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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.

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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 == Virtualization ==
 In this section, we cover discussion of Fedora virtualization technologies on the
-@fedora-virt and @libvirt-list
+@fedora-virt, @fedora-xen-list, @libguestfs, @libvirt-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].
-==== Virtualization Test Day ====
+====  ====
-The latest Fedora Test Day focused on Virtualization improvements in Fedora 12<ref>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Day:2009-09-17_Virtualization</ref>.
+<references />
-Even though the test day was on Sept. 17th, you can still help make F12 the
-best release possible and learn about the newest features in the process. Visit the test day page, download the live image, and post your experiences on the wiki.
+=== Fedora Xen List ===
+This section contains the discussion happening on the
+[http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-xen fedora-xen list].
+====  ====
 <references />
-=== Libvirt List ===
+=== Virtualization Tools List ===
 This section contains the discussion happening on the
-[http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list libvir-list].
+[http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/virt-tools-list virt-tools-list list].
-==== New Release libvirt 0.7.1 ====
+====  ====
-[[DanielVeillard|Daniel Veillard]]
+<references />
-announced<ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2009-September/msg00481.html</ref>
-a new {{package|libvirt}} release, version 0.7.1.
-"There is a fair amount of new features and improvement, not surprizing
+=== Libguestfs List ===
-considering 0.7.0<ref>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue189#New_Release_libvirt_0.7.0</ref> was 1.5 months ago. And of course many bug fixes and
+This section contains the discussion happening on the
-cleanups:"
+[http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libguestfs libguestfs list].
-'''New features:'''
-* Add an internal <secret> XML handling API (Miloslav Trmač)
-* VBox 3.0.6 API change support (Pritesh Kothari)
-* also allow use of XZ for Qemu image compression (Jim Meyering)
-* Multipath storage support module (Dave Allan)
-* VBox add Storage Volume support (Pritesh Kothari)
-* Support configuration of huge pages in guests (Daniel P. Berrange)
-* Add support for encrypted (qcow) volume creation. (Miloslav Trmač)
-* Secret manipulation public API (Miloslav Trmač)
-* support lzop save compression for qemu (Charles Duffy)
-* Support new PolicyKit 1.0 API (Daniel P. Berrange)
-* Compressed save image format for Qemu. (Chris Lalancette)
-* QEmu add host PCI device hotplug support (Mark McLoughlin)
+====  ====
 <references />
-==== New Release perl-Sys-Virt 0.2.2 ====
+=== Libvirt List ===
-[[DanielBerrange|Daniel Berrange]]
+This section contains the discussion happening on the
-announced<ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2009-September/msg00464.html</ref>
+[http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list libvir-list].
-an update of the Perl binding for <code>libvirt</code>, {{package|perl-Sys-Virt}}<ref>http://search.cpan.org/dist/Sys-Virt/</ref>.
-'''New features:'''
-* Add all new APIs upto libvirt 0.7.0 APIs (listing defined network interfaces)
-* Add missing APIs for looking up storage volumes based on path and key
-* Fix lookup of network interfaces based on MAC address
-* Add missing APIs for defining network interfaces and starting defined interfaces
+====  ====
 <references />
-==== Guest Sound Over VNC ====
+=== oVirt Devel List ===
-[[DaveAllan|Dave Allan]]
+This section contains the discussion happening on the
-noticed<ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2009-September/msg00494.html</ref>
+[http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ovirt-devel ovirt-devel list].
-"when a KVM guest created with virt-manager is running on F10, sound on the
-physical host stops working. When all VMs are shutdown, sound starts working
-again. Removing the <sound> tag from the VM XML allows sound to work while the
-VM is booted." and suggested disabling sound in guests by default.
-[[DanielBerrange|Daniel Berrange]]
-explained<ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2009-September/msg00499.html</ref>
-"It is complicated :-)  In Fedora &gt;= 11 we currently disable all use of
-sound cards, but this upsets people who want sound ;-P  I'm working
-on a new version of the patch which sets up audio-over-VNC<ref>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/VirtVNCResourceTunnel</ref>, while for
-SDL allows the host audio backend to be used & configured.
-I still need to finish my GTK-VNC patches to do the client end of
-audio over VNC, then it'll all play correctly with desktop audio
-services via gstreamer/pulseaudio."
+====  ====
 <references />

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