Release Notes
Release 0.95 (oVirt Node, oVirt Server Suite)
released November 5, 2008
oVirt Node:
- Stateful Node - for running VMs on the ovirt-appliance host
- libvirt-qpid agent added in Node image
- ovirt-node-selinux SELinux policy for iSCSI block devices
- support non-sdX block devices like cciss for Node local disk
- improved configuration processing to remove the need for scripts
- minor bugfixes and build process improvements
oVirt Server Suite
- Upgraded to Rails 2.1.1
- Added a flash chart written in flex framework to summary pages.
- Added support for booting a VM from an ISO image.
- In the VM list and details pane, added a field to show what host a VM is running on.
- Updated tree navigation to use a new underlying implementation and to better integrate Smart Pools into the navigation panel.
- Various bug fixes including VM 'destroy' action validation, 'move' dialog fixes, and some host-browser issues.
- Added Network model and refactored existing VM and Node implementation to make use of the more flexible infrastructure
- Some additional node network config enhancements
- More flexchart enhanceents, including tooltips, y-axis labels, and animation
- Added ruby qpid demo
- Integrated smart pools into search results as well as other flexigrid-based views.
- Redesigned the tree widget code to make it pluggable.
- Some of the model-level implementation for LVM support is in place, but actual LVM UI and actions will be in a later release
- various bug fixes, including smart pool errors, tab navigation, cobbler system deletion
Release 0.93-1 (oVirt Node, oVirt Server Suite)
released September 24, 2008
- Addition of 'Smart Pools' in the Web user interface for organizing pools on a per user basis.
- Additions to the Edit VM screen to allow re-provisioning of a guest as well editing other guest settings.
- oVirt Appliance manages VMs directly on the host it is running on. This eliminates the 'fake nodes' used in previous versions.
- oVirt API (Ruby Bindings)
- Support for configuring more than one NIC per Node. UI support for this will be integrated shortly.
- Support for bonding/failover of NICs. UI support for this will be integrated shortly.
- SELinux support on oVirt Node
- Rewrite of performance graphing visualization
Release 0.92-1 (oVirt Node, oVirt Server Suite)
released August 27, 2008
- Support for migration of guests from one node to another, including the ability to clear all of the running guests from a node.
- Support for provisioning guests with Linux OSes (Windows provisioning is still in the works)
- The oVirt Appliance has been restructured so that the 'developer' and 'bundled' appliance are the same. The appliance can be used to manage both 'fake' oVirt Nodes and real hardware.
- The oVirt Node can now be installed via kernel command line parameters to local hard or USB disks
- Serial consoles are exposed on both oVirt Nodes and their guests
- General UI improvements and bugfixes
- Ability to search in the UI
Release 0.91 -- beta 1 (oVirt Node, oVirt Server Suite)
released June 18, 2008
- Stats graphing for hardware pools, VM pools, VMs, using SVG and our RRD reader API. Horizontal bars for host load, VM load; history line graphs for CPU, memory usage
- Validation and error reporting throughout the UI
- Numerous ajax updates to preserve tree state, improve UI flow
- Lots of other UI cleanup
- "Details" panes at the bottom of the screen for hosts, VMs, pools
- oVirt Node image culled to less than 64 mb
- Collectd -> oVirt db connection for updating host status and host load in the oVirt db
- Time slip issues on fake managed nodes fixed
Release 0.4 (oVirt Node, oVirt Server Suite)
released April 28, 2008
- New "bundled" mode of installation, which provides all services and can manage physical machines
- Improved installation for developer and bundled mode
- Easy transition from developer to bundled mode and back
- Ability to use NFS as a backing store for guest images
Release 0.3 (oVirt Node, oVirt Server Suite)
released March 24, 2008
- Developer mode, for vastly simplified installation/usage
- Integration with the libvirt storage API's for flexible storage configuration
- i386 and x86_64 support
- Complete UI redesign in place
