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== 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]]
Contributing Writer: [[User:Dale | Dale Bewley]]


=== Fedora Virtualization List ===
=== Fedora Virtualization List ===
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[http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-virt fedora-virt list].
[http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-virt fedora-virt list].


==== KVM and QEMU Merge Feature Stays in Fedora 11====
==== Virt Status Report ====
After missing the previous
[[JustinForbes|Justin Forbes]]
round (FWN #165<ref>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue165#Approved_F11_Virtualization_Features</ref>)
posted<ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-virt/2009-December/msg00056.html</ref> a Fedora virtualization status report.
and some development delay, the <code>KVM</code> and <code>QEMU</code> package merge
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.
feature<ref>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/KVM_and_QEMU_merge</ref>
of Fedora 11 has been marked as
accepted by the Fedora Engineering Steering Committee<ref>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FESCO</ref>.
 
"Currently, there is both a {{package|qemu}} package and {{package|kvm}} package. The <code>KVM</code> package's source is a fork of the <code>QEMU</code> source, but <code>KVM</code> regularily re-bases to the latest <code>QEMU</code> source and merging of <code>KVM</code> support into the <code>QEMU</code> code base is actively under-way."


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==== Fedora Virtualization Status Report ====
==== RHEL and Fedora Virtualization Feature Parity ====
After a few weeks off,
Robert Day wondered how the virtualization features<ref>http://www.redhat.com/virtualization/rhev/</ref> of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4
[[MarkMcLoughlin|Mark McLoughlin]]
compared to Fedora 12.
reached back into the future and produced an exhaustive status
report<ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-virt/2009-March/msg00068.html</ref>
covering all the developments in fedora Virtualization for the last month.
Grab a bowl of popcorn and dig in!


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[[DanielBerrange|Daniel Berrange]]  
 
explained<ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-virt/2009-December/msg00040.html</ref>
=== Fedora Xen List ===
"The KVM based virtualization in RHEL-5.4 is not nearly so far behind
This section contains the discussion happening on the
Fedora as you might think. The {{package|libvirt}} mgmt stack in RHEL-5.4 was
[http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-xen fedora-xen list].
rebased to be near parity with [[Releases/11|Fedora 11]], and KVM in RHEL-5.4 is
 
also pretty close to that using what's best described as a hybrid of
==== Success with Experimental Fedora 10 pv_ops dom0 ====
kvm-83 and kvm-84."
Users are continuing to build experimental kernels with <code>pv_ops</code> dom0<ref>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/XenPvopsDom0</ref> support.
[[PasiKärkkäinen|Pasi Kärkkäinen]]
was happy to
report<ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-xen/2009-March/msg00071.html</ref>
success getting a
"custom Xen <code>pv_ops</code> dom0 <code>kernel</code> working with
<code>virt-install</code> and/or {{package|virt-manager}} on Fedora 10".
 
"I was able to run the following on Fedora 10 32bit PAE pv_ops dom0:"
* CentOS 5.3 32bit PAE PV domU
* Fedora 10 32bit PAE PV domU (using <code>virt-install</code> and custom kickstart to force PAE kernel installation to avoid the anaconda BUG<ref>https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=470905</ref>)
 
Pasi was successful by using:
* pv_ops dom0 kernel (2.6.29-rc8 or newer) "Compile with <code>CONFIG_HIGHPTE=n</code> since it seems to be broken still"
* {{package|libvirt}} 0.6.1 and related packages from Fedora 10 updates-testing
* {{package|xen}} 3.3.1-9 packages from rawhide/F11 rebuilt for F10
* LVM volumes for domU disks (<code>tap:aio</code> is not yet supported by <code>pv_ops</code> dom0 kernel)


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==== Yum Repository for Experimental Dom0 Kernels ====
Since [[Koji]] removes scratch builds after some time,
[[MichaelYoung|Michael Young]]
created<ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-xen/2009-March/msg00078.html</ref>
a repository<ref>http://fedorapeople.org/~myoung/dom0/</ref>
for the experimental Dom0 capable<ref>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/XenPvopsDom0</ref> <code>kernels</code> he's experimenting with.


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=== Libvirt List ===
This section contains the discussion happening on the
[http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list libvir-list].
==== More Formal libvirt Release Scheduling ====
After
[[DanielVeillard|Daniel Veillard]]
proposed a {{package|libvirt}} 0.6.2 release next week,
[[DanielBerrange|Daniel Berrange]]
thought
<ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2009-March/msg00435.html</ref>
the "release schedule has become a little too variable in timeframe and
quality in recent times."
(FWN #155<ref>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue155#Release_of_libvirt_0.5.0_and_0.5.1</ref>) and suggested
* Monthly releases aiming for the 1st of the month.
* Any non-trivial new feature for release must be reviewed, approved and committed at least 1 week before the release.
[[DanielBerrange|Daniel Berrange]] is also
"working on an integration test suite, which will
enable us to run automated tests against individual hypervisor drivers.
This will help us detect regressions in hypervisor drivers, and more
importantly let us ensure that all drivers are implementing consistent
semantics for their APIs."
[[DanielVeillard|Daniel Veillard]]
tended<ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2009-March/msg00446.html</ref>
"to agree on the approximate rule of one release every months [sic]
but I would like to keep this flexible"  and offered this schedule for the
next 2 releases:
* 0.6.2:
: commit feature freeze: Tuesday 31 Mar
: expected release date: Friday 3 Apr
* 0.6.3:
: commit feature freeze: Friday 17 Apr
: expected release date: Friday 24 Apr
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==== New Release perl-Sys-Virt 0.2.0 ====
[[DanielBerrange|Daniel Berrange]]
announced<ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2009-March/msg00449.html</ref>
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:'''
* Fix network create API, and UUID lookups
* Implement storage pool, storage vol, node device, security model, domain events and event loop APIs
* Improve way constants are exposed to Perl layer
* Fix horrible memory leak in methods returning a hash
* Fix integer overflow in APIs using 64-bit ints (aka 'long long')
* Minimum required libvirt C library for building is 0.6.1
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=== oVirt Devel List ===
This section contains the discussion happening on the
[http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ovirt-devel ovirt-devel list].


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Latest revision as of 18:09, 18 December 2009



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.

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 Package-x-generic-16.pnglibvirt 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."