-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I think libvirt is a great idea. Why write for vmware/kvm/xen if all you need to do is write for libvirt? Very cool, vendor agnostic approach.
It should also be stable, as it's included in the latest version of RedHat. __Jim On 10/5/2010 9:47 AM, Aaron Peeler wrote: > I think this is a good path. Someone had mentioned libvirt previously > for controlling vm's. Would this make sense? Or should vcl interact > directly with kvm? http://libvirt.org/ > > Also I'd like to suggest us targeting a smaller release around the the > first of the year? Addressing any bug-fixes for 2.2 or maybe 1 or more > of the features scheduled for 2.3. > > Anyone else? > > Aaron > > On 9/30/10 4:00 PM, Andy Kurth wrote: >> I'd like to begin planning the development of VCL 2.3. We need to >> work out a >> list of features/improvements to work on. The following is the >> current roadmap: >> >> VCL 2.3 >> * Service deployments >> * power management >> * improve cluster reservations >> >> VCL 2.4 >> * additional and improved hypervisor support >> * KVM and possibly others (virtual box and XEN) >> * Allow for additional access methods for environments (port, other >> protocols, etc) >> >> VCL 2.5 >> * develop tools for managing both system and user storage >> >> (Note: This roadmap isn't set in stone and can be modified as the >> community sees >> fit. Please reply if you can think of additional features, think >> things should >> be prioritized differently, etc.) >> >> Going forward, the community needs development involvement from more >> people. >> One obvious/easy way to begin this will be to incorporate the code >> which has >> been submitted via this list/Jira but not yet been incorporated into >> VCL. I >> would like to target the following to be incorporated for 2.3: >> >> * VCL-203 Modify backend in order to be compatible with both MySQL and >> Apache >> Derby, submitted by Milen Paskov >> * VCL-339 Add the KVM support for VCL, submitted by Xianqing Yu >> * VCL-389 Duke ESX provisioning module, submitted by Sean Dilda >> >> (Please forgive me and speak up if I missed any other contributions) >> >> Another feature which came up recently on this list is Windows lab >> provisioning. >> I have created a Jira issue VCL-388 for this. I think this would be >> fairly >> straightforward to implement and might be a good task for someone to get >> involved with development. If you're interested, please start a >> thread, share >> some ideas, ask for collaboration, etc. >> >> The resulting VCL 2.3 roadmap: >> * Service deployments >> * power management >> * improve cluster reservations >> * Backend Derby support >> * KVM provisioning >> * Extend VMware provisioning options >> * Windows lab provisioning >> >> In addition, there are many Jira issues already tagged for 2.3 and >> other open >> issues which have not yet been scheduled for a particular version. >> Please take >> a look by clicking on the '2.3' and 'Unscheduled' links on this page: >> http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/VCL >> >> Thoughts? >> >> Regards, >> Andy >> > > - -- Jim O'Dell Network Analyst California State University Fullerton Email: jod...@fullerton.edu Phone: (657) 278-2256 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkyredgACgkQREVHAOnXPYTMuACgntxSxCjPo2Pzgyhpuf1KvH6H 9rUAnjefi+n7ukWy9knUqD/Nu+6dWpTu =cYgy -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----