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=== Virtualization Storage Management === | === Virtualization Storage Management === | ||
Advances in <code>libvirt</code> now provide the ability to list, create, and delete storage volumes on remote hosts. This includes the ability to create raw sparse & non-sparse files in a directory, allocate LVM logical volumes, partition physical disks, and attach to iSCSI targets. | |||
This | This enables the <code>virt-manager</code> tool to remote provision new guest domains, and manage the storage associated with them. It provides improved SELinux integration, since the APIs will be able to ensure that all storage volumes have the correct SELinux security context when being assigned to a guest. | ||
''' | '''Features''' | ||
* List storage volumes in a directory, and allocate new volumes, raw files both sparse and non-sparse, and formats supported by qemu-img (cow, qcow, qcow2, vmdk, etc) | * List storage volumes in a directory, and allocate new volumes, raw files both sparse and non-sparse, and formats supported by qemu-img (cow, qcow, qcow2, vmdk, etc) | ||
* List partitions in a disk, and allocate new partitions from free space | * List partitions in a disk, and allocate new partitions from free space | ||
* | * Connect to an iSCSI server and list volumes associated with an exported target | ||
* List logical volumes in an LVM volume group, and allocate new LVM logical volumes | * List logical volumes in an LVM volume group, and allocate new LVM logical volumes | ||
* Automatically assign correct SELinux security context label to all volumes when associating with a guest (ie, virt_image_t) | * Automatically assign correct SELinux security context label to all volumes when associating with a guest (ie, virt_image_t) | ||
Revision as of 14:40, 4 October 2008
Dale Bewley
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Activities within Fedora
- All my wiki contributions
Release Notes Virtualization Beat
- I just volunteered to work on the Virtualization release notes. See below.
FWN Virtualization Beat
- I work on the FWN Virtualization Beat.
- Past FWN Virtualization Beats:
145, 144, 143, 142, 141, 140 n/a, 139 n/a, 138, 137
Notes To Self
Virtualization Release Notes
I'm gathering links to become oriented with the Fedora Docs Project and Virtualization features for F10.
Howto
- Docs/Beats/HowTo
- Docs/Beats#Fedora_Release_Notes_Beats
- Need to be done by Wed 2008-10-08 Schedule
Content
- F10 Notes and F9 Notes and F8 Notes
- Features/VirtStorage
- Features/VirtRemoteInstall
- Virtualization_Quick_Start
- http://et.redhat.com/~rjones/ Richard Jones does cool stuff with
virt-*.
Versions
| Package | F9 Release | F9 Updates (20081003) | Rawhide | F10 Release | Rel Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| kvm | 65-1 | 65-9 | 74-4 | ||
| libvirt | 0.4.2-1 | 0.4.6-2 | 0.4.6-3 | http://www.libvirt.org/news.html | |
| python-virtinst | 0.300.3-5 | 0.300.3-7 | 0.400.0-1 | ||
| virt-df | n/a | 2.1.1-8 | 2.1.3-2 | http://et.redhat.com/~rjones/virt-df/ | |
| virt-manager | 0.5.4-3 | 0.5.4-4 | 0.6.0-1 | http://virt-manager.et.redhat.com/download.html | |
| virt-mem | n/a | n/a | 0.6.0-1 | alpha qaulity - 32bit QEMU and KVM only | |
| virt-top | 0.4.1.1-1 | 1.0.1-4 | 1.0.1-2 | http://et.redhat.com/~rjones/virt-top/ChangeLog.txt | |
| virt-viewer | 0.0.3-1 | n/a | 0.0.3-3 | ||
| xen | 3.2.0-10 | 3.2.0-15 | 3.3.0-1 | ||
| xenner | 0.29-2 | 0.41-1 | 0.46-1 | http://cvs.bytesex.org/xenner.html |
Improvements
New Tools
Utilities in the new virt-mem package provide access to process tables, interface information, dmesg, and uname of a guest from the host system.
Virtualization Release Notes Scratch Space
Virtualization Storage Management
Advances in libvirt now provide the ability to list, create, and delete storage volumes on remote hosts. This includes the ability to create raw sparse & non-sparse files in a directory, allocate LVM logical volumes, partition physical disks, and attach to iSCSI targets.
This enables the virt-manager tool to remote provision new guest domains, and manage the storage associated with them. It provides improved SELinux integration, since the APIs will be able to ensure that all storage volumes have the correct SELinux security context when being assigned to a guest.
Features
- List storage volumes in a directory, and allocate new volumes, raw files both sparse and non-sparse, and formats supported by qemu-img (cow, qcow, qcow2, vmdk, etc)
- List partitions in a disk, and allocate new partitions from free space
- Connect to an iSCSI server and list volumes associated with an exported target
- List logical volumes in an LVM volume group, and allocate new LVM logical volumes
- Automatically assign correct SELinux security context label to all volumes when associating with a guest (ie, virt_image_t)
For further details see Features/VirtStorage.
Remote Installation of Virtual Machines
Detailed Description Fully support remote guest creation in virt-install and virt-manager. This entails allowing a way to specify existing managed storage on the remote connection, or provisioning new storage on an existing pool at install time. Install methods are either PXE or a managed cdrom.
Ideally coupled with this will be better remote connection support: use libvirt's avahi advertising to search for potential remote connections when adding a connection in virt-manager.
Benefit to Fedora Remote VM installation isn't for everyone but it's pretty compelling for folks managing more than one physical machine for virtualization. A central box can be used to do all provisioning, where previously an admin would have to interact directly with the host. This will also encourage interested users to manage their storage and installation media using libvirt's storage capabilities, whose benefits are outlined at the VirtStorage feature page.
For further information see Features/VirtRemoteInstall.