August 2015 - Announce - oVirt List Archives

[ANN] oVirt 3.6.0 Third Beta Release is now available for testing
by Sandro Bonazzola 20 Aug '15

20 Aug '15

The oVirt Project is pleased to announce the availability of the Third Beta release of oVirt 3.6 for testing, as of August 20th, 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 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/ <http://plain.resources.ovirt.org/pub/ovirt-3.6-pre/iso/ovirt-node/> [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 3.5.4 Second Release Candidate is now available for testing
by Sandro Bonazzola 20 Aug '15

20 Aug '15

The oVirt team is pleased to announce that the 3.5.4 Second Release Candidate is now available for testing as of August 20th 2015. The release candidate 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 available 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_3.5.4_Release_Notes [2] http://resources.ovirt.org/pub/ovirt-3.5-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 3.6.0 Second Beta Release is now available for testing
by Sandro Bonazzola 14 Aug '15

14 Aug '15

The oVirt Project is pleased to announce the availability of the Second Beta release of oVirt 3.6 for testing, as of August 14th, 2015. oVirt is an open source alternative to VMware vSphere, and provides an excellent KVM management interface for multi-node virtualization. The First Beta 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). The Second Beta 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 Second Beta 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 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/ <http://plain.resources.ovirt.org/pub/ovirt-3.6-pre/iso/ovirt-node/> [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 3.6.0 First Beta Release is now available for testing
by Sandro Bonazzola 04 Aug '15

04 Aug '15

The oVirt Project is pleased to announce the availability of the First Beta release of oVirt 3.6 for testing, as of August 4th, 2015. oVirt is an open source alternative to VMware vSphere, and provides an excellent KVM management interface for multi-node virtualization. The First Beta release is available now for Fedora 22, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7, CentOS Linux 6.6 (or similar) and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1, CentOS Linux 7.1 (or similar). The First Beta release can also be deployed on Hypervisor Hosts running Fedora 21 and Fedora 22. Experimental support for Debian 8.1 Jessie has been added too. This First Beta release of oVirt 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. A new Node ISO[2] is already available and an oVirt Live ISO will be available soon as well. 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/ovirt-node/ [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: June/July 2015 Edition
by Brian Proffitt 03 Aug '15

03 Aug '15

OSCON, Red Hat Summit, LinuxCon, KVM Forum... so many events this summer where oVirt is making a splash, it's a wonder we get any work done. Yet, oVirt continues to gain in popularity and respect for those seeking a true open source solution for virtual data center management. ----------------- Software Releases ----------------- oVirt 3.5.3 Final Release is now available http://lists.ovirt.org/pipermail/users/2015-June/033283.html oVirt 3.6.0 Second Alpha Release is now available for testing http://lists.ovirt.org/pipermail/users/2015-June/033473.html New MoVirt release - introduction of augmented reality http://noisedoll.blogspot.com/2015/07/new-movirt-release-introduction-of.ht… ---------------- In the Community ---------------- Video Tutorial, oVirt [20-part video series in Portuguese] https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuivEGDibLthQL4kjAKYyDXGlX7QxxM2r An open cloud-based virtual lab environment for computer security education: A pilot study evaluation of oVirt http://eprints.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/1478/ http://www.cms.livjm.ac.uk/VIBRANT/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/CloudLabs4.pdf (Slides) A fresh look for the oVirt Administrator Portal Dashboard http://uxd-stackabledesign.rhcloud.com/fresh-look-ovirt-administrator-porta… Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor: KVM now & in the future - 2015 Red Hat Summit Video https://youtu.be/bOeH-bjTSLw Exploring open hyperconverged infrastructure solutions http://summitblog.redhat.com/2015/06/25/exploring-open-hyperconverged-infra… Moving Focus to the Upstream http://community.redhat.com/blog/2015/06/moving-focus-to-the-upstream/ oVirt in the 16th edition of the International Free Software Forum (FISL) http://dougsland.livejournal.com/124552.html oVirt's Aurangabad Meetup http://www.meetup.com/Aurangabad-Ovirt-Meetup/events/223693898/ oVirt Server Virtualization Review [Chinese] http://ow.ly/QrkuI ------------------------------------ Deep Dives and Technical Discussions ------------------------------------ Moving your Virtual Machines to oVirt with ease [Video] https://youtu.be/7vd8X6t9eBk How to setup oVirt 3.4 virtualization on CentOS 6.6 http://www.serenity-networks.com/linux/how-to-setup-ovirt-3-4-virtualizatio… UDS Enterprise & oVirt integration https://www.udsenterprise.com/en/blog/2015/06/02/uds-enterprise-ovirt-integ… oVirt Engine - squeezed into a container http://dummdida.tumblr.com/post/120685318395/ovirt-engine-squeezed-into-a-c… vNuma in RHEVM http://ramunix.blogspot.co.il/2015/06/vnuma-in-rhevm.html?m=1 oVirt Hosted Engine Backup and Restore [HOWTO] http://www.ovirt.org/OVirt_Hosted_Engine_Backup_and_Restore Set CPU family for a specific VM on oVirt 3.5 http://admin-reminder.blogspot.co.il/2015/06/set-cpu-family-for-specific-vm… Managing Gluster Volume Snapshots using oVirt http://shtripat.blogspot.in/2015/07/oVirtAndGlusterVolumeSnapshots.html oVirt with LDAP authentication source http://firstyear.id.au/entry/30 KVM Nested running on AMD oVirt! http://cafe-ti.blog.br/2143~kvm-nested-on-amd-running-ovirt.html Brian Proffitt -- Principal Community Analyst Open Source and Standards bkp(a)redhat.com +1.574.383.9BKP

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