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[ANN] oVirt 4.3.0 First Release Candidate is now available for testing
by Sandro Bonazzola 11 Jan '19

11 Jan '19

The oVirt Project is pleased to announce the availability of the First Release Candidate of oVirt 4.3.0, as of January 10th, 2018 This is pre-release software. This pre-release should not to be used in production. Please take a look at our community page[1] to learn how to ask questions and interact with developers and users. All issues or bugs should be reported via oVirt Bugzilla[2]. This update is the first release candidate of the 4.3.0 version. This release brings more than 120 enhancements and more than 420 bug fixes on top of oVirt 4.2 series. What's new in oVirt 4.3.0? * Q35 chipset, support booting using UEFI and Secure Boot * Skylake-server and AMD EPYC support * New smbus driver in windows guest tools * Improved support for v2v * Hundreds of bug fixes on top of oVirt 4.2 series * New VM portal details page (see a preview here: https://imgur.com/a/ExINpci) * New Cluster upgrade UI * OVN security groups * IPv6 (static host addresses) * LLDP Labeler * Support of Neutron from RH OSP 13 as external network provider * Support of using Skydive from RH OSP 14 as Tech Preview * Support for 3.6 and 4.0 data centers, clusters and hosts were removed * Now using PostgreSQL 10 This release is available now on x86_64 architecture for: * Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 or later * CentOS Linux (or similar) 7.6 or later This release supports Hypervisor Hosts on x86_64 and ppc64le architectures for: * Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 or later * CentOS Linux (or similar) 7.6 or later * oVirt Node 4.3 (available for x86_64 only) Experimental tech preview for x86_64 and s390x architectures for Fedora 28 is also included. See the release notes draft [3] for installation / upgrade instructions and a list of new features and bugs fixed. Notes: - oVirt Appliance is already available for both CentOS 7 and Fedora 28 (tech preview). - oVirt Node NG is already available for both CentOS 7 and Fedora 28 (tech preview). Additional Resources: * Read more about the oVirt 4.3.0 release highlights: http://www.ovirt.org/release/4.3.0/ * Get more oVirt project updates on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ovirt * Check out the latest project news on the oVirt blog: http://www.ovirt.org/blog/ [1] https://www.ovirt.org/community/ [2] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/enter_bug.cgi?classification=oVirt [3] http://www.ovirt.org/release/4.3.0/ [4] http://resources.ovirt.org/pub/ovirt-4.3-pre/iso/ -- SANDRO BONAZZOLA MANAGER, SOFTWARE ENGINEERING, EMEA R&D RHV Red Hat EMEA <https://www.redhat.com/> sbonazzo(a)redhat.com <https://red.ht/sig>

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[ANN] oVirt 4.2.8 Third Release Candidate is now available
by Sandro Bonazzola 09 Jan '19

09 Jan '19

The oVirt Project is pleased to announce the availability of the oVirt 4.2.8 Third Release Candidate, as of January 9th, 2019. This update is a release candidate of the eighth in a series of stabilization updates to the 4.2 series. This is pre-release software. This pre-release should not to be used in production. This release is available now for: * Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 or later * CentOS Linux (or similar) 7.6 or later This release supports Hypervisor Hosts running: * Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 or later * CentOS Linux (or similar) 7.6 or later See the release notes [1] for installation / upgrade instructions and a list of new features and bugs fixed. Notes: - oVirt Appliance is available - oVirt Node is available [2] Additional Resources: * Read more about the oVirt 4.2.8 release highlights: http://www.ovirt.org/release/4.2.8/ * Get more oVirt Project updates on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ovirt * Check out the latest project news on the oVirt blog: http://www.ovirt.org/blog/ [1] http://www.ovirt.org/release/4.2.8/ [2] http://resources.ovirt.org/pub/ovirt-4.2-pre/iso/ -- SANDRO BONAZZOLA MANAGER, SOFTWARE ENGINEERING, EMEA R&D RHV Red Hat EMEA <https://www.redhat.com/> sbonazzo(a)redhat.com <https://red.ht/sig>

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[ANN] oVirt 4.2.8 Second Release Candidate is now available
by Sandro Bonazzola 11 Dec '18

11 Dec '18

The oVirt Project is pleased to announce the availability of the oVirt 4.2.8 Second Release Candidate, as of December 11th, 2018. This update is a release candidate of the eighth in a series of stabilization updates to the 4.2 series. This is pre-release software. This pre-release should not to be used in production. This release is available now for: * Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 or later * CentOS Linux (or similar) 7.6 or later This release supports Hypervisor Hosts running: * Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 or later * CentOS Linux (or similar) 7.6 or later See the release notes [1] for installation / upgrade instructions and a list of new features and bugs fixed. Notes: - oVirt Appliance is available - oVirt Node will be available soon due to build issues causing a delay [2] Additional Resources: * Read more about the oVirt 4.2.8 release highlights: http://www.ovirt.org/release/4.2.8/ * Get more oVirt Project updates on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ovirt * Check out the latest project news on the oVirt blog: http://www.ovirt.org/blog/ [1] http://www.ovirt.org/release/4.2.8/ [2] http://resources.ovirt.org/pub/ovirt-4.2-pre/iso/ -- SANDRO BONAZZOLA MANAGER, SOFTWARE ENGINEERING, EMEA R&D RHV Red Hat EMEA <https://www.redhat.com/> sbonazzo(a)redhat.com <https://red.ht/sig>

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[ANN] oVirt 4.3.0 Second Alpha Release is now available for testing
by Sandro Bonazzola 06 Dec '18

06 Dec '18

The oVirt Project is pleased to announce the availability of the Second Alpha Release of oVirt 4.3.0, as of December 6th, 2018 This is pre-release software. This pre-release should not to be used in production. Please take a look at our community page[1] to learn how to ask questions and interact with developers and users. All issues or bugs should be reported via oVirt Bugzilla[2]. This update is the second alpha release of the 4.3.0 version. This release brings more than 80 enhancements and more than 330 bug fixes on top of oVirt 4.2 series. What's new in oVirt 4.3.0? * Q35 chipset, support booting using UEFI and Secure Boot * Skylake-server and AMD EPYC support * New smbus driver in windows guest tools * Improved support for v2v * Tech preview for oVirt on Fedora 28 * Hundreds of bug fixes on top of oVirt 4.2 series * New VM portal details page (see a preview here: https://imgur.com/a/ExINpci) * New Cluster upgrade UI * OVN security groups * IPv6 (static host addresses) * LLDP Labeler * Support for 3.6 and 4.0 data centers, clusters and hosts were removed * Now using PostgreSQL 10 This release is available now on x86_64 architecture for: * Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 or later * CentOS Linux (or similar) 7.6 or later This release supports Hypervisor Hosts on x86_64 and ppc64le architectures for: * Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 or later * CentOS Linux (or similar) 7.6 or later * oVirt Node 4.3 (available for x86_64 only) Experimental tech preview for x86_64 and s390x architectures for Fedora 28 is also included. See the release notes draft [3] for installation / upgrade instructions and a list of new features and bugs fixed. Notes: - oVirt Appliance is already available for both CentOS 7 and Fedora 28 (tech preview). - oVirt Node NG is already available for both CentOS 7 - oVirt Node NG for Fedora 28 (tech preview) is facing build issues on Jenkins and will be released as soon as possible Additional Resources: * Read more about the oVirt 4.3.0 release highlights: http://www.ovirt.org/release/4.3.0/ * Get more oVirt project updates on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ovirt * Check out the latest project news on the oVirt blog: http://www.ovirt.org/blog/ [1] https://www.ovirt.org/community/ [2] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/enter_bug.cgi?classification=oVirt [3] http://www.ovirt.org/release/4.3.0/ [4] http://resources.ovirt.org/pub/ovirt-4.3-pre/iso/ -- SANDRO BONAZZOLA MANAGER, SOFTWARE ENGINEERING, EMEA R&D RHV Red Hat EMEA <https://www.redhat.com/> sbonazzo(a)redhat.com <https://red.ht/sig>

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oVirt 4.2.8 First Release Candidate is now available
by Simone Tiraboschi 29 Nov '18

29 Nov '18

The oVirt Project is pleased to announce the availability of the oVirt 4.2.8 First Release Candidate, as of November 29th, 2018. This update is a release candidate of the eighth in a series of stabilization updates to the 4.2 series. This is pre-release software. This pre-release should not to be used in production. This release is available now for: * Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 or later * CentOS Linux (or similar) 7.5 or later This release supports Hypervisor Hosts running: * Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 or later * CentOS Linux (or similar) 7.5 or later See the release notes [1] for installation / upgrade instructions and a list of new features and bugs fixed. Notes: - oVirt Appliance is available - oVirt Node is available [2] Additional Resources: * Read more about the oVirt 4.2.8 release highlights: http://www.ovirt.org/release/4.2.8/ * Get more oVirt Project updates on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ovirt * Check out the latest project news on the oVirt blog: http://www.ovirt.org/blog/ [1] http://www.ovirt.org/release/4.2.8/ (or https://github.com/oVirt/ovirt-site/blob/master/source/release/4.2.8/index.… if the former link is still not available) [2] http://resources.ovirt.org/pub/ovirt-4.2-pre/iso/

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[ANN] oVirt 4.3.0 First Alpha Release is now available for testing
by Sandro Bonazzola 26 Nov '18

26 Nov '18

The oVirt Project is pleased to announce the availability of the First Alpha Release of oVirt 4.3.0, as of November 26th, 2018 This is pre-release software. This pre-release should not to be used in production. Please take a look at our community page[1] to learn how to ask questions and interact with developers and users. All issues or bugs should be reported via oVirt Bugzilla[2]. This update is the first alpha release of the 4.3.0 version. This release brings more than 80 enhancements and more than 280 bug fixes on top of oVirt 4.2 series. What's new in oVirt 4.3.0? * Q35: Support booting virtual machines via UEFI * Skylake-server and AMD EPYC support * New smbus driver in windows guest tools * Improved support for v2v * Tech preview for oVirt on Fedora 28 * Hundreds of bug fixes on top of oVirt 4.2 series * New VM portal (see a preview here: https://imgur.com/a/ExINpci) * New Cluster upgrade UI This release is available now on x86_64 architecture for: * Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 or later * CentOS Linux (or similar) 7.5 or later (7.6 recommended, enable CR repo for getting it since it's not yet officially released) This release supports Hypervisor Hosts on x86_64 and ppc64le architectures for: * Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 or later * CentOS Linux (or similar) 7.5 or later (7.6 recommended, enable CR repo for getting it since it's not yet officially released) * oVirt Node 4.3 (available for x86_64 only) Experimental tech preview for x86_64 and s390x architectures for Fedora 28 is also included. See the release notes draft [3] for installation / upgrade instructions and a list of new features and bugs fixed. Notes: - oVirt Appliance is already available for both CentOS 7 and Fedora 28 (tech preview). - oVirt Node NG is already available for both CentOS 7 and Fedora 28 (tech preview). Additional Resources: * Read more about the oVirt 4.3.0 release highlights: http://www.ovirt.org/release/4.3.0/ * Get more oVirt project updates on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ovirt * Check out the latest project news on the oVirt blog: http://www.ovirt.org/blog/ [1] https://www.ovirt.org/community/ [2] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/enter_bug.cgi?classification=oVirt [3] http://www.ovirt.org/release/4.3.0/ [4] http://resources.ovirt.org/pub/ovirt-4.3-pre/iso/ -- SANDRO BONAZZOLA MANAGER, SOFTWARE ENGINEERING, EMEA R&D RHV Red Hat EMEA <https://www.redhat.com/> sbonazzo(a)redhat.com <https://red.ht/sig>

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[ANN] oVirt 4.2.7 async update is now available
by Sandro Bonazzola 13 Nov '18

13 Nov '18

The oVirt Team has just released a new version of the following packages: - ovirt-engine - ovirt-hosted-engine-setup - ovirt-release42 Corresponding oVirt Node is being built and will be released tomorrow. The async release addresses the following bugs: - Bug 1647032 - Update gluster volume options set on the volume - Bug 1645757 - VMs running on the deployed host are removed from the engine after backup/restore - Bug 1620314 - SHE disaster recovery is broken in new 4.2 deployments as hosted_storage is master - Bug 1568841 - Can't restore hosted-engine backup at deployment The following enhancements are also included: - Bug 1469908 - [RFE] Support managed/automated restore - Bug 1406067 - [RFE] have the option to install hosted engine on specific datacenter and cluster. Thanks, -- SANDRO BONAZZOLA MANAGER, SOFTWARE ENGINEERING, EMEA R&D RHV Red Hat EMEA <https://www.redhat.com/> sbonazzo(a)redhat.com <https://red.ht/sig>

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[ANN] oVirt 4.2.7 is now generally available
by Sandro Bonazzola 02 Nov '18

02 Nov '18

The oVirt Project is pleased to announce the general availability of oVirt 4.2.7, as of November 2nd, 2018. This update is the seventh in a series of stabilization updates to the 4.2 series. This release is available now for: * Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 or later (7.6 recommended) * CentOS Linux (or similar) 7.5 or later This release supports Hypervisor Hosts running: * Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 or later (7.6 recommended) * CentOS Linux (or similar) 7.5 or later * oVirt Node 4.2 See the release notes [1] for installation / upgrade instructions and a list of new features and bugs fixed. Notes: - oVirt Appliance is available - oVirt Node update is available, ISO will be available soon [2] - oVirt Tools Setup ISO is available[2] oVirt Node has been updated including: - oVirt 4.2.7: http://www.ovirt.org/release/4.2.7/ - Ansible 2.7.0: https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/stable-2.7/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.… - GlusterFS 3.12.15: https://docs.gluster.org/en/latest/release-notes/3.12.15/ CentOS Errata included: - CEBA-2018:3013 CentOS 7 tzdata BugFix Update <https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2018-October/023074.html> - centos-release-7-5.1804.5.el7.centos update <https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2018-October/023050.html> Updated packages: +ansible-2.7.0-1.el7.noarch +centos-release-7-5.1804.5.el7.centos.x86_64 +cockpit-ovirt-dashboard-0.11.37-1.el7.noarch +glusterfs-3.12.15-1.el7.x86_64 +glusterfs-api-3.12.15-1.el7.x86_64 +glusterfs-cli-3.12.15-1.el7.x86_64 +glusterfs-client-xlators-3.12.15-1.el7.x86_64 +glusterfs-events-3.12.15-1.el7.x86_64 +glusterfs-fuse-3.12.15-1.el7.x86_64 +glusterfs-geo-replication-3.12.15-1.el7.x86_64 +glusterfs-gnfs-3.12.15-1.el7.x86_64 +glusterfs-libs-3.12.15-1.el7.x86_64 +glusterfs-rdma-3.12.15-1.el7.x86_64 +glusterfs-server-3.12.15-1.el7.x86_64 +imgbased-1.0.29-1.el7.noarch +ovirt-hosted-engine-ha-2.2.18-1.el7.noarch +ovirt-hosted-engine-setup-2.2.30-1.el7.noarch +ovirt-imageio-common-1.4.5-0.el7.x86_64 +ovirt-imageio-daemon-1.4.5-0.el7.noarch +ovirt-node-ng-image-update-placeholder-4.2.7-1.el7.noarch +ovirt-provider-ovn-driver-1.2.16-1.el7.noarch +ovirt-release-host-node-4.2.7-1.el7.noarch +ovirt-release42-4.2.7-1.el7.noarch +pulp-rpm-handlers-2.13.4.9-1.el7.noarch +python-imgbased-1.0.29-1.el7.noarch +python-ovirt-engine-sdk4-4.2.9-2.el7.x86_64 +python-pulp-agent-lib-2.13.4.14-1.el7.noarch +python-pulp-common-2.13.4.14-1.el7.noarch +python-pulp-rpm-common-2.13.4.9-1.el7.noarch +python2-gluster-3.12.15-1.el7.x86_64 +python2-pyOpenSSL-17.3.0-3.el7.noarch +qemu-img-ev-2.10.0-21.el7_5.7.1.x86_64 +qemu-kvm-common-ev-2.10.0-21.el7_5.7.1.x86_64 +qemu-kvm-ev-2.10.0-21.el7_5.7.1.x86_64 +tzdata-2018f-2.el7.noarch +vdsm-4.20.43-1.el7.x86_64 +vdsm-api-4.20.43-1.el7.noarch +vdsm-client-4.20.43-1.el7.noarch +vdsm-common-4.20.43-1.el7.noarch +vdsm-gluster-4.20.43-1.el7.x86_64 +vdsm-hook-ethtool-options-4.20.43-1.el7.noarch +vdsm-hook-fcoe-4.20.43-1.el7.noarch +vdsm-hook-openstacknet-4.20.43-1.el7.noarch +vdsm-hook-vhostmd-4.20.43-1.el7.noarch +vdsm-hook-vmfex-dev-4.20.43-1.el7.noarch +vdsm-http-4.20.43-1.el7.noarch +vdsm-jsonrpc-4.20.43-1.el7.noarch +vdsm-network-4.20.43-1.el7.x86_64 +vdsm-python-4.20.43-1.el7.noarch +vdsm-yajsonrpc-4.20.43-1.el7.noarch Additional Resources: * Read more about the oVirt 4.2.7 release highlights: http://www.ovirt.org/release/4.2.7/ * Get more oVirt Project updates on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ovirt * Check out the latest project news on the oVirt blog: http://www.ovirt.org/blog/ [1] http://www.ovirt.org/release/4.2.7/ [2] http://resources.ovirt.org/pub/ovirt-4.2/iso/ -- SANDRO BONAZZOLA MANAGER, SOFTWARE ENGINEERING, EMEA R&D RHV Red Hat EMEA <https://www.redhat.com/> sbonazzo(a)redhat.com <https://red.ht/sig>

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[ANN] oVirt 4.2.7 Fifth Release Candidate is now available
by Sandro Bonazzola 26 Oct '18

26 Oct '18

The oVirt Project is pleased to announce the availability of the oVirt 4.2.7 Fifth Release Candidate, as of October 26th, 2018. This update is a release candidate of the seventh in a series of stabilization updates to the 4.2 series. This is pre-release software. This pre-release should not to be used in production. This release is available now for: * Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 or later * CentOS Linux (or similar) 7.5 or later This release supports Hypervisor Hosts running: * Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 or later * CentOS Linux (or similar) 7.5 or later See the release notes [1] for installation / upgrade instructions and a list of new features and bugs fixed. Notes: - oVirt Appliance is available - oVirt Node is available [2] - oVirt Tools Setup ISO is available[2] Additional Resources: * Read more about the oVirt 4.2.7 release highlights: http://www.ovirt.org/release/4.2.7/ * Get more oVirt Project updates on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ovirt * Check out the latest project news on the oVirt blog: http://www.ovirt.org/blog/ [1] http://www.ovirt.org/release/4.2.7/ [2] http://resources.ovirt.org/pub/ovirt-4.2-pre/iso/ -- SANDRO BONAZZOLA MANAGER, SOFTWARE ENGINEERING, EMEA R&D RHV Red Hat EMEA <https://www.redhat.com/> sbonazzo(a)redhat.com <https://red.ht/sig> <https://www.redhat.com/en/events/red-hat-open-source-day-italia?sc_cid=701f…>

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Fwd: [ovirt-users] oVirt Conference 2018 in Milan
by Sandro Bonazzola 26 Oct '18

26 Oct '18

oVirt Italian Community is pleased to invite you in Milan on November 16th to the annual oVirt conference! More information available at http://www.ovirt-italia.it/2018/10/ovirt-conference-2018.html ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Gianluca Cecchi <gianluca.cecchi(a)gmail.com> Date: gio 25 ott 2018 alle ore 22:16 Subject: [ovirt-users] oVirt Conference 2018 in Milan To: users <users(a)ovirt.org> Hi, it's almost time for the annual oVirt Conference in Italy! We will be in Milan on 16th of November. If you are searching an excuse to come to Italy this is a good one; if you are already here you cannot miss it. Moreover, yesterday we had almost 30 degrees in Milan: I don't guarantee for mid November, but with weather and computer science the rule is "Never say Never!"... ;-) More detailed information here: http://www.ovirt-italia.it/2018/10/ovirt-conference-2018.html See (plenty of) you soon! Cheers, Gianluca _______________________________________________ Users mailing list -- users(a)ovirt.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave(a)ovirt.org Privacy Statement: https://www.ovirt.org/site/privacy-policy/ oVirt Code of Conduct: https://www.ovirt.org/community/about/community-guidelines/ List Archives: https://lists.ovirt.org/archives/list/users@ovirt.org/message/FBHE7NE36DYAB… -- SANDRO BONAZZOLA MANAGER, SOFTWARE ENGINEERING, EMEA R&D RHV Red Hat EMEA <https://www.redhat.com/> sbonazzo(a)redhat.com <https://red.ht/sig> <https://www.redhat.com/en/events/red-hat-open-source-day-italia?sc_cid=701f…>

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