I've installed Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2 and I see virbr0 network interface along with my eth0 interface? What it is? How do I disable or remove virbr0?
A. virbr0 is xen interface used by Virtualization guest and host oses for network communication. Following are the packages under Red Hat / CentOS Linux:
Group: Virtualization
Description: Virtualization Support.
Mandatory Packages:
=> xen
=> kernel-xen
Default Packages:
=> virt-manager
=> Virtualization-en-US
=> gnome-applet-vm
=> libvirt
You can disable virbr0 if you don't need xen Virtualization support, enter:
# yum groupremove "Virtualization"
Sample output:
Loading "rhnplugin" plugin Loading "security" plugin Setting up Group Process rhel-x86_64-server-vt-5 100% |=========================| 1.4 kB 00:00 rhn-tools-rhel-x86_64-ser 100% |=========================| 1.2 kB 00:00 rhel-x86_64-server-5 100% |=========================| 1.4 kB 00:00 No package matched to remove No package matched to remove No package matched to remove No package matched to remove No package matched to remove Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check ---> Package libvirt.x86_64 0:0.3.3-7.el5 set to be erased --> Processing Dependency: libvirt.so.0()(64bit) for package: libvirt-python --> Processing Dependency: libvirt = 0.3.3 for package: libvirt-python --> Running transaction check ---> Package libvirt-python.x86_64 0:0.3.3-7.el5 set to be erased --> Processing Dependency: libvirt-python for package: rhn-virtualization-host --> Running transaction check ---> Package rhn-virtualization-host.noarch 0:1.0.1-55 set to be erased --> Finished Dependency Resolution Dependencies Resolved ============================================================================= Package Arch Version Repository Size ============================================================================= Removing: libvirt x86_64 0.3.3-7.el5 installed 3.4 M Removing for dependencies: libvirt-python x86_64 0.3.3-7.el5 installed 230 k rhn-virtualization-host noarch 1.0.1-55 installed 155 k Transaction Summary ============================================================================= Install 0 Package(s) Update 0 Package(s) Remove 3 Package(s) Is this ok [y/N]: y Downloading Packages: Running rpm_check_debug Running Transaction Test Finished Transaction Test Transaction Test Succeeded Running Transaction Erasing : libvirt-python ######################### [1/3] Erasing : rhn-virtualization-host ######################### [2/3] Stopping crond: [ OK ] Starting crond: [ OK ] Erasing : libvirt ######################### [3/3] Removed: libvirt.x86_64 0:0.3.3-7.el5 Dependency Removed: libvirt-python.x86_64 0:0.3.3-7.el5 rhn-virtualization-host.noarch 0:1.0.1-55 Complete!
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if i give the Command in Redhat Linux 5.1 means it shows
“Loading “rhnplugin” plugin
Loading “Security” plugin
Loading “installonlyn” plugin
This system is not regestered with RHN
RHN support will be disable
Setting up group process
Setting up repositories
No repositories available to set up
No group named virtualization exists
No packages to remove from groups”
it shows the above message, but if i run the command
“ifconfig”
it shows the following groups
eth0
lo
peth0
vifo.0
virbro
xenbro
how could i remove these groups except eth0 & lo?
I got the same results as what you got when I ran, # yum groupremove “Virtualization”
My guess is that “Virtualization” was never used or actually created. This is what I did to uninstall virbr0.
# yum remove rhn-virtualization-host
# yum remove libvirt-python
# yum remove libvirt
# ifconfig
Everything should be gone except for eth0 & lo.
Jane,
You are an angel!!!
This is for RHEL 5.3 32 bit.
I had run yum groupremove “Virtualization” with the same unhappy results as SSG
above. The virbr0 address was hurting my Director Server.
rpm -e –nodeps libvirt seems to work. Ifconfig shows eth0 and l0 only.
I have Fedora 10 and i want to disable virbro.
yum groupremove “Virtualization” dont work.
I solved the problem with rpm -e -nodeps libvirt.
# yum groupremove “Virtualization” has worked on a CentOS 5.3 installation.
Thanks
I tried the above and it removed everything with the first command, but virbr0 is still there. Ran the others and it says the software is not installed. May be a reboot? Can’t do it yet as it’s a production computer.