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==== New Release virt-manager 0.8.0 ====
[[ColeRobinson|Cole Robinson]]
<ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/virt-tools-list/2009-July/msg00054.html</ref>
a new {{package|virt-manager}}<ref>http://virt-manager.org/</ref> release, version 0.8.0.
 
Virtual Machine Manager provides a graphical tool for administering virtual machines for <code>KVM</code>, <code>Xen</code>, and <code>QEmu</code>. Start, stop, add or remove virtual devices, connect to a graphical or serial console, and see resource usage statistics for existing VMs on local or remote machines. Uses {{package|libvirt}} as the backend management API.
 
'''New features:'''
* New 'Clone VM' Wizard
* Improved UI, including an overhaul of the main 'manager' view
* System tray icon for easy VM access (start, stop, view console/details)
* Wizard for adding serial, parallel, and video devices to existing VMs.
* CPU pinning support (Michal Novotny)
* Ability to view and change VM security (sVirt) settings (Dan Walsh)
* Many bug fixes and improvements
 
The newest releases of virt packages can be found in the [[Virtualization Preview Repository]].
 
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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.

Distributing I/O Load Among Guests

Dennis J. asked[1] "What is the best way to deal with I/O load when running several VMs on a physical machine with local or remote storage?" "What I'm primarily worried about is the case when several VMs cause disk I/O at the same time." "What is the best way to soften the impact of such a situation?"

Pasi Kärkkäinen suggested "If the IOS are not split evenly between VMs, you could use some tool like dm-ioband[2] to make sure IOs are split fairly between VMs. Or then get faster disks. Single 15k rpm SAS disk will give you up to 350 IOPS, so it's 2-3x faster than 7200 rpm SATA."

Richard Jones concurred[3] "For KVM, each VM isn't really any different from a host process, so you have to deal with them the same way that you'd deal with having lots of host processes doing I/O. So: lots of spindles, expensive I/O hardware, etc."

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.

New Release virt-manager 0.8.0

Cole Robinson [1] a new Package-x-generic-16.pngvirt-manager[2] release, version 0.8.0.

Virtual Machine Manager provides a graphical tool for administering virtual machines for KVM, Xen, and QEmu. Start, stop, add or remove virtual devices, connect to a graphical or serial console, and see resource usage statistics for existing VMs on local or remote machines. Uses Package-x-generic-16.pnglibvirt as the backend management API.

New features:

  • New 'Clone VM' Wizard
  • Improved UI, including an overhaul of the main 'manager' view
  • System tray icon for easy VM access (start, stop, view console/details)
  • Wizard for adding serial, parallel, and video devices to existing VMs.
  • CPU pinning support (Michal Novotny)
  • Ability to view and change VM security (sVirt) settings (Dan Walsh)
  • Many bug fixes and improvements

The newest releases of virt packages can be found in the Virtualization Preview Repository.

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.