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Virtualization

In this section, we cover discussion of Fedora virtualization technologies on the @fedora-virt, @fedora-xen-list, @libguestfs, @libvirt-list, @virt-tools-list, and @ovirt-devel-list lists.

Contributing Writer: Dale Bewley

Fedora Virtualization List

This section contains the discussion happening on the fedora-virt list.

Fedora Xen List

This section contains the discussion happening on the fedora-xen list.

New Upstream Xen Release

Pasi Kärkkäinen pointed ^[1] out new upstream Xen 3.3.2 and 3.4.1 releases. Gerd Hoffmann built Fedora packages^[2] for testing.

Updated Dom0 Test Kernel

Michael Young posted^[1] a test build kernel-2.6.31-0.1.2.52.rc6.xendom0.fc12^[2] found in his repository.^[3] "I have had trouble getting x86_64 kernels built over the last week or so to boot, but this one does work. I haven't tried i686."

Virtualization Tools List

This section contains the discussion happening on the virt-tools-list list.

Libguestfs List

This section contains the discussion happening on the libguestfs list.

Libvirt List

This section contains the discussion happening on the libvir-list.

oVirt Devel List

This section contains the discussion happening on the ovirt-devel list.

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 {{Anchor|Virtualization}}
 == Virtualization ==
 In this section, we cover discussion of Fedora virtualization technologies on the
-@fedora-virt and
+@fedora-virt, @fedora-xen-list, @libguestfs, @libvirt-list,
-@virt-tools-list lists.
+@virt-tools-list, and @ovirt-devel-list lists.
 Contributing Writer: [[User:Dale | Dale Bewley]]
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 [http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-virt fedora-virt list].
-==== Distributing I/O Load Among Guests ====
+====  ====
-Dennis J.
+<references />
-asked<ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-virt/2009-July/msg00183.html</ref>
-about [[Features/VirtStorage|virt storage]].
+=== Fedora Xen List ===
-"What is the best way to deal with I/O load when running several VMs on a
+This section contains the discussion happening on the
-physical machine with local or remote storage?" "What I'm primarily worried about is the case when several VMs cause disk I/O at the same time." "What is the best way to soften the impact of such a situation?"
+[http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-xen fedora-xen list].
+==== New Upstream Xen Release ====
 [[PasiKärkkäinen|Pasi Kärkkäinen]]
-suggested "If the IOs are not split evenly between VMs, you could use some tool like
+pointed
-dm-ioband<ref>http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/ioband/wiki/dm-ioband</ref> to make sure IOs are split fairly between VMs. Or then get faster disks. Single 15k rpm SAS disk will give you up to 350
+<ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-xen/2009-August/msg00000.html</ref>
-IOPS, so it's 2-3x faster than 7200 rpm SATA."
+out new upstream Xen 3.3.2 and 3.4.1 releases.  [[GerdHoffmann|Gerd Hoffmann]] built Fedora packages<ref>http://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/packages/xen/3.4.1/1.fc12/</ref>
+for testing.
-[[RichardJones|Richard Jones]]
+<references />
-concurred<ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-virt/2009-July/msg00188.html</ref>
-"For KVM, each VM isn't really any different from a host process, so
-you have to deal with them the same way that you'd deal with having
-lots of host processes doing I/O.  So: lots of spindles, expensive I/O
-hardware, etc."
+==== Updated Dom0 Test Kernel ====
+[[MichaelYoung|Michael Young]]
+posted<ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-xen/2009-August/msg00015.html</ref>
+a test build kernel-2.6.31-0.1.2.52.rc6.xendom0.fc12<ref>http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=1605651</ref>
+found in his repository.<ref>http://fedorapeople.org/~myoung/dom0/</ref>
+"I have had trouble getting x86_64 kernels built over the last week or so to boot, but this one does work. I haven't tried i686."
 <references />
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 [http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/virt-tools-list virt-tools-list list].
-The very newest releases of virt packages are available (for testing purposes only) in the [[Virtualization Preview Repository]] before they become generally available.
+====  ====
+<references />
-==== New Release virt-manager 0.8.0 ====
+=== Libguestfs List ===
-[[ColeRobinson|Cole Robinson]]
+This section contains the discussion happening on the
-<ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/virt-tools-list/2009-July/msg00054.html</ref>
+[http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libguestfs libguestfs list].
-a new {{package|virt-manager}}<ref>http://virt-manager.org/</ref> release, version 0.8.0.
-Virtual Machine Manager provides a graphical tool for administering virtual machines, using {{package|libvirt}} as the backend management API.
-'''New features:'''
-* New 'Clone VM' Wizard
-* Improved UI, including an overhaul of the main 'manager' view
-* System tray icon for easy VM access (start, stop, view console/details)
-* Wizard for adding serial, parallel, and video devices to existing VMs.
-* CPU pinning support (Michal Novotny)
-* Ability to view and change VM security (sVirt) settings (Dan Walsh)
-* Many bug fixes and improvements
+====  ====
 <references />
-==== New Release virtinst 0.500.0 ====
+=== Libvirt List ===
-[[ColeRobinson|Cole Robinson]]
+This section contains the discussion happening on the
-announced<ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/virt-tools-list/2009-July/msg00055.html</ref>
+[http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list libvir-list].
-a new {{package|python-virtinst}} release, version 0.500.0.
-<code>virtinst</code>  is a module that helps build and install <code>libvirt</code> based virtual machines. It currently supports <code>KVM</code>, <code>QEmu</code> and <code>Xen</code> virtual machines. Package includes several command line utilities, including <code>virt-install</code> (build and install new VMs) and <code>virt-clone</code> (clone an existing virtual machine).
-'''New features:'''
-* New virt-install device options --serial, --parallel, and --video
-* Allow various auth types for libvirt connections (PolicyKit, SASL, ...)
-* New virt-clone option --auto-clone: generates all needed input.
-* Option to specify network device model via virt-install --network (Guido Gunther)
-* New virt-install option --virt-type for specifying hypervisor type (kvm, qemu). --accelerate is now the default behavior: To provision a plain qemu VM on a KVM enabled host, use '--virt-type qemu'
-* OVF input support for virt-convert
-* Many bug fixes and improvements
+====  ====
 <references />
-==== New Release virt-viewer 0.2.0 ====
+=== oVirt Devel List ===
-[[DanielBerrange|Daniel Berrange]]
+This section contains the discussion happening on the
-announced<ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/virt-tools-list/2009-July/msg00059.html</ref>
+[http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ovirt-devel ovirt-devel list].
-a new {{package|python-virtinst|virtinst}}<ref>http://virt-manager.org/</ref> release, version 0.2.0.
-'''New features:'''
-* Switch UI over to use Glade
-* Support graphical dialog for VNC and libvirt authentication
-* Resize window to match VNC desktop size where possible
-* Scale down VNC desktop if it cannot fit in host desktop space
-* Allow user to resize window to arbitrary size, scaling VNC
-* Fix blocking of accelerators
-* Allow automatic reconnect to a VM via --reconnect
-* Use libvirt events to detect when VM changes state
-* Wait for VM to appear if it does not exist
-* Fix plugin build with newer xulrunner
-* Port & build for Mingw32 target
+====  ====
 <references />

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