Virtualization
In this section, we cover discussion on the @et-mgmnt-tools-list, @fedora-xen-list, @libvirt-list and @ovirt-devel-list of Fedora virtualization technologies.
Contributing Writer: Dale Bewley
Enterprise Management Tools List
This section contains the discussion happening on the et-mgmt-tools list
Fedora Virtualization List
This section contains the discussion happening on the fedora-virt list.
User Interface Makeover for virt-manager
Daniel P. Berrange pointed[1] out
"there's a significant redesign of virt-manager
in progress" and brought
attention to Cole Robinson's 'New VM' wizard makeover[2].
Daniel added
"Many more design improvements are targetted for the next few virt-manager
releases, impacting nearly every area of the UI, so keep an eye out for
more UI review postings during F12 timeframe too."
New Release virtinst 0.4.2
Cole Robinson announced[1] a new virtinst
release, version 0.400.2.
python-virtinst
is a module that helps build and install libvirt
based virtual
machines. It currently supports KVM
, QEmu
and Xen
virtual machines. Package
includes several command line utilities, including virt-install
(build
and install new VMs) and virt-clone
(clone an existing virtual machine).
New features:
- New
virt-clone
option--original-xml
, allows cloning a guest from an xml file, rather than require an existing, defined guest. - New
virt-install
option--import
, allows creating a guest from an existing disk image, bypassing any OS install phase. - New
virt-install
option--host-device
, for connecting a physical host device to the guest. - Allow specifying 'cache' value via
virt-install
's--disk
options (Ben Kochie) - New
virt-install
option--nonetworks
(John Levon) - Lots of backend cleanups and documentation improvements.
Fedora Xen List
This section contains the discussion happening on the fedora-xen 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.