FWN/Beats/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.

Contributing Writer: Dale Bewley

Enterprise Management Tools List

This section contains the discussion happening on the et-mgmt-tools list

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.

Interface Bandwidth Controls

Max Zhen described[1] a goal of enabling libvirt to configure bandwidth rate limits for the network interface of virtual machines, and asked for comments on implementation ideas.

[1] http://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2008-December/msg00644.html

RHEL 5 Support

Markus Armbruster posted[1] a "patch series attempts to make libvirt just work on RHEL-5. Right now it doesn't, mostly because libvirt relies on version number checks in a couple of places, and RHEL-5's version numbers aren't the whole truth due to various backports of later stuff." Adding "I'm not proposing this for immediate commit, as I'm still testing. But I'd appreciate review: is this the right way to do it?"

[1] http://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2008-December/msg00629.html

Choice of Private Network Range

Peter Anvin was[1] "kind of wondering why libvirt defaults to 192.168.122.0/24". Refering to RFCs 2544 and 3330. Peter suggested the following alternative ranges:

• 192.0.2.0/24 - reserved as "test and example network"
• 198.18.0.0/15 - reserved as "benchmark test network"

[1] http://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2008-December/msg00545.html

oVirt Devel List

This section contains the discussion happening on the ovirt-devel list.