Please upgrade convirt to 1.1 version

[Qichang Liang]

Binary package hint: convirt

convirt 1.1 has already been released in June

http://www.convirture.com/downloads/convirt/1.1/

Please update the Ubuntu/debian packages to this updated version

[James Westby (james-w)]

Hi Nick,

Is the new release bugfix-only?

Otherwise it will need an FFe.

Thanks,

James

[Nick Ellery (nick.ellery)]

Hi,
here's the upstream changes

$ diff -u convirt-0.{8.2,9.1}/doc/changelog.txt
--- convirt-0.8.2/doc/changelog.txt 2008-03-10 22:40:40.000000000 -0700
+++ convirt-0.9.1/doc/changelog.txt 2008-07-25 11:38:25.000000000 -0700
@@ -1,3 +1,47 @@
+ConVirt 0.9.1
+-------------
+- KVM plugin
+ This release brings out the KVM plugin with limited functionality, it
+ provides basic provisioning and monitoring of KVM based VMs. The HVM xen
+ images can now be deployed on KVM as well. Some other functionality
+ like Snapshot/Restore and migration would be made available in the
+ upcoming releases.
+
+- Network and VBD I/O:
+ The Network and VBD I/O are included in the dashboard
+
+- Bug fixes
+
+ConVirt 0.9
+-----------
+
+- Plugin Development Guide
+ With this release, developers can write plugin for their favorite
+ virtualized platform and make them manageable via ConVirt.
+
+- Server Pool Settings :
+ Now users can define their own settings at server pool, which get used
+ while provisioning any image in that server pool. For example a storage
+ destination can be specified at server pool level. All the vms provisioned i
+ in that server pool will get space allocated from that storage.
+
+- Image Groups :
+ Organize your images in to groups for easy management.
+
+- Enhanced Server information :
+ The Information tab when a server is selected, shows rich information
+ about the network interfaces and storage.
+
+- Summary Information :
+ The summary information gives you at a glance about your managed
+ environment.
+
+- Image Cache consistency :
+ The convirt creates a cache on each managed node for simplifying
+ repeated provisioning. This version addresses some consistency
+ problems between the image store and the caches on remote servers.
+
+
 ConVirt 0.8.2
 -------------

[Jd (jd-jedi)]

FYI. ConVirt 0.9.5 is just released.

Here is additional things from previous 0.9.1 release.

    * Drag and Drop Live Migration for KVM : Similar to Xen Live migration, now you can use drag and drop to migrate KVM virtual machines without downtime. In addition you can save a running KVM virtual machine state and restore it. KVM Management is also tested against common distros like Cent OS 5.2 and Ubuntu 8.0.4.

    * Storage management : This release adds support for shared storage management associated with a Server Pool. The users can declare their iSCSI, AOE and NFS shared storage and select Luns. ether disks and mount points at the time of provisioning. ConVirt gives Storage Utilization overview at Server Pool, Server or Virtual Machine level.

   * Critical Bug fixes.

[James Westby (james-w)]

Hi Nick,

Either 0.9.1 or 0.9.5 are going to require a FFe to enter Intrepid.

It is a new package in Intrepid though, so regressions from past
releases shouldn't be a concern, it would just be whether a new
release is of higher quality than the one we currently have in
the archive.

Would you be willing to write the FFe?

Have you been using the new version? What is your impression
of it?

Thanks,

James

[James Westby (james-w)]

I'm un-subscribing the sponsors for now, please re-subscribe them when
ready. I'll remain subscribed.

Thanks,

James

[Nick Ellery (nick.ellery)]

Hi James,

Unfortunately, I have not really been using this new version. However, perhaps this should just wait until Jaunty, and then be upgraded, as there only appears to be more minor bug fixes.

[Jamie Lokier (jamie-shareable)]

Nick Ellory wrote: "there only appears to be more minor bug fixes".

I think supporting KVM is a pretty major new feature.

Especially as KVM is Ubuntu's official VM solution, and virt-manager (the other GUI which manages KVM) is not always the best tool, depending on what you do with your VMs.

[Tessa (unit3)]

There is now a 0.9.6 release, which is listed as including "Critical Bug Fixes" along with the other features (like KVM support, and more importantly for me, shared storage management) that were previously mentioned.

I'd say it's pretty important to get this package updated, otherwise why even bother with the now quite old release that's currently packaged (0.8.2 on my Intrepid system)? It's not like upstream will give any support for it if people run into problems.

[Tessa (unit3)]

Also, the ConVirt wiki has recommendations that people on Ubuntu use alien to [http://xenman.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Xen_ubuntu convert the SuSE packages], rather than use the packages included in the distro.

[Daniel Holbach (dholbach)]

FTBFS in Jaunty i386 pbuilder:

dh_installdirs
# commands to install the package into debian/convirt:
install -m644 debian/convirt.sh debian/convirt/usr/bin/convirt
sh ./mk_image_store debian/convirt/usr/share/convirt
sh: Can't open ./mk_image_store
make: *** [install] Error 2
dpkg-buildpackage: failure: fakeroot debian/rules binary gave error exit status 2
pbuilder: Failed autobuilding of package
 -> Aborting with an error
 -> unmounting dev/pts filesystem
 -> unmounting proc filesystem
 -> cleaning the build env

Please send updated package for Jaunty and 0.9.6 and please add (LP: #256267)

[Daniel Holbach (dholbach)]

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[Tessa (unit3)]

ConVirt 1.0 is out now:

http://www.convirture.com/downloads.html

[Tessa (unit3)]

And they're providing their own Ubuntu packages and repo:

http://www.convirture.com/wiki/index.php?title=Installation#Ubuntu_8.10

[Jd (jd-jedi)]

ConVirt 1.1 is out.

[Daniel Holbach (dholbach)]

Unfortunately it only includes .deb packages. We need source packages for review.

I'm unsubscribing the Sponsors' Team for now. Please re-subscribe when ready.

[Chris Bainbridge (chris-bainbridge)]

Does anyone actually use the Ubuntu convirt packages? The convirt program doesn't even run for me - bug #525908 - so I am obviously curious as to whether anyone is using the Ubuntu packages or does everyone use the upstream packages?

[Chris Bainbridge (chris-bainbridge)]

convirt 1.1 is in Debian SID http://packages.debian.org/sid/convirt

Any chance of getting this into Ubuntu?

[Tessa (unit3)]

Looks like 1.1 made it into Lucid, so I guess this is fixed now.