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!
  
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Software Releases
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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_announce_the_availability_of_ovirt_360_first_beta_release

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In the Community
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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-dashboard-concept-red-hat-summit/

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-credentials.html

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-rhev/

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-storage-in-rhev/

How to Deploy Virtual Machines in RHEV Environment – Part 4
http://www.tecmint.com/deploy-linux-and-windows-virtual-machines-under-iso-domains-in-rhev/

RHEV Platform: How to Install Guest Agents and Drivers on Red Hat Enterprise Linux Virtual Machine [Chinese]
http://bubuko.com/infodetail-1031361.html

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Deep Dives and Technical Discussions
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August Penguin Conference: Virtualization Management The oVirt Way (Slides)
http://www.slideshare.net/AllonMureinik/introduction-to-ovirtaugustpenguin2015

KVM Forum: oVirt SR-IOV Support
http://www.linux-kvm.org/images/6/6d/03x05-Cedar-Barak_Azulay-oVirtSR-IOVSupport.pdf (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-ManagedConversionOfGuestsToOVirt.pdf (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-oVirtHostCommunicationLongWayFromAnUnpavedRoadToTheHighway.pdf (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_hyperconverged.pdf (Slides)

KVM Forum: oVirt Self-Hosted Engine Seamless Deployment
http://www.linux-kvm.org/images/5/53/03x06-Cedar-Simone_Tiraboschi-oVirtSelf-hostedEngineSeamless_Deployment_20150821_7.pdf (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

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Brian Proffitt
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