virtual-storage-console-for-rhev ?? 20 G thick allocated 20 VMs creation in 3min 18 seconds ??

A new feature framework have been added to RHEV 3.2 which allows other vendors to add/integrate new features into RHEV :   New Third-Party Plug-ins A key feature in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.2 is the availability of a new third-party plug-in framework. Developed through community and vendor collaboration and contributions, the plug-in framework enables …

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Ovirt engine/manager in a VM controlled by ovirt engine/manager .. Is it possible ?

Is there a way to install ovirt manager/engine on an ovirt-node or hypervisor ? As of now, we have to install engine and get running before configuring ovirt nodes. How-ever this facility is being achieved by “Self Hosting Engine” feature of ovirt development.  I will write more about it soon, till then refer# http://www.ovirt.org/Features/Self_Hosted_Engine Also …

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AllInOne configuration with fedora 18 and ovirt 3.2 ( ovirt-engine-setup-plugin-allinone “Configure VDSM on this host?” ) ..

In this article, I am gonna write about “ovirt-engine-setup-plugin-allinone ” setup , a nice feature of ovirt. My strings are about ovirt 3.2 and fedora 18. “All in One” means configuring VDSM on the same host where oVirt-engine is installed, so that VMs can be hosted on the same machine”. Normally the ovirt manager, hypervisors/hosts, …

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What is Open Virtualization Format Or OVF ?

Open Virtualization Format (OVF) is an open-source standard for packaging and distributing  virtual machines (VM) and it is platform independent.. You can watch/consider OVF as a container or a package which contains OVF descriptor. This container/package can be used to port any VMs to any vendor specific virt setups which support OVF. OVF is basically …

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Quantum integration with ovirt ( videos )

Quantum network can be integrated with ovirt upstream and can be used inside Data Center. Watch below videos for more information on this.   This functionality is Tech Preview atm.   Lets proceed with second part of it..  

Ovirt 3.2 is out , catch it …

oVirt 3.2 is now available with  number of exciting new features …….. Some of them are: * UI Plugins * Port Mirroring * Networks as a top level Configuration * Japanese Localization * Storage Live Migration * Improved Gluster Integration * oVirt Node TUI Redesign * Node Plugins A Quick Start is available on the …

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finally ‘Ovirt FAQ’ is available @ ovirt.org

My (best) friend ‘Douglas’ ( vdsm engineering) was poking me to record a faq about ovirt in ovirt.org for quite some time now.  Today, I came up with that. I believe it will be useful for  ovirt enthusiasts . Here is the link : https://www.ovirt.org/develop/faq.html Let me know your comments/suggestions, I will be be ‘delighted’ …

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