(reset) |
|||
| Line 19: | Line 19: | ||
[http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-virt fedora-virt list]. | [http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-virt fedora-virt list]. | ||
==== ==== | ==== New Release libguestfs 1.0.41 ==== | ||
[[RichardJones|Richard Jones]] | |||
announced<ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-virt/2009-June/msg00020.html</ref> | |||
"version 1.0.41 of {{package|libguestfs}}, the library for accessing and modifying virtual machine filesystems." | |||
'''New Features:''' | |||
* squashfs and cramfs support | |||
* better support for read-only access to drives | |||
* many problems with string handling in different language bindings have been fixed | |||
* internationalization support | |||
* ext4 support improved on RHEL 5 | |||
* improved support for running commands in the guest | |||
* support for skipping tests | |||
* lvresize and ext2/3 resize support | |||
* pvremove, vgremove, lvremove commands | |||
* sleep command | |||
* IRC channel #libguestfs on FreeNode | |||
See previous release announcement for 1.0.15 in FWN#174 <ref>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue174#New_Release_libguestfs_1.0.15</ref>. | |||
<references /> | |||
==== New virt-inspector Features ==== | |||
[[RichardJones|Richard Jones]] | |||
announced<ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-virt/2009-June/msg00049.html</ref> | |||
"I've added a few extra features to virt-inspector<ref>http://et.redhat.com/~rjones/libguestfs/virt-inspector.1.html</ref> (in | |||
{{package|libguestfs}}<ref>http://et.redhat.com/~rjones/libguestfs/</ref> >= 1.0.42)." | |||
"First up is a new 'query mode'" | |||
which prints "out some useful facts about the virtual machine such | |||
as whether it's fully virtualized or needs a Xen hypervisor, and | |||
whether it has various paravirt drivers installed." | |||
"Secondly (not covered in the manpage), virt-inspector will try to | |||
discover whether a VM contains the right initrd drivers and module | |||
configuration to boot under various hypervisors. So for example it | |||
can tell you whether a guest has the virtio drivers available at boot | |||
time to boot from a virtio disk." | |||
<references /> | |||
==== ==== | |||
<references /> | <references /> | ||
Revision as of 16:39, 7 June 2009
Virtualization
In this section, we cover discussion of Fedora virtualization technologies on the @et-mgmnt-tools-list, @fedora-xen-list, and @libvirt-list lists.
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.
New Release libguestfs 1.0.41
Richard Jones
announced[1]
"version 1.0.41 of 
libguestfs
New Features:
- squashfs and cramfs support
- better support for read-only access to drives
- many problems with string handling in different language bindings have been fixed
- internationalization support
- ext4 support improved on RHEL 5
- improved support for running commands in the guest
- support for skipping tests
- lvresize and ext2/3 resize support
- pvremove, vgremove, lvremove commands
- sleep command
- IRC channel #libguestfs on FreeNode
See previous release announcement for 1.0.15 in FWN#174 [2].
New virt-inspector Features
Richard Jones announced[1]
"I've added a few extra features to virt-inspector[2] (in
"First up is a new 'query mode'" which prints "out some useful facts about the virtual machine such as whether it's fully virtualized or needs a Xen hypervisor, and whether it has various paravirt drivers installed."
"Secondly (not covered in the manpage), virt-inspector will try to discover whether a VM contains the right initrd drivers and module configuration to boot under various hypervisors. So for example it can tell you whether a guest has the virtio drivers available at boot time to boot from a virtio disk."
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.