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Virtualization

In this section, we cover discussion of Fedora virtualization technologies on the @fedora-virt list.

Contributing Writer: Dale Bewley

Fedora Virtualization List

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

Virt Status Report

Justin Forbes posted^[1] a Fedora virtualization status report. Justin pointed out F13 bugs^[2] now include Important and Pony classifications in addition to Blocker and Target.

↑ http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-virt/2009-December/msg00056.html
↑ http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Virtualization_bugs

RHEL and Fedora Virtualization Feature Parity

Robert Day wondered how the virtualization features^[1] of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 compared to Fedora 12.

Daniel Berrange explained^[2] "The KVM based virtualization in RHEL-5.4 is not nearly so far behind Fedora as you might think. The libvirt mgmt stack in RHEL-5.4 was rebased to be near parity with Fedora 11, and KVM in RHEL-5.4 is also pretty close to that using what's best described as a hybrid of kvm-83 and kvm-84."

↑ http://www.redhat.com/virtualization/rhev/
↑ http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-virt/2009-December/msg00040.html

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 {{Anchor|Virtualization}}
 == 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.
+In this section, we cover discussion of Fedora virtualization technologies on the
+@fedora-virt list.
 Contributing Writer: [[User:Dale | Dale Bewley]]
-=== Enterprise Management Tools List ===
-This section contains the discussion happening on the
-[http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/et-mgmt-tools et-mgmt-tools list]
-====  ====
-<references />
 === Fedora Virtualization List ===
@@ Line 19: / Line 14: @@
 [http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-virt fedora-virt list].
-==== User Interface Makeover for virt-manager ====
+==== Virt Status Report ====
-Daniel P. Berrange pointed<ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-virt/2009-March/msg00001.html</ref> out
+[[JustinForbes|Justin Forbes]]
-"there's a significant redesign of {{package|virt-manager}} in progress" and brought
+posted<ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-virt/2009-December/msg00056.html</ref> a Fedora virtualization status report.
-attention to Cole Robinson's 'New VM' wizard makeover<ref>http://blog.wikichoon.com/2009/02/virt-manager-in-fedora-11-new-vm-wizard.html</ref>.
+Justin pointed out F13 bugs<ref>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Virtualization_bugs</ref> now include Important and Pony classifications in addition to Blocker and Target.
-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."
 <references />
-==== New Release virtinst 0.4.2 ====
+==== RHEL and Fedora Virtualization Feature Parity ====
-[[ColeRobinson|Cole Robinson]] announced<ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-virt/2009-March/msg00002.html</ref> a new <code>virtinst</code> release, version 0.400.2.
+Robert Day wondered how the virtualization features<ref>http://www.redhat.com/virtualization/rhev/</ref> of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4
+compared to Fedora 12.
-{{package|python-virtinst}} 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:'''
+[[DanielBerrange|Daniel Berrange]]
-* New <code>virt-clone</code> option <code>--original-xml</code>, allows cloning a guest from an xml file, rather than require an existing, defined guest.
+explained<ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-virt/2009-December/msg00040.html</ref>
-* New <code>virt-install</code> option <code>--import</code>, allows creating a guest from an existing disk image, bypassing any OS install phase.
+"The KVM based virtualization in RHEL-5.4 is not nearly so far behind
-* New <code>virt-install</code> option <code>--host-device</code>, for connecting a physical host device to the guest.
+Fedora as you might think. The {{package|libvirt}} mgmt stack in RHEL-5.4 was
-* Allow specifying 'cache' value via <code>virt-install</code>'s <code>--disk</code> options (Ben Kochie)
+rebased to be near parity with [[Releases/11|Fedora 11]], and KVM in RHEL-5.4 is
-* New <code>virt-install</code> option <code>--nonetworks</code> (John Levon)
+also pretty close to that using what's best described as a hybrid of
-* Lots of backend cleanups and documentation improvements.
+kvm-83 and kvm-84."
 <references />
-=== 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 ===
-This section contains the discussion happening on the
-[http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list libvir-list].
-====  ====
-<references />
-=== oVirt Devel List ===
-This section contains the discussion happening on the
-[http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ovirt-devel ovirt-devel list].
 ====  ====
 <references />

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