September 2015 - Announce - oVirt List Archives

[ANN] oVirt 3.6.0 First Release Candidate is now available for testing
by Sandro Bonazzola 28 Sep '15

28 Sep '15

The oVirt Project is pleased to announce the availability of the First Release Candidate of oVirt 3.6 for testing, as of September 28th, 2015. This release is available now for Fedora 22, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7, CentOS Linux 6.7 (or similar) and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1, CentOS Linux 7.1 (or similar). This release supports Hypervisor Hosts running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1, CentOS Linux 7.1 (or similar), Fedora 21 and Fedora 22. Highly experimental support for Debian 8.1 Jessie has been added too. This release of oVirt 3.6.0 includes numerous bug fixes. See the release notes [1] for an initial list of the new features and bugs fixed. Please refer to release notes [1] for Installation / Upgrade instructions. New oVirt Node ISO and oVirt Live ISO will be available soon as well[2]. Please note that mirrors[3] may need usually one day before being synchronized. Please refer to the release notes for known issues in this release. [1] http://www.ovirt.org/OVirt_3.6_Release_Notes [2] http://plain.resources.ovirt.org/pub/ovirt-3.6-pre/iso/ [3] http://www.ovirt.org/Repository_mirrors#Current_mirrors -- Sandro Bonazzola Better technology. Faster innovation. Powered by community collaboration. See how it works at redhat.com

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[ANN] oVirt 3.5.5 Second Release Candidate is now available for testing
by Sandro Bonazzola 24 Sep '15

24 Sep '15

The oVirt Project is pleased to announce the availability of the Second Release Candidate of oVirt 3.5.5 for testing, as of September 24th, 2015. This release is available now for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7, CentOS Linux 6.7 (or similar) and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1, CentOS Linux 7.1 (or similar). This release supports Hypervisor Hosts running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7, CentOS Linux 6.7 (or similar), Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1, CentOS Linux 7.1 (or similar) and #Fedora 21. This release of oVirt 3.5.5 includes new DWH and reports packages. See the release notes [1] for an initial list of bugs fixed. Please refer to release notes [1] for Installation / Upgrade instructions. New oVirt Node ISO will be available soon as well[2]. Please note that mirrors[3] may need usually one day before being synchronized. Please refer to the release notes for known issues in this release. Please test add yourself to the test page[4] if you're testing this release. [1] http://www.ovirt.org/OVirt_3.5.5_Release_Notes [2] http://plain.resources.ovirt.org/pub/ovirt-3.5-pre/iso/ [3] http://www.ovirt.org/Repository_mirrors#Current_mirrors [4] http://www.ovirt.org/Testing/oVirt_3.5.5_Testing -- Sandro Bonazzola Better technology. Faster innovation. Powered by community collaboration. See how it works at redhat.com

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[ANN] oVirt 3.6.0 Sixth Beta Release is now available for testing
by Sandro Bonazzola 17 Sep '15

17 Sep '15

The oVirt Project is pleased to announce the availability of the Sixth Beta release of oVirt 3.6 for testing, as of September 17th, 2015. This release is available now for Fedora 22, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7, CentOS Linux 6.7 (or similar) and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1, CentOS Linux 7.1 (or similar). This release supports Hypervisor Hosts running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1, CentOS Linux 7.1 (or similar), Fedora 21 and Fedora 22. Highly experimental support for Debian 8.1 Jessie has been added too. This release of oVirt 3.6.0 includes numerous bug fixes. See the release notes [1] for an initial list of the new features and bugs fixed. Please refer to release notes [1] for Installation / Upgrade instructions. New oVirt Node ISO and oVirt Live ISO will be available soon as well[2]. Please note that mirrors[3] may need usually one day before being synchronized. Please refer to the release notes for known issues in this release. [1] http://www.ovirt.org/OVirt_3.6_Release_Notes [2] http://plain.resources.ovirt.org/pub/ovirt-3.6-pre/iso/ [3] http://www.ovirt.org/Repository_mirrors#Current_mirrors -- Sandro Bonazzola Better technology. Faster innovation. Powered by community collaboration. See how it works at redhat.com

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[ANN] oVirt 3.5.5 First Release Candidate is now available for testing
by Sandro Bonazzola 17 Sep '15

17 Sep '15

The oVirt Project is pleased to announce the availability of the First Release Candidate of oVirt 3.5.5 for testing, as of September 17th, 2015. This release is available now for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7, CentOS Linux 6.7 (or similar) and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1, CentOS Linux 7.1 (or similar). This release supports Hypervisor Hosts running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1, CentOS Linux 7.1 (or similar), Fedora 21. This release of oVirt 3.5.5 includes numerous bug fixes. See the release notes [1] for an initial list of bugs fixed. Please refer to release notes [1] for Installation / Upgrade instructions. New oVirt Node ISO and oVirt Live ISO will be available soon as well[2]. Please note that mirrors[3] may need usually one day before being synchronized. Please refer to the release notes for known issues in this release. Please test add yourself to the test page[4] if you're testing this release. [1] http://www.ovirt.org/OVirt_3.5.5_Release_Notes [2] http://plain.resources.ovirt.org/pub/ovirt-3.5-pre/iso/ [3] http://www.ovirt.org/Repository_mirrors#Current_mirrors [4] http://www.ovirt.org/Testing/oVirt_3.5.5_Testing -- Sandro Bonazzola Better technology. Faster innovation. Powered by community collaboration. See how it works at redhat.com

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[ANN] oVirt 3.6.0 Fifth Beta Release is now available for testing
by Sandro Bonazzola 10 Sep '15

10 Sep '15

The oVirt Project is pleased to announce the availability of the Fifth Beta release of oVirt 3.6 for testing, as of September 10th, 2015. oVirt is an open source alternative to VMware vSphere, and provides an excellent KVM management interface for multi-node virtualization. This release is available now for Fedora 22, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7, CentOS Linux 6.7 (or similar) and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1, CentOS Linux 7.1 (or similar). This release supports Hypervisor Hosts running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1, CentOS Linux 7.1 (or similar), Fedora 21 and Fedora 22. Highly experimental support for Debian 8.1 Jessie has been added too. This release of oVirt 3.6.0 includes numerous bug fixes. See the release notes [1] for an initial list of the new features and bugs fixed. Please refer to release notes [1] for Installation / Upgrade instructions. New oVirt Node ISO and oVirt Live ISO will be available soon as well[2]. Please note that mirrors[3] may need usually one day before being synchronized. Please refer to the release notes for known issues in this release. [1] http://www.ovirt.org/OVirt_3.6_Release_Notes [2] http://plain.resources.ovirt.org/pub/ovirt-3.6-pre/iso/ [3] http://www.ovirt.org/Repository_mirrors#Current_mirrors -- Sandro Bonazzola Better technology. Faster innovation. Powered by community collaboration. See how it works at redhat.com

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[ANN] [QE] Bugzilla updates for oVirt Product
by Sandro Bonazzola 09 Sep '15

09 Sep '15

The oVirt team is pleased to announce that today oVirt moved to its own classification within our Bugzilla system as previously anticipated [1]. No longer limited as a set of sub-projects, each building block (sub-project) of oVirt will be a Bugzilla product. This will allow tracking of package versions and target releases based on their own versioning schema. Each maintainer, for example, will have administrative rights on his or her Bugzilla sub-project and will be able to change flags, versions, targets, and components. As part of the improvements of the Bugzilla tracking system, a flag system has been added to the oVirt product in order to ease its management [2]. The changes will go into affect in stages, please review the wiki for more details. We invite you to review the new tracking system and get involved with oVirt QA [3] to make oVirt better than ever! [1] http://community.redhat.com/blog/2015/06/moving-focus-to-the-upstream/ [2] http://www.ovirt.org/Bugzilla_rework [3] http://www.ovirt.org/OVirt_Quality_Assurance -- Sandro Bonazzola Better technology. Faster innovation. Powered by community collaboration. See how it works at redhat.com

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[ANN] oVirt 3.6.0 Fourth Beta Release is now available for testing
by Sandro Bonazzola 07 Sep '15

07 Sep '15

The oVirt Project is pleased to announce the availability of the Fourth Beta release of oVirt 3.6 for testing, as of September 3rd, 2015. oVirt is an open source alternative to VMware vSphere, and provides an excellent KVM management interface for multi-node virtualization. This release is available now for Fedora 22, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7, CentOS Linux 6.7 (or similar) and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1, CentOS Linux 7.1 (or similar). This release supports Hypervisor Hosts running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1, CentOS Linux 7.1 (or similar), Fedora 21 and Fedora 22. Highly experimental support for Debian 8.1 Jessie has been added too. This release of oVirt 3.6.0 includes numerous bug fixes. See the release notes [1] for an initial list of the new features and bugs fixed. Please refer to release notes [1] for Installation / Upgrade instructions. New oVirt Node ISO and oVirt Live ISO will be available soon as well[2]. Please note that mirrors[3] may need usually one day before being synchronized. Please refer to the release notes for known issues in this release. [1] http://www.ovirt.org/OVirt_3.6_Release_Notes [2] http://plain.resources.ovirt.org/pub/ovirt-3.6-pre/iso/ [3] http://www.ovirt.org/Repository_mirrors#Current_mirrors -- Sandro Bonazzola Better technology. Faster innovation. Powered by community collaboration. See how it works at redhat.com

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oVirt Community Newsletter: August 2015
by Brian Proffitt 04 Sep '15

04 Sep '15

The Summer conference season has drawn to a close, and our team continues to make a big impact! More than ever before, new users are checking out oVirt and falling for its ease of use and powerful management tools! Here's what was happening to oVirt in August! ----------------- Software Releases ----------------- oVirt 3.5.4 Final Release is now available http://www.ovirt.org/OVirt_3.5.4_Release_Notes The oVirt Project is pleased to announce the availability of oVirt 3.6.0 First Beta release http://www.astonsoftware.ro/blog/page/1018/the_ovirt_project_is_pleased_to_… ---------------- In the Community ---------------- Get Involved in oVirt Project! Autumn Edition http://lists.ovirt.org/pipermail/users/2015-September/034455.html Monitor oVirt or libvirt with SNMP and Zabbix http://jensd.be/494/linux/monitor-ovirt-or-libvirt-with-snmp-and-zabbix Event Report--LinuxCon NA 2015 http://community.redhat.com/blog/2015/09/event-report-linuxcon-na-2015/ Findings from Reviewing the oVirt Overall Dashboard Concept at Red Hat Summit http://uxd-stackabledesign.rhcloud.com/findings-reviewing-ovirt-overall-das… Migrating Physical Machines to oVirt with Relax-and-Recover (p2v using rear) http://blog.mit.bme.hu/meszaros/en/unix/ovirt-p2v-using-rear Create Daily RHEVM Backups https://scottlinux.com/2015/08/20/create-daily-rhevm-backups/ Nested KVM Virtualization with RHEV http://www.willberg.fi/2015/08/nested-kvm-virtualization-with-rhev.html RHEV-M Network Persistence Issue http://ramunix.blogspot.com/2015/07/rhevm-network-persistence-issue.html Virsh Read Commands to Manage RHEV-H Credentials http://ramunix.blogspot.com/2015/08/virsh-read-commands-on-rhevh-credential… RHEV-VM Disk Export and Backup with Best Performance Without East-West Traffic http://ramunix.blogspot.com/2015/08/rhev-vm-disk-export-and-backup.html VM Details Not Shown on RHEV-M? https://psuriset.wordpress.com/2015/08/15/vm-ip-not-shown-on-from-rhevm/ Access RHEV-M with CLI https://psuriset.wordpress.com/2015/08/15/access-rhevm-with-cli/ How to Install RedHat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV) 3.5 – Part 1 http://www.tecmint.com/install-redhat-virtualization-rhev/ How to Deploy RedHat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor (RHEV-H) – Part 2 http://www.tecmint.com/deploy-redhat-enterprise-virtualization-hypervisor-r… How to Deploy Data-Centers with Cluster and Add ISCSI Storage in RHEV Environment http://www.tecmint.com/deploy-data-centers-with-cluster-and-add-iscsi-stora… How to Deploy Virtual Machines in RHEV Environment – Part 4 http://www.tecmint.com/deploy-linux-and-windows-virtual-machines-under-iso-… RHEV Platform: How to Install Guest Agents and Drivers on Red Hat Enterprise Linux Virtual Machine [Chinese] http://bubuko.com/infodetail-1031361.html ------------------------------------ Deep Dives and Technical Discussions ------------------------------------ August Penguin Conference: Virtualization Management The oVirt Way (Slides) http://www.slideshare.net/AllonMureinik/introduction-to-ovirtaugustpenguin2… KVM Forum: oVirt SR-IOV Support http://www.linux-kvm.org/images/6/6d/03x05-Cedar-Barak_Azulay-oVirtSR-IOVSu… (Slides) https://youtu.be/o4mwoatSyF8 (Video) KVM Forum: Managed Conversion of Guests to oVirt http://www.linux-kvm.org/images/9/97/03x07-Cedar-Arak_Hadas-ManagedConversi… (Slides) https://youtu.be/rYrnfduAkU0 (Video) KVM Forum: oVirt--Long Way From An Unpaved Road to the Highway http://www.linux-kvm.org/images/b/b1/03x08-Cedar-Pitor_Kliczewski-oVirtHost… (Slides) https://youtu.be/yHYl-6JcNLU (Video) KVM Forum: oVirt and Gluster hyper-converged! http://www.linux-kvm.org/images/5/51/03x04-Martin_Sivak-oVirt_and_gluster_h… (Slides) KVM Forum: oVirt Self-Hosted Engine Seamless Deployment http://www.linux-kvm.org/images/5/53/03x06-Cedar-Simone_Tiraboschi-oVirtSel… (Slides) https://youtu.be/dN0E_9G2wTg (Video) oVirt 3.6 Deep Dive Video Series https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDFpRoR1p2q_z4zrZWmyUykFsJ8H6Oh_8 oVirt 3.6 Deep Dive: Virt Improvements (Video) https://youtu.be/FYPsMvdMgsw oVirt 3.6 Deep Dive: Live Storage Migration Between Mixed Domains (Video) https://youtu.be/BPy29Q__VV4 oVirt 3.6 Deep Dive: Guest Serial Console (Video) https://youtu.be/2FltqwrDDtA oVirt 3.6 Deep Dive: External Status for Host & Storage Domain (Video) https://youtu.be/xUIbNeN-AxA oVirt 3.6 Deep Dive: Moving Your Virtual Machines to oVirt with Ease (Video) https://youtu.be/7vd8X6t9eBk oVirt 3.6 Deep Dive: VFIO--Host Device Passthrough Support (Video) https://youtu.be/gUxcuPmbxuY SmartState Analysis on RHEV-M hosted VMs (Video) https://youtu.be/xRMP8M4JHzs Running VMware ESXi under oVirt https://xrsa.net/2014/08/25/running-vmware-esxi-under-ovirt/ oVirt Manager Backup Script http://www.astonsoftware.ro/codeloud/page/62/ovirt-manager-backup-script oVirt - Power Management for Nested Hypervisors http://apahim.livejournal.com/2395.html -- Brian Proffitt Principal Community Analyst Open Source and Standards @TheTechScribe 574.383.9BKP

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[ANN] oVirt 3.5.4 Final Release is now available
by Sandro Bonazzola 03 Sep '15

03 Sep '15

The oVirt team is pleased to announce that the oVirt 3.5.4 Final Release is now available as of September 3rd 2015. oVirt is an open source alternative to VMware vSphere, and provides an excellent KVM management interface for multi-node virtualization. oVirt is available now for Fedora 20, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7, CentOS Linux 6.7 (or similar) and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1, CentOS Linux 7.1 (or similar). This release of oVirt includes numerous bug fixes. See the release notes [1] for a list of the new features and bugs fixed. Please refer to release notes [1] for Installation / Upgrade instructions. A new oVirt Live ISO will be soon available[2] Please note that mirrors[3] may need usually one day before being synchronized. Please refer to the release notes for known issues in this release. [1] http://www.ovirt.org/OVirt_3.5.3_Release_Notes [2] http://resources.ovirt.org/pub/ovirt-3.5/iso/ovirt-live/ <http://resources.ovirt.org/pub/ovirt-3.5/iso/ovirt-live/el6-3.5.3/ovirt-liv…> [3] http://www.ovirt.org/Repository_mirrors#Current_mirrors -- Sandro Bonazzola Better technology. Faster innovation. Powered by community collaboration. See how it works at redhat.com

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[ANN] Release Process changes
by Sandro Bonazzola 01 Sep '15

01 Sep '15

The oVirt Team strive to provide a stable solution and provide timely updates to improve on that solution. After GA of every major release we try to provide updates to discovered issues on a monthly basis. In the current process we announce a release date just after the previous release (usually a month ahead) and aim to fix to scoped issues for this date. Sometimes we fail to meet that date when we see that the scope was not met or that the stability is not up to the release standard. This means that we have to change the announced date and this might happen several times. In order to improve on this process, maintenance (not like major) releases will not have a declared date and will be released when ready. We will remain attentive to needs of urgent issues and will continue to aim for monthly release, but instead we will provide weekly updates on current status of development and testing of maintenance releases and gaps we are working to close for that release. -- Sandro Bonazzola Better technology. Faster innovation. Powered by community collaboration. See how it works at redhat.com

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