November 2015 - Announce - oVirt List Archives

[ANN] oVirt 3.6.1 First Release Candidate is now available for testing
by Sandro Bonazzola 25 Nov '15

25 Nov '15

The oVirt Project is pleased to announce the availability of the First Release Candidate of oVirt 3.6.1 for testing, as of November 25th, 2015. 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) and Fedora 22. Highly experimental support for Debian 8.1 Jessie has been added too. This release of oVirt 3.6.1 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 oVirt Live ISO is also available[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://resources.ovirt.org/pub/ovirt-3.6-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 3.5.6 Third Release Candidate is now available for testing
by Sandro Bonazzola 24 Nov '15

24 Nov '15

The oVirt Project is pleased to announce the availability of the Third oVirt 3.5.6 Release Candidate for testing, as of November 24th, 2015. This release is available now for 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 6.7, CentOS Linux 6.7 (or similar) and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1, CentOS Linux 7.1 (or similar). This release includes updated packages for: - VDSM See the release notes [1] for a list of fixed bugs. Please refer to release notes [1] for Installation / Upgrade instructions. a new oVirt Live ISO is already available[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. Please add yourself to the test page[4] if you're testing this release. [1] http://www.ovirt.org/OVirt_3.5.6_Release_Notes [2] http://resources.ovirt.org/pub/ovirt-3.5-pre/iso/ovirt-live/ [3] http://www.ovirt.org/Repository_mirrors#Current_mirrors [4] http://www.ovirt.org/Testing/oVirt_3.5.6_Testing -- Sandro Bonazzola Better technology. Faster innovation. Powered by community collaboration. See how it works at redhat.com

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FOSDEM16 Virt & IaaS Devroom CFP Extension, Speaker Mentoring, CoC
by Mikey Ariel 23 Nov '15

23 Nov '15

The CFP for the Virtualization & IaaS devroom at FOSDEM 2016 is in full swing, and we'd like to share a few updates with you: ------------------------- Speaker Mentoring Program ------------------------- As a part of the rising efforts to grow our communities and encourage a diverse and inclusive conference ecosystem, we're happy to announce that we'll be offering mentoring for newcomer speakers. Our mentors can help you with tasks such as reviewing your abstract, reviewing your presentation outline or slides, or practicing your talk with you. You may apply to the mentoring program as a newcomer speaker if you: * Never presented before or * Presented only lightning talks or * Presented full-length talks at small meetups (<50 ppl) Submission guidelines: * Mentored presentations will have 25-minute slots, where 20 minutes will include the presentation and 5 minutes will be reserved for questions. * The number of newcomer session slots is limited, so we will probably not be able to accept all applications. * You must submit your talk and abstract to apply for the mentoring program, our mentors are volunteering their time and will happily provide feedback but won't write your presentation for you! If you are experiencing problems with Pentabarf, the proposal submission interface, or have other questions, you can email iaas-virt-devroom at lists.fosdem.org and we will try to help you. How to apply: * Follow the same procedure to submit an abstract in Pentabarf as standard sessions. Instructions can be found in our original CFP announcement: http://community.redhat.com/blog/2015/10/call-for-proposals-fosdem16-virtua… * In addition to agreeing to video recording and confirming that you can attend FOSDEM in case your session is accepted, please write "speaker mentoring program application" in the "Submission notes" field, and list any prior speaking experience or other relevant information for your application. Call for mentors! Interested in mentoring newcomer speakers? We'd love to have your help! Please email iaas-virt-devroom at lists.fosdem.org with a short speaker bio and any specific fields of expertise (for example, KVM, OpenStack, storage, etc) so that we can match you with a newcomer speaker from a similar field. Estimated time investment can be as low as a 5-10 hours in total, usually distributed weekly or bi-weekly. Never mentored a newcomer speaker but interested to try? Our mentoring program coordinator will be happy to answer your questions and give you tips on how to optimize the mentoring process. Email us and we'll be happy to answer your questions! ------------------------- CFP Deadline Extension ------------------------- To help accommodate the newcomer speaker proposals, we have decided to extend the deadline for submitting proposals by one week. The new deadline is **TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8 @ midnight CET**. ------------------------- Code of Conduct ------------------------- Following the release of the updated code of conduct for FOSDEM[1], we'd like to remind all speakers and attendees that all of the presentations and discussions in our devroom are held under the guidelines set in the CoC and we expect attendees, speakers, and volunteers to follow the CoC at all times. If you submit a proposal and it is accepted, you will be required to confirm that you accept the FOSDEM CoC. If you have any questions about the CoC or wish to have one of the devroom organizers review your presentation slides or any other content for CoC compliance, please email iaas-virt-devroom at lists.fosdem.org and we will do our best to help you out. [1] https://www.fosdem.org/2016/practical/conduct/ -- Mikey Ariel Community Lead, oVirt www.ovirt.org "To be is to do" (Socrates) "To do is to be" (Jean-Paul Sartre) "Do be do be do" (Frank Sinatra) Mobile: +420-702-131-141 IRC: mariel / thatdocslady Twitter: @ThatDocsLady

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oVirt Community Newsletter: October 2015
by Mikey Ariel 11 Nov '15

11 Nov '15

October was a great month for oVirt, starting out with some great presentations at LinuxCon & CloudOpen Europe in Dublin, and ending with the final preparations for version 3.6, which was released at the very beginning of November. We’re also happy to announce some CFPs and meetups, check out the newsletter for details: ----------------- Software Releases ----------------- oVirt 3.6 Final Release is now available http://community.redhat.com/blog/2015/11/ovirt-3-6-is-live/ oVirt 3.5.6 First Release Candidate is now available for testing http://lists.ovirt.org/pipermail/announce/2015-October/000204.html oVirt 3.5.5 Final Release is now available http://www.ovirt.org/OVirt_3.5.5_Release_Notes ---------------- In the Community ---------------- Call For Proposals: FOSDEM 2016 Virtualization & IaaS Devroom http://red.ht/1NALua3 London Foreman/oVirt Meetup on November 20th, 2015 https://plus.google.com/events/c7semeinn29f6diq571rnipb7i4 moVirt announces participation in the upcoming Outreachy round https://twitter.com/mobileOvirt/status/653460035901767680 oVirt Hosted Engine installer is now available in Brazilian Portuguese https://gerrit.ovirt.org/#/c/46730/ Mikey Ariel presents about DevOps for Docs at CloudOpen Europe https://speakerdeck.com/thatdocslady/ask-what-your-devops-can-do-for-your-d… (Slides) Rosstat migrated from VMWare to oVirt and CentOS [Russian] http://tadviser.ru/a/286156 Join oVirt for Open Source Networking 2015 in Czech Republic on November 12 [Czech] http://www.abclinuxu.cz/clanky/otevreno-pro-lidi oVirt will be a part of the upcoming ORS2015 schedule [Czech] http://ow.ly/TucGk ------------------------------------ Deep Dives and Technical Discussions ------------------------------------ Video Collection: oVirt 3.6 Features and Deep Dives https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2NsEhIoqsJFkMs0W3ptit_znuc1-A9T- Integrating oVirt, Foreman, and Katello to Empower Your Data Center - CloudOpen Europe https://speakerdeck.com/bronhaim/cloudopen-integrating-ovirt-foreman-and-ka… (Slides) Managing Kubernetes and OpenShift with ManageIQ - CloudOpen Europe https://speakerdeck.com/abonas/managing-kubernetes-and-openshift-with-manag… (Slides) How-to: Resolve oVirt/RHEV Windows 2012 Guest Performance Problems http://www.stroobant.be/ovirtrhev-windows-2012-guests-performance-problems oVirt Guest Agent for CentOS 7 Atomic Host Demo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BetG4lyOVeM (Video) UDS Enterprise & oVirt VDI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOMYfwvmGI8 (Video) Symantec Storage Foundation and High Availability Solutions 6.2 Virtualization Guide https://www.veritas.com/support/en_US/article.DOC7898 How-to: Configuring Veritas Cluster Server on guest virtual machines in Hyper-V, RHEV, and OVM environments https://www.veritas.com/support/en_US/article.000016638 Liberate your Data Center with oVirt [Spanish] https://mega.nz/#!Q1wwBDKL!9PNO_X8SflPyM0dSjOs0HVno2zS8iV7vzAn-_USujdY (Slides) Virtualization infrastructure through oVirt and XenServer 6.5 [Bosnian] http://ow.ly/TLOmQ Getting Started with oVirt [Portuguese] http://blog.0fx66.com/video-tutorial-ovirt/ Introduction to oVirt [Italian] http://www.ovirt-italia.it/2015/10/che-cose-ovirt.html -- Mikey Ariel Community Lead, oVirt www.ovirt.org "To be is to do" (Socrates) "To do is to be" (Jean-Paul Sartre) "Do be do be do" (Frank Sinatra) Mobile: +420-702-131-141 IRC: mariel / thatdocslady Twitter: @ThatDocsLady

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oVirt 3.5.6 Second Release Candidate is now available for testing
by Sandro Bonazzola 05 Nov '15

05 Nov '15

The oVirt Project is pleased to announce the availability of the Second oVirt 3.5.6 Release Candidate for testing, as of November 5th, 2015. This release is available now for 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 6.7, CentOS Linux 6.7 (or similar), Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1, CentOS Linux 7.1 (or similar) and Fedora 21. This release includes updated packages for: - oVirt Engine - VDSM See the release notes [1] for a list of fixed bugs. Please refer to release notes [1] for Installation / Upgrade instructions. a new oVirt Live ISO will be available soon[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. Please add yourself to the test page[4] if you're testing this release. [1] http://www.ovirt.org/OVirt_3.5.6_Release_Notes [2] http://resources.ovirt.org/pub/ovirt-3.5-pre/iso/ovirt-live/ [3] http://www.ovirt.org/Repository_mirrors#Current_mirrors [4] http://www.ovirt.org/Testing/oVirt_3.5.6_Testing -- 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 Final Release is now available
by Sandro Bonazzola 04 Nov '15

04 Nov '15

The oVirt Project is pleased to announce the general availability of oVirt 3.6 Final Release, as of November 4th, 2015. 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. New features include: Experimental Docker Integration ------------------------------- oVirt Engine setup now provides experimental Cinder and Glance automated deployment using Docker with images from kollaglue project. Self Hosted Engine FC Support ----------------------------- Hosted Engine has now added support for FC storage Self Hosted Engine Gluster Support ---------------------------------- Hosted Engine has now added support for Gluster storage oVirt Live ---------- oVirt Live has been rebased on CentOS 7 allowing to run oVirt in 3.6 compatibility mode Experimental Debian Support for Hosts ------------------------------------- Experimental support for running oVirt Hosts on Debian (or similar) has been added providing custom packaging of needed dependencies. Fedora 22 Support ----------------- Support for running oVirt on Fedora 22 (or similar) has been added providing custom packaging of Wildfly 8.2.0. VirtIO Serial Console --------------------- Users can now directly connect, using ssh, to the serial consoles of the VMs. Affinity Rules Enforcement Manager ---------------------------------- This feature is a manager that checks if hard affinity rules are broken and migrates VMs in order to enforce them. Cluster parameters override --------------------------- Cluster parameters override feature allows to configure the 'emulated machine' and 'cpu model' parameters for each VM separately instead of relying on the cluster default. This release of oVirt also includes numerous bug fixes. See the release notes [1] for a complete list of the new features and bugs fixed. A new repository has been created and will be automatically enabled by installing / upgrading ovirt-release36 package. Please refer to release notes [1] for Installation / Upgrade instructions. New oVirt 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/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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