oVirt Community Newsletter: August 2015 Edition

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_t... ---------------- 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-d... 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-credenti... 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... 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-sto... How to Deploy Virtual Machines in RHEV Environment – Part 4 http://www.tecmint.com/deploy-linux-and-windows-virtual-machines-under-is... 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-ovirtaugustpengui... KVM Forum: oVirt SR-IOV Support http://www.linux-kvm.org/images/6/6d/03x05-Cedar-Barak_Azulay-oVirtSR-IOV... (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-ManagedConver... (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-oVirtHo... (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... (Slides) KVM Forum: oVirt Self-Hosted Engine Seamless Deployment http://www.linux-kvm.org/images/5/53/03x06-Cedar-Simone_Tiraboschi-oVirtS... (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