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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 Virtualization List

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

User Interface Makeover for virt-manager

Daniel P. Berrange pointed[1] out "there's a significant redesign of Package-x-generic-16.pngvirt-manager in progress" and brought attention to Cole Robinson's 'New VM' wizard makeover[2]. 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."

  1. ↑ http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-virt/2009-March/msg00001.html
  2. ↑ http://blog.wikichoon.com/2009/02/virt-manager-in-fedora-11-new-vm-wizard.html

New Release virtinst 0.4.2

Cole Robinson announced[1] a new virtinst release, version 0.400.2.

Package-x-generic-16.pngpython-virtinst is a module that helps build and install libvirt based virtual machines. It currently supports KVM, QEmu and Xen virtual machines. Package includes several command line utilities, including virt-install (build and install new VMs) and virt-clone (clone an existing virtual machine).

New features:

  • New virt-clone option --original-xml, allows cloning a guest from an xml file, rather than require an existing, defined guest.
  • New virt-install option --import, allows creating a guest from an existing disk image, bypassing any OS install phase.
  • New virt-install option --host-device, for connecting a physical host device to the guest.
  • Allow specifying 'cache' value via virt-install's --disk options (Ben Kochie)
  • New virt-install option --nonetworks (John Levon)
  • Lots of backend cleanups and documentation improvements.
  1. ↑ http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-virt/2009-March/msg00002.html

Fedora Xen List

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

dom0 Kernel Inches Closer

Pasi Kärkkäinen walked[1] the bleeding edge while testing Xen dom0 host support. Using Fedora 10 with Xen 3.3.1-9 from Rawhide and a custom built 2.6.29-rc7 pv_ops dom0 kernel the system boots, but virt-install and virt-manager fail with the error "Unsupported virtualization type 'xen'".

It seems[2] that /sys/hypervisor/properties/capabilities is not present for some unknown reason.

  1. ↑ http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-xen/2009-March/msg00017.html
  2. ↑ http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-xen/2009-March/msg00023.html

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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