[ovirt-users] oVirt Weekly Meeting Minutes -- 2015-02-25

Yaniv Dary ydary at redhat.com
Wed Feb 25 11:28:03 EST 2015


Minutes: http://ovirt.org/meetings/ovirt/2015/ovirt.2015-02-25-15.01.html
Minutes (text): 
http://ovirt.org/meetings/ovirt/2015/ovirt.2015-02-25-15.01.txt
Log: http://ovirt.org/meetings/ovirt/2015/ovirt.2015-02-25-15.01.log.html

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Meeting started by ydary at 15:01:18 UTC. The full logs are available at
http://ovirt.org/meetings/ovirt/2015/ovirt.2015-02-25-15.01.log.html .



Meeting summary
---------------
* Agenda and roll Call  (ydary, 15:01:30)
   * infra update  (ydary, 15:01:30)
   * 3.5.z updates  (ydary, 15:01:30)
   * 3.6.0 status  (ydary, 15:01:30)
   * conferences and workshops  (ydary, 15:01:30)
   * other topics  (ydary, 15:01:30)

* infra update  (ydary, 15:03:42)
   * oVirt gerrit has been updated to version 2.10 and now uses SSL.
     (ydary, 15:06:00)
   * Strict generic cleanup was added to some jobs and is planned for all
     jobs, this is to release as much disk space possible.  (ydary,
     15:07:41)
   * Slaves have been losing network configuration (dhclient dying),
     troubleshooting done this week to resolve this.  (ydary, 15:08:45)
   * Some hosts of phx lab are a bit overloaded due to lack of RAM,
     workload has increased.  (ydary, 15:13:21)
   * ACTION: mvk to discuss how to balance the memory capacity
     automatically with SLA team (rgolan).  (ydary, 15:14:06)
   * there are plans to upgrade RAM on phx hosts, no schedule set. Memory
     usage is on average 70-80%~.  (ydary, 15:15:38)

* 3.5.z updates  (ydary, 15:16:46)
   * Status update at:
     http://lists.ovirt.org/pipermail/users/2015-February/031551.html
     (ydary, 15:17:19)
   * 3.5.2 RC postponed due to blockers.  (ydary, 15:17:41)
   * ACTION: please re-targeted 3.5.2 bugs that did not converge to
     3.5.3.  (ydary, 15:18:58)
   * Blocker was about bad handling of zombie tasks while upgrading from
     previous versions. Taskclenaer util has been now changed by infra
     and setup must be updated for using the new command line options.
     (ydary, 15:19:58)

* 3.6 status  (ydary, 15:21:22)
   * Status update for 3.6.0:
     http://lists.ovirt.org/pipermail/users/2015-February/031587.html.
     (ydary, 15:21:55)
   * Schedule for 3.6 published.  (ydary, 15:22:04)
   * LINK: https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HV-861   (jhernand,
     15:26:35)
   * Integration 3.6.0 Update: Fedora >= 21 we have jdk 1.8 which doesn't
     work with jboss-as 7. fc21 doesn't have Java 7 rpms and will EOL in
     April.  (ydary, 15:29:40)
   * A suggestion was made to move to wildfly. A patch for packaging
     wildfly 8.2 binaries on EL was submitted.  (ydary, 15:31:01)
   * A bug in one of JBoss' packages  is holding us back. That bug will
     be fixed in Hibernate validator 5.2.  (ydary, 15:31:59)
   * Link to issue: https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HV-861
     (ydary, 15:32:49)
   * It was suggested to replace the hibernate validator included in
     WildFly 8.2 with version 5.2, where the bug will be fixed.  (ydary,
     15:33:56)
   * This suggestion is only valid on fc22. On f21, el6 and el7 we can
     ship wildfly 8.2 binaries in our repositories.  (ydary, 15:35:46)
   * This is similar to the current approach on some platform aka
     ovirt-engine-jboss-as providing jboss.  (ydary, 15:36:43)
   * ACTION: If we plan to move to wildfly 8.2 we need to prepare the
     jenkins job for the packaging, spec file is already merged.  (ydary,
     15:37:21)
   * ACTION: sbonazzo rgolan1 jhernand to discuss who will push engine
     patches, create build job for engine ans so on and will update next
     week.  (ydary, 15:40:43)
   * ACTION: sbonazzo rgolan1 jhernand to get commitment for this task
     from infra team.  (ydary, 15:41:44)
   * Moving to wildfly will have to come together with support for Java
     8.  (ydary, 15:44:09)
   * Other integration topics:  (ydary, 15:44:16)
   * FC support for hosted engine now available for testing in master
     snapshot  (ydary, 15:44:44)
   * tiraboschi started porting vdsm to debian jessie.  (ydary, 15:45:08)
   * Debian support led to several patches and opened several bugs about
     vdsm, ioprocess and others.  (ydary, 15:45:40)
   * New RFEs on docker images for OpenStack services for oVirt 3.6.0.
     (ydary, 15:48:34)
   * Node 3.6.0 Update: Progress on node automation and regular el6 and
     el7 builds in jenkins are available for download. Also continued
     planning fo 3.6 and will add a feature page for the installation
     through anaconda.  (ydary, 15:50:44)
   * UX 3.6.0 Update: No updates. Patches are pending for review\merge.
     (ydary, 15:52:55)
   * Network 3.6.0 Update: Progress on SR-IOV, some functionality already
     working already. Other than that no updates.  (ydary, 15:54:40)
   * SLA 3.6.0 Update: ongoing effort for the REST API of quota. A Wiki
     with the progress will be up hopefully this week  (ydary, 15:59:19)
   * also rgolan started researching edit hosted engine ongoing with
     sbonazzo and mlipchuk from storage team. Technical gap analysis and
     initial design pending.  (ydary, 16:00:34)
   * Gluster update for 3.6.0: Sahina made progress on snapshot and
     geo-replication management - number of patches merged. Gluster
     storage network role patches posted.  (ydary, 16:03:01)
   * ACTION: network team needs to review gluster storage network role
     patches posted.  (ydary, 16:03:21)
   * Brick provisioning patches to be reviewed.  (ydary, 16:05:06)
   * Storage update for 3.6.0: SPM removal had good discussions with
     infra stakeholders. we have a clear path forward, although some
     infra work is required.  (ydary, 16:07:01)
   * Cinder-Ceph work had several good discussions with other
     stakeholders, seems on track.  (ydary, 16:07:22)
   * Several other minor RFEs converging.  (ydary, 16:07:50)
   * Storage integration work with EL7.1 being done and should be
     backported to 3.5.3.  (ydary, 16:08:52)
   * Virt update for 3.6.0: No one attended from the team.  (ydary,
     16:10:53)
   * Infra update for 3.6.0: All the items are updated in the 3.6
     planning wiki. Work in progress on most items that include: upgrade
     manager, uniform SSO support, fencing re-factoring, events
     mechanism, SPM removal action items, v2v action items, etc.  (ydary,
     16:12:25)

* conferences and workshops  (ydary, 16:13:17)
   * SCALE and LF Collab were a big success! *Lots* of new oVirt t-shirts
     and discussions were held at the booth. People definitely know more
     about oVirt now.  (ydary, 16:14:37)
   * mlipchuk and bkp will be attending FOSSAsia in a couple of weeks,
     and hosting the half-day workshop on March 14.  (ydary, 16:15:06)
   * ACTION: Push the workshop in FOSSAsia on social media as you can,
     and if you have colleagues in east Asia, ask them for some social
     media love, too, please!  (ydary, 16:15:41)
   * bkp will be on the planning board for KVM Forum this year, which
     will be in Seattle on Aug 19-21.  (ydary, 16:16:19)
   * Rene Koch will be speaking at Chemnitzer Linux Days on Sunday March,
     22nd. gshereme will be speaking on "Using Bootstrap with Google Web
     Toolkit" as POSSCON in South Carolina on April 14-15.  (ydary,
     16:16:43)
   * ACTION: if you have any local LUG or datacenter user group in your
     area, check in with bkp and we can get you set up for a mini-talk to
     spread the oVirt word.  (ydary, 16:17:22)

* other topics  (ydary, 16:17:46)
   * CentOS Virt SIG Meeting Minutes at:
     http://www.centos.org/minutes/2015/february/centos-devel.2015-02-24-14.07.log.html
     (ydary, 16:18:16)
   * Some packages have been built for virt sig, roadmap is still long.
     See link:
     http://wiki.centos.org/SpecialInterestGroup/Virtualization/Roadmap .
     (ydary, 16:20:04)
   * ACTION: help needed to sbonazzo to provide missing packages for
     CentOS Virt SIG.  (ydary, 16:20:51)
   * A new case study is out
     (http://www.ovirt.org/Universidad_de_Sevilla_Case_Study). oVirt is
     helping to deploy virtual desktops for up to 3,000 students at the
     Universidad de Sevilla in Spain. Eventually, over 60,000 students
     wil be served as this program scales up.  (ydary, 16:22:21)
   * getting reports that oVirt is in use by LibreOffice, BP, Samsung and
     possibly even Apple. I am tracking those down for future case
     studies. If you have any knowledge of users running oVirt that could
     be interesting, let bkp know!  (ydary, 16:22:49)
   * because of their respective work on containers and NFV, Joe
     Brockmeier and Frank Zdarsky will be visiting TLV this Spring to
     meet with people. bkp will join as well. Exact schedule is still not
     set.  (ydary, 16:23:39)

Meeting ended at 16:25:08 UTC.




Action Items
------------
* mvk to discuss how to balance the memory capacity automatically with
   SLA team (rgolan).
* please re-targeted 3.5.2 bugs that did not converge to 3.5.3.
* If we plan to move to wildfly 8.2 we need to prepare the jenkins job
   for the packaging, spec file is already merged.
* sbonazzo rgolan1 jhernand to discuss who will push engine patches,
   create build job for engine ans so on and will update next week.
* sbonazzo rgolan1 jhernand to get commitment for this task from infra
   team.
* network team needs to review gluster storage network role patches
   posted.
* Push the workshop in FOSSAsia on social media as you can, and if you
   have colleagues in east Asia, ask them for some social media love,
   too, please!
* if you have any local LUG or datacenter user group in your area, check
   in with bkp and we can get you set up for a mini-talk to spread the
   oVirt word.
* help needed to sbonazzo to provide missing packages for CentOS Virt
   SIG.




Action Items, by person
-----------------------
* bkp
   * if you have any local LUG or datacenter user group in your area,
     check in with bkp and we can get you set up for a mini-talk to
     spread the oVirt word.
* jhernand
   * sbonazzo rgolan1 jhernand to discuss who will push engine patches,
     create build job for engine ans so on and will update next week.
   * sbonazzo rgolan1 jhernand to get commitment for this task from infra
     team.
* mvk
   * mvk to discuss how to balance the memory capacity automatically with
     SLA team (rgolan).
* rgolan
   * mvk to discuss how to balance the memory capacity automatically with
     SLA team (rgolan).
   * sbonazzo rgolan1 jhernand to discuss who will push engine patches,
     create build job for engine ans so on and will update next week.
   * sbonazzo rgolan1 jhernand to get commitment for this task from infra
     team.
* rgolan1
   * sbonazzo rgolan1 jhernand to discuss who will push engine patches,
     create build job for engine ans so on and will update next week.
   * sbonazzo rgolan1 jhernand to get commitment for this task from infra
     team.
* sbonazzo
   * sbonazzo rgolan1 jhernand to discuss who will push engine patches,
     create build job for engine ans so on and will update next week.
   * sbonazzo rgolan1 jhernand to get commitment for this task from infra
     team.
   * help needed to sbonazzo to provide missing packages for CentOS Virt
     SIG.
* **UNASSIGNED**
   * please re-targeted 3.5.2 bugs that did not converge to 3.5.3.
   * If we plan to move to wildfly 8.2 we need to prepare the jenkins job
     for the packaging, spec file is already merged.
   * network team needs to review gluster storage network role patches
     posted.
   * Push the workshop in FOSSAsia on social media as you can, and if you
     have colleagues in east Asia, ask them for some social media love,
     too, please!




People Present (lines said)
---------------------------
* ydary (131)
* sbonazzo (59)
* rgolan1 (27)
* bkp (20)
* jhernand (18)
* lvernia (17)
* mvk (11)
* sahina (10)
* dcaro (10)
* amureini (9)
* rgolan (6)
* obelix (5)
* fabiand (5)
* awels (2)
* alonbl (2)
* saggi (2)
* ovirtbot (2)
* alitke (1)
* doron_afk (1)
* fkobzik (1)
* didi (1)
* ykaplan (1)




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