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KVM-79 Released: pci device assignment, pci device hot plug

Today, kvm-79 was released featuring full support for host pci device assignment and hot-plugging host pci devices.

KVM-78 Released: Bug Fixes, qemu merge

Yesterday kvm-78 was released featuring mostly bug fixes and a qemu merge. One major fix includes booting paravirt Linux kernels which was broken after kvm-77.

Multiplexing your monitor and serial port

There’s a feature in kvm which allows you to multiplex your serial and monitor port over a single connection.

KVM-77 Released: -std-vga deprecated, Improved disk performance

Yesterday kvm maintainers released kvm-77 which includes a fix for the –std-vga regression described here after the last release.

Convirt 0.9.5 Released: Adds drag and drop live migration for KVM

An alternative GUI management tool for KVM that was previously posted here just released version 0

The new uuid option

Beginning with kvm-76, you can now assign a unique machine identifier to your kvm guest machine during startup using the –uuid option.

KVM-76 Released: Performance Improvments, Qemu Merge, Kernel support for device assignment

Yesterday, KVM-76 was released featuring another qemu merge and performance improvements for hosts without NPT or EPT.

Using bridged networking with Virt-manager

In previous posts you can find instructions on how to configure bridged networking when managing your kvm guests by command line.

Virtual Machine Manager 0.6.0-1 Release

The latest release of the virtual machine manager software tagged as 0.6.0-1 has been released a few days ago adding new features for managing your kvm guest machines.

Monitor your KVM guests with nagios-virt

Have you ever considered how you will monitor your production kvm guest machines?