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== Virtualization ==
 
== Virtualization ==
 
In this section, we cover discussion of Fedora virtualization technologies on the
 
In this section, we cover discussion of Fedora virtualization technologies on the
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@fedora-virt, @fedora-xen-list, @libguestfs, @libvirt-list,
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@fedora-virt list.
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@virt-tools-list, and @ovirt-devel-list lists.
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Contributing Writer: [[User:Dale | Dale Bewley]]
 
Contributing Writer: [[User:Dale | Dale Bewley]]
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=== Interviews ===
 
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[[MelChua|Mel Chua]]
 
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recently interviewed<ref>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Virtualization_improvements_in_Fedora_12</ref> Fedora virtualization luminaries
 
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[[RichardJones|Richard Jones]], [[DavidLutterkort|David Lutterkort]], and [[MarkMcLoughlin|Mark McLoughlin]]. Topics included:
 
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* Richard Jones on guestfish and friends (libguestds and libvirt)
 
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* Mark McLoughlin on virtual upgrades to your virtual machine
 
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* David Lutterkort on "Network scripts: complex no more!"
 
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* How to try out virtualization
 
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* From etherboot to gPXE
 
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* qcow2: now with better performance!
 
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* Virtualization in Fedora: a historical retrospective
 
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* What's Next? Virtualization in F13 and beyond
 
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* When they're not hacking...
 
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=== 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].
  
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==== Fedora Virtualization Status Report ====
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==== Virt Status Report ====
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The latest virt status
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report<ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-virt/2009-November/msg00045.html</ref>
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from [[MarkMcLoughlin|Mark McLoughlin]] details the status of the latest
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virtualization related bugs, and relayes behind the scenes drama of
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"a couple of fire-drills with last-minute serious blocker bugs" as Fedora 12
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was about to go out the door.
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==== Rawvirt Rawhide Virtualization for Fedora 12 ====
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[[JustinForbes|Justin Forbes]]
 
[[JustinForbes|Justin Forbes]]
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announced<ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-virt/2009-November/msg00041.html</ref>
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posted<ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-virt/2009-December/msg00056.html</ref> a Fedora virtualization status report.  
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"As was done for Fedora 11 users, the tradition continues, only the
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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.
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locations have changed.
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We've set up a repository for people running Fedora 12 who would like
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to test the rawhide/F13 virt packages. To use it, do e.g."
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  $> cat > /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-virt-preview.repo << EOF
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  baseurl=http://jforbes.fedorapeople.org/virt-preview/f12/$basearch/
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The Virtualization Preview Repository<ref>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Virtualization_Preview_Repository</ref>
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is for people who would like to test the very latest virtualization related packages. This repository is intended primarily as an aid to testing / early experimentation. It is not intended for 'production' deployment.  
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==== RHEL and Fedora Virtualization Feature Parity ====
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Robert Day wondered how the virtualization features<ref>http://www.redhat.com/virtualization/rhev/</ref> of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4
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compared to Fedora 12.
  
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[[DanielBerrange|Daniel Berrange]]
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explained<ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-virt/2009-December/msg00040.html</ref>
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"The KVM based virtualization in RHEL-5.4 is not nearly so far behind
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Fedora as you might think. The {{package|libvirt}} mgmt stack in RHEL-5.4 was
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rebased to be near parity with [[Releases/11|Fedora 11]], and KVM in RHEL-5.4 is
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also pretty close to that using what's best described as a hybrid of
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kvm-83 and kvm-84."
  
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=== Virtualization Tools List ===
 
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This section contains the discussion happening on the
 
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[http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/virt-tools-list virt-tools-list list].
 
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=== Libguestfs List ===
 
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This section contains the discussion happening on the
 
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[http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libguestfs libguestfs list].
 
  
 
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=== Libvirt List ===
 
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This section contains the discussion happening on the
 
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[http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list libvir-list].
 
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==== New Release libvirt 0.7.4 ====
 
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[[DanielVeillard|Daniel Veillard]]
 
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announced<ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2009-November/msg00674.html</ref>
 
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a new {{package|libvirt}} release, version 0.7.4.
 
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"The rate of changes doesn't seems to slow down, though this release is
 
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more about incremental improvements, bug fixes and cleanups than major
 
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new features"
 
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'''New features:'''
 
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* Implement a node device backend using libudev (David Allan)<ref>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue200#Node_device_enumeration_with_udev</ref>
 
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* New APIs for checking some object properties (Daniel P. Berrange)
 
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* Fully asynchronous monitor I/O processing (Daniel P. Berrange)
 
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* add MAC address based port filtering to qemu (Gerhard Stenzel)
 
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* Support for IPv6 / multiple addresses per interfaces (Laine Stump)
 
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'''Improvements:'''
 
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* Far too many to list here.
 
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Read the full list of changes in the release announcement.<ref>http://www.libvirt.org/news.html</ref>
 
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[http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ovirt-devel ovirt-devel list].
 
  
 
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Contents

[edit] Virtualization

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

Contributing Writer: Dale Bewley

[edit] Fedora Virtualization List

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

[edit] 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.

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

[edit] 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."

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


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