- Announce - oVirt List Archives

oVirt Community Newsletter: January 2015
by Brian Proffitt 05 Feb '15

05 Feb '15

The first month of 2015 brought a new release of oVirt with engine support for Enterprise Linux 7, a new case study, and our annual journey to the biggest FLOSS event in the world. ------------------------- oVirt Software Milestones ------------------------- On January 21, oVirt 3.5 was released! http://www.ovirt.org/OVirt_3.5.1_Release_Notes For more information, and oVirt's important connection with CentOS, check out http://community.redhat.com/blog/2015/01/collaboration-with-centos-is-a-win… Bleeding-edge oVirt images are now available https://twitter.com/ovirt/status/555761019688353792 moVirt is coming! Check out this demo http://youtu.be/QnD9v70oefA ---------------- In the Community ---------------- How altruism and oVirt have helped create a free hosting service for anyone. http://www.ovirt.org/CloudSpin_Case_Study Remember when open source was the target of nearly everyone in the IT industry? Good times! http://community.redhat.com/blog/2015/01/quotes-from-open-source-past/ oVirt New Year's Resolution: Building Better Community Tools http://community.redhat.com/blog/2014/12/ovirt-new-years-resolution-buildin… [English], http://iaaslee.blogspot.sg/2014/12/ovirt.html [Korean] How to Explain Open Source to the In-Laws http://opensource.com/life/15/1/open-source-explained-to-a-non-techie [English], http://framablog.org/2015/02/03/lopen-source-avec-des-mots-simples/ [French] Linux Foundation publishes open-source cloud guide http://sdtimes.com/linux-foundation-publishes-open-source-cloud-guide/ FOSDEM Talks: Utilizing NUMA architecture in oVirt https://fosdem.org/2015/schedule/event/numaovirt/ Fabricate your automated devops environment using python https://fosdem.org/2015/schedule/event/automated_devops_environment/ Validate your gerrit patches automaticly using magic hooks https://fosdem.org/2015/schedule/event/gerrit_hooks/ Docker Integration in oVirt and IaaS https://fosdem.org/2015/schedule/event/dockerovirt/ Smart VM scheduling in oVirt cluster https://fosdem.org/2015/schedule/event/smartvmsched/ oVirt and Gluster Hyperconvergence https://fosdem.org/2015/schedule/event/hyperconvergence/ Moving your Virtual Machines to oVirt with ease https://fosdem.org/2015/schedule/event/v2v/ Upcoming oVirt Talks: * SCALE13X, Los Angeles, CA Feb 20-22 Solving (NP-Hard) Scheduling Problems with oVirt and OptaPlanner http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/13x/presentations/solving-np-hard-sched… ------------------------------------ Deep Dives and Technical Discussions ------------------------------------ Installing oVirt 3.5 on CentOS 7 (Hosted Engine) https://xrsa.net/2015/02/04/installing-ovirt-3-5-on-centos-7-hosted-engine/ Importing OVA Templates into RHEV http://keithtenzer.com/2015/01/12/rhev-importing-ova-templates/ Understanding Application Containers and OS-Level Virtualization http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2015/01/05/understanding-applic… Virtualizace ve víru open source [Czech] http://computerworld.cz/software/virtualizace-ve-viru-open-source-51667 Virtual desktops & lifecycle management, planning (https://www.udsenterprise.com/en/blog/2014/12/22/virtual-desktops-lifecycle…) and acquistion (https://www.udsenterprise.com/en/blog/2014/12/22/virtual-desktops-lifecycle…) Implementar Ovirt 3.5 con Self Hosted Engine [Spanish] http://blog.alhervirtual.es/implementar-ovirt-3-5-con-self-hosted-engine/ Using oVirt for the first time on a single server http://www.reddit.com/r/homelab/comments/2sgt6z/using_ovirt_for_the_first_t… HOWTO: oVirt 3.5 im "nested virtualization" Setup auf Fedora 21 [German] https://autodit.ac/de_DE/dem-ovirt-sein-nest-bauen/ After VDI there comes VMI, the virtual mobile infrastructure https://www.udsenterprise.com/en/blog/2015/01/19/after-vdi-there-comes-vmi-… Rene Koch: Enterprise Open Source Virtualisierung mit oVirt und RHEV [German] http://youtu.be/gPQLld-ZZc4 Working with oVirt Storage Management [Chinese] http://blog.csdn.net/maokexu123/article/details/42920845 -- Brian Proffitt Community Liaison oVirt Open Source and Standards, Red Hat - http://community.redhat.com Phone: +1 574 383 9BKP IRC: bkp @ OFTC

1 0

[Event] 2015 oVirt Asia Workshop
by Brian Proffitt 04 Feb '15

04 Feb '15

As oVirt strives to become the best open source and comprehensive data center virtualization management suite, and its community rapidly evolves and grows, one of the ways its vibrant community connects is through our Global Workshops. The events are conducted solely to introduce new users and veteran oVirt admins to new features and new techniques found in oVirt, as well as provide a forum for our users to connect directly with the development team behind oVirt. With that in mind, we are pleased to announce that registration is now open for the 2014 oVirt Workshop! The next 2015 oVirt workshop will be co-located with the FOSSAsia in Singapore on March 14, 2015. This workshop is designed to encourage collaboration in our community, lay the foundation for best practices in oVirt use, convey end-user stories, and help answer questions about the project from both a developer and user's perspective. For more information, and to register for the event, visit the Workshop page[1] today! [1] http://www.ovirt.org/Asia_Workshop_Mar_2015 -- Brian Proffitt Community Liaison oVirt Open Source and Standards, Red Hat - http://community.redhat.com Phone: +1 574 383 9BKP IRC: bkp @ OFTC

1 0

[ANN] Async release for ovirt-engine is now available.
by Sandro Bonazzola 02 Feb '15

02 Feb '15

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The oVirt Team has just released a new version of ovirt-engine package for 3.5.1.1 that fixes a severe regression introduced in 3.5.1[1]. We recommend to all users who have already upgraded to 3.5.1 to update to this package. Thanks, [1] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1185615 - NPE in AddDiskCommand during ovf volume creation. - -- Sandro Bonazzola Better technology. Faster innovation. Powered by community collaboration. See how it works at redhat.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJUz1RxAAoJEHw3u57E4QAOZrEP/25VMKJFKB2mis6PXLC4LAE6 Z4c6gXNBFN+jMIDB7N4NIVH8YXN+wMm/iy2V16aG7MObFueIyHc2GuuFRKPdOh7k PL91aQsXolrfpU0nr7dTk6UvWIXb37NKr3IlIX2mc/03YqzA4fqOJGt53a2OSCWI bAI9TRlg1aZWdAEUQ0iBsJqvXw8GuFo+1HuuvIZhtK8zCEOd1djfmyYw89Upd7/k VpfCqatQL+Zl2dltO5tktlW5gUnmo6pBtZzKlAS1ajDhwb5NPGbFU/JlJ5ToWQD5 W6bZ84N4bGnG3LfLkYFWJhRWY2+5Vsj3Kry5mKoJZdUwjI+6LODi6uyzGCT1DegJ mUrPljMv0c0BBJzVcmiDPn2BXFLuXbkmvMgpbWqlBNSixhoXCKE8jdfSElEZ0AWZ Vav98YhNSSv1R4bf/DBj1SQVLNaW+BdU22kmqDsZK4futmOh3V38jTvTQUrpYFnu 8kYFj2GvUyC1R3W7PgswHnr1weWtEbZnvsLRBlXw/QLC2zgMUqrWlbGDKHD+e/I7 RJ0HYyUM1BIrpDjcawdA48rjm2O3Y58dUcferFJdMYzX595R1QvUo+05J9mYLJGE pLRtExjWvMGJfK30zV9LB4y6VvIbj+gwMK3NfN7vBkK7I311Rqqv3KDS6RheZECL ic6WURcJRolasO/uOH5Z =zAuW -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

2 1

[ANN] oVirt 3.5.1 Final Release is now available
by Sandro Bonazzola 22 Jan '15

22 Jan '15

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The oVirt team is pleased to announce that the oVirt 3.5.1 Final Release is now available as of Jan 21st 2015. The release candidate is available now for Fedora 20, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6, CentOS 6.6, (or similar) and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, CentOS 7 (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 and oVirt Node 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_3.5.1_Release_Notes [2] http://resources.ovirt.org/pub/ovirt-3.5/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 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJUv89CAAoJEHw3u57E4QAOE5EP/iREEVWYXRt2u2yEZAIopat9 HTTb5ipHn6tc1he3V6pKzbM1LhFM5k0kx57X+EHw7eq2rYaOcmtEKPy8kEXEtXDt jFeWEI6vfi1ZebzZ5W4SkMQWuY6/iX5PUnDHyLDC9/wV/mucHLHsUe67W6Fr0SV+ c78xrv2/kfSITjHTZmZG1NnZRfYiB1MHOMrUxT65jSR/fwHN8+I1SQJbg+ntIUiW XRD9CvnPyy3OGphEeZP0RiqK24A/cUOXv2qeMd7l8jI3aHB5z/JEz7ODPk2pSrUR B4xkBVa60axzPtg4xcTFaN/klzegs4x3RPr0lHTdwipL0r17JA0/hoCJR0N4lZDN CtO41kjcyBKfAcYGM/ODoTmD//symYQdXEwi88c1HOvr/lepHiup6mDQt0fvXngD qvjVAx9r50UkQi3a+HiEw2jqOnwXDyubpC/HwjUl62wZ0uK7e6x5b5GQTAmY/USl Xa2wUNmh9xG81f0BeYcjXOnx/CVRu9gfamtagtb2i+P0sFhI7LnNqYc556cXdz7s rIgfmDO4QjMLiE6b8jYmiRaOb1mK0mBq1s5WHroikRH+JqNtUp7CX0U9OY0rCeaf hj3TCEe/6BT378lb30KZ1ELkgBCs1050xXBozx0W9vfj4PwFEj4vzenpHtpE/A8H 2xPTHrUW0uiQaqlohxeQ =nGaB -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

2 1

[ANN] oVirt 3.5.1 First Release Candidate is now available for testing
by Sandro Bonazzola 16 Jan '15

16 Jan '15

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The oVirt team is pleased to announce that the 3.5.1 First Release Candidate is now available for testing as of Jan 16th 2015. The release candidate is available now for Fedora 20, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 (or similar) and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (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. New oVirt Live and oVirt Node ISO will be available soon as well[2]. Please note that mirrors 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_3.5.1_Release_Notes [2] http://resources.ovirt.org/pub/ovirt-3.5-pre/iso/ - -- Sandro Bonazzola Better technology. Faster innovation. Powered by community collaboration. See how it works at redhat.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJUuPJtAAoJEHw3u57E4QAOVccP/0qAx81oBpN2U4gVwxbcFJuD tFEXGYgbdBDOrh4Z8hX/PA8U+xuRE0Ctjy3SOP9FzHnPJ6qoekPzZuSfDaKVIqvi qKOrOfQu4lE9wkTiuXuIm/4R/Oc3+34aSKCAO8KQKYx32sEVM4S3yShQVBM9p/Ga +vYearlfHjNOUoqghh/3hNhdgr82XNkS8Lk6RsGaGqbkLhEO5jo5hQ3pv2g2QGXB 7upM8kB9fM4rEDzeflcQ3gHAsak+DeGjnNzY4fKDL9iLgjm08Kf4IemQJSNqXMu6 t9lIQJHTOYGBI9eLyPZ9Q3eC9uAvmk15Ckb7tIQRMulJqI3zxzgXJrQzawDw2Srk enRfnPg18j0OZzeDZSREePDBldQv420hcKhQsQbheObRW67+A1jHQC+Nnn4iAikI y+ZGJwXHsLjmnjvuVkO4ygE2YBp8KSj8OAFLXHlrx2OZJOE4KtIhVHXIY7ES+W6z WFJIwHLGBklEmFLRWRgzcWiGxNZAIAATehvO6ZZmTC3/DWH2CfuhS1f0ZZdussxR qcEcrbd5EEy7AqV5jRDyuQP5q8S53kWawU2N7Iqxdq0QcufSo9XgMnOjqF2nJGKz 7UsPhgBbFSuF3xJbXGGMnKPCesizIm9SotjEievRe1SJxmvcxhA5fybQ7CtB7DI0 ZRmWY8kERzKAYFeH2TeQ =EKEO -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

1 0

FOSDEM 15.... here we come!
by Doron Fediuck 15 Jan '15

15 Jan '15

Hi all, Happy to see oVirt's tradition continuing! I summarized all relevant information here: http://etherpad.ovirt.org/p/ovirt-fosdem-15 Also, we need a few volunteers to help man the booth, so please go ahead and list yourself in the right place. Once we have more updates we'll send them to the list. See you @FOSDEM, Doron

1 0

New Vdsm Build for oVirt 3.5
by ybronhei 09 Jan '15

09 Jan '15

Hey all, Vdsm-4.16.10 is just released for ovirt-3.5 (Async release). f20 - http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=8495492 epel6 - http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=8556522 epel7 - http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=8479594 f21 - http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=8494079 f22 - http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=8494059 Enjoy. Please give karma if tested, for good and bad Regards -- Yaniv Bronhaim.

1 0

oVirt Monthly Newsletter: December 2014
by Brian Proffitt 07 Jan '15

07 Jan '15

The close of the old year was a little more of a downbeat, but the news and views about oVirt were still happening! News and Community oVirt is now officially part of the CentOS Virt SIG! (http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-virt/2014-December/004187.html) Meanwhile, CentOS 7 gets reviewed using oVirt (http://www.networkworld.com/article/2861458/linux/centos-7-the-perfect-gift…) CloudSpin is a great new *free* (as in everything) machine-hosting service that uses oVirt. Learn more at https://cloudspin.me/ Better performance than VMware? Here's how to set up oVirt and Gluster to achieve better benchmarks [Spanish] http://blog.sotoca.es/2014/08/agilizando-la-infraestructura-iii-ovirt.html Find out how the University of Sevilla used oVirt and tools from UDS Enterprise to build a better virtual desktop solution for their campus: http://www.slideshare.net/UDSenterprise/virtual-desktops-in-educational-env… (http://www.slideshare.net/UDSenterpriseSpain/escritorios-virtuales-en-entor… [Spanish]) Allon Murenik opines on The Helpful Stranger and Meaning of Open Source (http://opensource.com/life/14/12/the-meaning-of-open-source) Open Source Is Just Another Way of Doing Good Business, and everyone knows it: http://community.redhat.com/blog/2014/12/open-source-is-just-another-way-of… ManageIQ partner VMTurbo asks: Does a Monitoring Tool Provide Automated Decisions? Especially using technologies like oVirt and RHEV? http://vmturbo.com/blog/monitoring-tool-automated-decisions/ Deploying and Managing Gluster using oVirt Webadmin Portal http://blogs-ramesh.blogspot.in/2014/12/deploying-gluster-using-ovirt.html oVirt's China community just posted the oVirt 3.5 release notes (http://ovirt-china.org/mediawiki/index.php/OVirt_3.5_Release_Notes) Discover more about open source virtualization options (http://computerworld.cz/software/virtualizace-ve-viru-open-source-51667) [Czech] Software Check out rbovirt, a Ruby client for the oVirt REST API (http://rubygems.org/gems/rbovirt) Learn more about the new UI plugin for oVirt, iso-uploader-plugin: https://github.com/ovirt-china/iso-uploader-plugin/wiki/Specifications Videos oVirt is featured software on the popular Hak5 video podcast http://youtu.be/6w8F5k41_9E Learn more about another successful VMware to oVirt migrtation: http://tv.rediris.es/es/jt2014/400.html [Spanish] Introduction to oVirt as CISL: http://youtu.be/EuxRrlsGO3k [Portuguese] Manage oVirt Open Source Project Infrastructure with Jenkins: http://youtu.be/WIRxw3noMmA [Hebrew] Take a video tour of oVirt http://youtu.be/cgH20bYt2z8 [Russian] -- Brian Proffitt Community Liaison oVirt Open Source and Standards, Red Hat - http://community.redhat.com Phone: +1 574 383 9BKP IRC: bkp @ OFTC -- Brian Proffitt Community Liaison oVirt Open Source and Standards, Red Hat - http://community.redhat.com Phone: +1 574 383 9BKP IRC: bkp @ OFTC

1 0

oVirt Monthly Newsletter: November 2014
by Brian Proffitt 02 Dec '14

02 Dec '14

Big news this month as oVirt Engine gets EL7 support, more commercial products based on oVirt are discovered, and oVirt 3.5 starts impacting the community! === Software News === oVirt snapshots available for testing on EL7! http://lists.ovirt.org/pipermail/users/2014-November/029034.html === Technical News === Learn about smart VM scheduling in oVirt clusters from Martin Sivák: http://community.redhat.com/blog/2014/11/smart-vm-scheduling-in-ovirt-clust… Containers and virtualization can work together, writes Federico Simoncelli: http://redhatstackblog.redhat.com/2014/11/20/co-existence-of-containers-and… Here's how to get Up and Running with oVirt 3.5: (Part 1) http://community.redhat.com/blog/2014/10/up-and-running-with-ovirt-3-5/ (Part 2) http://community.redhat.com/blog/2014/11/up-and-running-with-ovirt-3-5-part… Docker and oVirt integration is progressing fast http://website-humblec.rhcloud.com/ovirt-docker-integration-2/ A good basic roundup of KVM http://vmiss.net/infrastructure/meet-kvm-your-linux-based-hypervisor/ Learn more about hosted engine on iSCSI in this deep dive https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PU99qnKHvbk Some deep-in-the-weeds numbers on oVirt power management http://kicklinux.com/supermicro-motherboard-ovirt-power-management/ Greg Sheremeta gives his intro to oVirt... http://www.slideshare.net/AllThingsOpen/introduction-to-ovirt ... as does Roozbeh Shafiee http://www.slideshare.net/RoozbehShafiee/ovirt-introduction OpenStack *and* oVirt integration with Glance! http://cloudn1n3.blogspot.co.il/2014/11/openstack-series-part-5-glance-imag… Michael Quinn shares his POV of post-oVirt 3.5 configuration issues http://theterminallife.com/post-ovirt-3-5-upgrade-issues/ Migrating to oVirt 3.5 (Spanish) http://blog.sotoca.es/2014/11/fallo-al-arrancar-maquinas-virtuales.html VirtZine: Alternative Virtualization Platforms! http://www.virtzine.com/2014/11/virtzine-48-video-alternative-virtualizatio… oVirt (and RHEV) Active Directory configiuration (Turkish) http://www.erkantugral.net/2014/11/ovirtrhev-de-active-directory.html === Community News === The GNOME Outreach Program for Women continues https://wiki.gnome.org/OutreachProgramForWomen/2014/DecemberMarch Another oVirt-based product hits the market! https://cloudspin.me/ All KVM Forum slides are now uploaded to the KVM wiki. http://www.linux-kvm.org/page/KVM_Forum_2014 The event videos are all posted on YouTube, on the KVM Forum channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRCSQmAOh7yzgheq-emy1xA FUDCon Managua included some oVirt talks http://robyduck.fedoraonline.it/?p=37 Webinar: HP OneView for Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization http://alturl.com/r2i5f Symantec published a 200-page Storage Foundation and High Availability Virtualization Guide - Linux, with a big focus on RHEV http://alturl.com/o2xp8 BMCSoftware released a new connector for RHEV-M http://alturl.com/qouci Ansible refreshed their oVirt/RHEV module http://alturl.com/txguk It-novum converted 1100 VMs from VMWare to oVirt http://alturl.com/5h2gi Tenable added RHEV Audit to their Nessus security scanner http://alturl.com/73b82 -- Brian Proffitt Community Liaison oVirt Open Source and Standards, Red Hat - http://community.redhat.com Phone: +1 574 383 9BKP IRC: bkp @ OFTC

1 0

[ANN] oVirt snapshots available for testing on EL7
by Sandro Bonazzola 10 Nov '14

10 Nov '14

The oVirt team is pleased to announce that the 3.5 and master nightly snapshot repositories[1] have been update including builds for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (or similar) for testing. Please note that mirrors may need usually one day before being synchronized. If you want to be sure to use latest rpms and don't want to wait for the mirrors, you can edit /etc/yum.repos.d/ovirt-3.5-snapshot.repo or /etc/yum.repos.d/ovirt-master-snapshot.repo commenting the mirror line and removing the comment on baseurl line. Thanks to everyone who will join us testing oVirt! If you're testing oVirt 3.5 nightly snapshot, please add yourself to the test page [2] [1] http://www.ovirt.org/Install_nightly_snapshot [2] http://www.ovirt.org/Testing/oVirt_3.5.1_Testing -- Sandro Bonazzola Better technology. Faster innovation. Powered by community collaboration. See how it works at redhat.com

1 0