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oVirt Workshop Europe 2012: Call For Participation
by workshop-pc＠ovirt.org 14 Sep '12

14 Sep '12

================================================================= oVirt Workshop Europe 2012: Call For Participation November 7-9, 2012 - Hotel Fira Palace - Barcelona, Spain (All submissions must be received before midnight Sep 14th, 2012) ================================================================= The oVirt Project is an open virtualization project for anyone who cares about Linux-based KVM virtualization. Providing a feature-rich server virtualization management system with advanced capabilities for hosts and guests, including high availability, live migration, storage management, system scheduler, and more. By open we mean open source & open governance, done right. During this workshop you’ll learn about the technical background and direction of the oVirt project. You’ll meet the developers, and have an opportunity to see and dive into the code right away. The workshop is open to all who want to use, get involved with, or learn about the comprehensive open virtualization management platform, oVirt. The sessions cover the technical projects details, governance, getting involved, usage, and much more. If you have any interest in an Open Virtualization Management platform, this workshop is for you! We are excited to announce that this oVirt Workshop will be held in conjunction with the KVM Forum. http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/kvm-forum/ The KVM Forum and oVirt Workshop are co-located with the Linux Foundation's 2012 LinuxCon Europe in Barcelona, Spain. oVirt Workshop attendees will be able to attend KVM Forum sessions and are eligible to attend LinuxCon Europe for a discounted rate. http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/kvm-forum/register We invite you to lead part of the discussion by submitting a speaking proposal for oVirt Workshop 2012. http://events.linuxfoundation.org/cfp Suggested topics: - community use case/stories - roadmaps - deep dives into features/areas - deep dives into code/debugging/tuning - integration and extensions - components: engine, vdsm, node, sdk/cli, reports, mom, guest agent, etc. - subjects: network, storage, vm life cycle, scheduling & sla, gluster, etc. - packaging, installation and distributions - community infrastructure and services SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS Abstracts due: Sep 14th, 2012 Notification: Sep 28th, 2012 Please submit a short abstract (~150 words) describing your presentation proposal. In your submission please note how long your talk will take. Slots vary in length up to 45 minutes. Also include in your proposal the proposal type -- one of: - technical talk - end-user talk - birds of a feather (BOF) session Submit your proposal here: http://events.linuxfoundation.org/cfp You will receive a notification whether or not your presentation proposal was accepted by Sep 14th. END-USER COLLABORATION One of the big challenges as developers is to know what, where and how people actually use our software. We will reserve a few slots for end users talking about their deployment challenges and achievements. If you are using oVirt in production you are encouraged submit a speaking proposal. Simply mark it as an end-user collaboration proposal. As an end user, this is a unique opportunity to get your input to developers. BOF SESSION We will reserve some slots in the evening after the main conference tracks, for birds of a feather (BOF) sessions. These sessions will be less formal than presentation tracks and targetted for people who would like to discuss specific issues with other developers and/or users. If you are interested in getting developers and/or uses together to discuss a specific problem, please submit a BOF proposal. LIGHTNING TALKS In addition to submitted talks we will also have some room for lightning talks. These are short (5 minute) discussions to highlight new work or ideas that aren't complete enough to warrant a full presentation slot. Lightning talk submissions and scheduling will be handled on-site at oVirt Workshop. HOTEL / TRAVEL The oVirt Workshop Europe 2012 will be held in Barcelona, Spain at the Hotel Fira Palace. http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/kvm-forum/hotel Thank you for your interest in oVirt. We're looking forward to your submissions and seeing you at the oVirt Workshop Europe 2012 in November! Thanks, your oVirt Workshop Europe 2012 Program Commitee Please contact us with any questions or comments. workshop-pc(a)ovirt.org

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ANNOUNCE: oVirt 3.1 Release
by Ofer Schreiber 08 Aug '12

08 Aug '12

The oVirt Project's second official release, version 3.1, ships with a set of storage, interface and infrastructure enhancements that narrow the gaps between the open source virtualization platform and proprietary alternatives. oVirt 3.1 adds support for capturing and cloning from live snapshots, for virtual disk and network adapter hot plugging, and for connecting externally-hosted LUNs to oVirt virtual machines. The oVirt 3.1 web administration console also includes new interfaces for managing floating virtual disks and for configuring Gluster storage volumes. In the 3.1 release, Red Hat Directory Server and IBM Tivoli Directory Server join IPA and Active Directory as supported identity providers, which administrators may pair with initial support for user-based resource quota capabilities. For more information on oVirt 3.1, including installation instructions, please see the release notes at http://wiki.ovirt.org/wiki/OVirt_3.1_release_notes . The new release is avilable for download at http://www.ovirt.org/get-ovirt/ For the entire oVirt community, thanks for your participation in making this release happen. In particular, thanks to anyone who contributed to the release through testing, submitting patches, and bug reporting. Ofer Schreiber oVirt release manager, on behalf of the oVirt team.

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Update on oVirt 3.1 Release Date
by Ofer Schreiber 25 Jul '12

25 Jul '12

Due to some critical issues that are still outstanding, we've decided to delay the release of oVirt 3.1 by 2 weeks. We are now targeting 2012-08-08 for the release. For details on the issues currently blocking the release, please see the bugs listed here[1]. Thanks, Ofer Schreiber oVirt Release Manager [1] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/showdependencytree.cgi?id=822145&hide_resolved=1

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Update on oVirt 3.1 Release Date
by Mike Burns 05 Jul '12

05 Jul '12

Due to some critical issues that are still outstanding, we've decided to delay the release of oVirt 3.1 by about 2 weeks. We are now targeting 2012-07-25 for the release. For details on the issues currently blocking the release, please see the bugs listed here[1]. Thanks The oVirt Team https://bugzilla.redhat.com/showdependencytree.cgi?id=822145&hide_resolved=1

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KVM Forum and oVirt Workshop Europe 2012 Save the Date
by KVM Forum 2012 Program Committee 22 Jun '12

22 Jun '12

KVM is an industry leading open source hypervisor that provides an ideal platform for datacenter virtualization, virtual desktop infrastructure, and cloud computing. Once again, it's time to bring together the community of developers and users that define the KVM ecosystem for our annual technical conference. We will discuss the current state of affairs and plan for the future of KVM, its surrounding infrastructure, and management tools. We are also excited to announce the oVirt Workshop will run in parallel with the KVM Forum, bringing in a community focused on enterprise datacenter virtualization management built on KVM. So mark your calendar and join us in advancing KVM. Once again we are colocated with The Linux Foundation's LinuxCon, Based on feedback from last year, this time it's LinuxCon Europe! Conference: November 7 - 9, 2012 Location: Hotel Fira Palace - Barcelona, Spain Details regarding registration and proposal submission are forthcoming. thanks, your KVM Forum 2012 Program Commitee

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ANNOUNCE: oVirt First Release
by Ofer Schreiber 09 Feb '12

09 Feb '12

I'm happy to announce the first community release of oVirt since the code was open sourced. The first release includes: * All the components required to operate a running oVirt installation * oVirt Engine is now running on Jboss AS7 as the application server * A new Python SDK to support the development of software utilizing the ovirt-engine APIs * Fedora based oVirt Node The release can be downloaded from: http://www.ovirt.org/get-ovirt/ The direct download links are: http://ovirt.org/releases/stable/src/ovirt-engine-3.0.0_0001.tar.gz http://ovirt.org/releases/stable/src/ovirt-engine-sdk-1.3.tar.gz http://ovirt.org/releases/stable/src/ovirt-node-2.2.2.tar.gz Release notes: http://www.ovirt.org/wiki/Release_Notes Installation Guide: http://www.ovirt.org/w/images/a/a9/OVirt-3.0-Installation_Guide-en-US.pdf For the entire oVirt community, thanks for your participation in making this release happen. In particular, thanks to anyone who contributed to this first release through testing, submitting patches, and bug reporting. Ofer oVirt release manager, on behalf of the oVirt team.

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Re-targeting oVirt's first release to Feb 9th
by Ofer Schreiber 01 Feb '12

01 Feb '12

We're re-targeting oVirt's first release to February 9th. An official go/no-go meeting will take place in #ovirt irc channel, at 15:00UTC, February 7th. Thanks, The oVirt team

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oVirt First Release Delay
by Ofer Schreiber 30 Jan '12

30 Jan '12

Due to several issues raised in the release meeting today [1], we're postponing oVirt's first release. We will re-evaluate the release date on Wednesday, during the weekly irc meeting. Thanks, The oVirt team [1] Release meeting minutes can be found at: http://ovirt.org/meetings/ovirt/2012/ovirt.2012-01-30-15.01.html

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oVirt test day summery
by Moran Goldboim 19 Jan '12

19 Jan '12

I would like to thank all who has participated the oVirt test day below are some of the observation seen during the test day (http://www.ovirt.org/wiki/Testing/OvirtTestDay) * Participation - o Participation was mainly from Redhat, i have seen some mailing list activity which involved some non-redhats but all 30 bugs opened were by Redhats (28 by Rhevm QE). I was disappointed that not to many developers taking an active part in the testing. o It would be nice to hear some outside opinions on first encounter with oVirt from the community * Bugs found: o total of 30 bugs were found on ovirt - http://bit.ly/AAqM6A o Bugs per component: + ovirt-engine-webadmin - 12 Bugs + ovirt-engine-installer - 4 Bugs + ovirt-engine-cli - 4 Bugs + ovirt-engine-config - 2 Bugs + ovirt-engine-core - 3 Bugs + ovirt-engine-sdk - 2 Bugs + vdsm - 2 Bugs + ovirt-engine-api - 1 Bug * Component status - components are working as expected on basic operations, except ovirt-engine-cli in which some basic flows are broken. o tools weren't tested I think that all after all we have a stable candidate for first ovirt version Jan 31th. Thanks again, Moran.

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oVirt test day is coming tomorrow - Jan 18th - Reminder
by Moran Goldboim 17 Jan '12

17 Jan '12

All are invited to join and share your ideas, tests, and results. all details available at http://www.ovirt.org/wiki/Testing/OvirtTestDay IRC - #ovirt at irc.oftc.net hope to see you there. Moran.

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