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oVirt 4.5.3 is now generally available

by – Tuesday 18 October

The oVirt project is excited to announce the general availability of oVirt 4.5.3, as of October 18th, 2022.   This release unleashes an altogether more powerful and flexible open source virtualization solution that encompasses hundreds of individual changes and a wide range of enhancements across the engine, storage, network, user interface, and analytics on top of oVirt 4.4. Important notes before you install / upgrade Some of the features included in oVirt 4.5.3 require content that is available in RHEL 8.6 (or newer) and derivatives.   NOTE: If you’re going to install oVirt 4.5.3 on RHEL or similar, please read […]

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oVirt 4.5.2 is now generally available

by – Monday 29 August

The oVirt project is excited to announce the general availability of oVirt 4.5.2, as of August 10th, 2022. This release unleashes an altogether more powerful and flexible open source virtualization solution that encompasses hundreds of individual changes and a wide range of enhancements across the engine, storage, network, user interface, and analytics on top of oVirt 4.4. Important notes before you install / upgrade Some of the features included in oVirt 4.5.2 require content that is available in RHEL 8.6 (or newer) and derivatives. NOTE: If you’re going to install oVirt 4.5.2 on RHEL or similar, please read Installing on […]

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oVirt Node 4.5.1

by – Thursday 23 June

On June 23rd 2022 the oVirt project released an update of oVirt Node (4.5.1) delivering several security fixes, bug fixes and enhancements. The update is already available on resources.ovirt.org and should land on oVirt mirrors within 24 hours. With oVirt 4.5.1 oVirt Node based on CentOS Stream 9 is also available as a tech preview. Known issues: On oVirt Node based on CentOS Stream 9 with UEFI secure boot, vdsm fails to decode DMI data due to Bug 2081648 – python-dmidecode module fails to decode DMI data Updates on el8 based oVirt Node: Security fixes: Important – Bug 2082616 – […]

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oVirt 4.5.1 is now generally available

by – Wednesday 22 June

  oVirt 4.5.1 is now generally available   The oVirt project is excited to announce the general availability of oVirt 4.5.1, as of June, 22nd 2022.   This release unleashes an altogether more powerful and flexible open source virtualization solution that encompasses hundreds of individual changes and a wide range of enhancements across the engine, storage, network, user interface, and analytics on top of oVirt 4.4. Important notes before you install / upgrade Some of the features included in oVirt 4.5.1 require content that is available in RHEL 8.6 (or newer) and derivatives.   NOTE: If you’re going to install […]

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oVirt Node 4.5.0.3 Async update

by – Wednesday 25 May

oVirt Node 4.5.0.3 Async update On May 25th 2022 the oVirt project released an async update of oVirt Node (4.5.0.3) delivering several bug fixes and enhancements. The update is already available on resources.ovirt.org and should land on oVirt mirrors within 24 hours.   Important fix: https://github.com/oVirt/ovirt-node-ng-image/issues/51 imgbased dependency causes upgrade issues Many thanks to Jean-Louis Dupond for his reports.   Updates: GlusterFS 10.2: https://github.com/gluster/glusterfs/blob/release-10/doc/release-notes/10.2.md Ceph 16.2.9: https://ceph.io/en/news/blog/2022/v16-2-9-pacific-released/ Ansible Core 2.12.5: https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/stable-2.12/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.12.rst#v2-12-5   oVirt Node has been updated, including: CentOS Stream 8 latest updates Full list of changes compared to oVirt Node 4.5.0.2:                                           ovirt-node-ng-image-4.5.0.2        ovirt-node-ng-image-4.5.0.3 NetworkManager     […]

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oVirt 4.5.0 Alpha is now available for testing

by – Wednesday 16 March

The oVirt project is excited to announce the availability of oVirt 4.5.0 Alpha release for testing , as of March 16th, 2022.   This release unleashes an altogether more powerful and flexible open source virtualization solution that encompasses hundreds of individual changes and a wide range of enhancements across the engine, storage, network, user interface, and analytics on top of oVirt 4.4. Important notes before you try it Please note this is an Alpha release. The oVirt Project makes no guarantees as to its suitability or usefulness. This pre-release must not be used in production, and it is not feature […]

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