D Documentation Updates #

In Section 14.16, “Disabling a Memory Balloon Device”, added missing information about how to disable a virtual memory balloon device in the VM Guest if needed (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1127075).

Corrected wrong file system size values in command line examples in Section 12.4, “Online Resizing of Guest Block Devices” (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1122640).

In Chapter 7, Supported Guests, Hosts and Features, added SLES 12 SP 4 and 15 to the list of supported VM Guests (https://github.com/SUSE/doc-sle/pull/384).

In Section 14.13.2, “Loading and Configuring the SR-IOV Host Drivers”, add After=network-online.target to the before.service file (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1116659).

In Section 10.5.1, “Terminology” and Section 10.5.3, “Creating and Managing Snapshots with virsh”, mentioned that external snapshots are not supported by Virtual Machine Manager and cannot be deleted with virsh (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1125660).

Improved consistency of Docker terminology throughout the documentation. This includes renaming a guide to Docker Open Source Engine Guide.

In Section 9.2, “Installing from the Command Line with virt-install”, added location option for virt-install (Doc Comment #32443).

Added Open Virtual Machine Firmware chapter, see Section 6.5, “Installing UEFI Support” and Using UEFI and Secure Boot (Fate #320490, Fate #319531).

Section 10.5, “Creating and Managing Snapshots” rewritten.

Disk space is restored after virsh snapshot-delete in Section 10.5.3.3, “Deleting a Snapshot” (Fate #317260).

Added Section 18.6.2, “Emulated USB Device” (Fate #321173).

The experimental x-data-plane option was removed in qemu 2.5 and replaced with the more generic IOThreads. See Section 29.3.1.2, “IOThreads”.

In Section 18.5.4, “Troubleshooting”, specified values of the swiotlb parameter (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1101458).

In Section 10.7, “Migrating VM Guests”, updated the list of migration requirements (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1089361).

KVM on IBM Z is no longer a Technology Preview. See Section 7.3, “KVM Hardware Requirements” (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1076430).

In Section 18.6.3, “Paravirtualized PVUSB”, fixed a typo in a configuration file (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1075949).

Updated PCI Pass-Through procedure in Section 18.5.1, “Configuring the Hypervisor for PCI Pass-Through” (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1061906).

Wallclock synchronization is deprecated, tsc_mode is introduced in Section 16.2, “Xen Virtual Machine Clock Settings” (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=104587).

Removed incorrect note about OES time synchronization in Section 16.2, “Xen Virtual Machine Clock Settings” (Doc Comment #34275).

Corrected OES support statements in Section 7.1, “Supported VM Guests” (Doc Comment #34274)

Fixed a typo in Section 10.5, “Creating and Managing Snapshots” (Doc Comment #35101).

Numerous small fixes and additions to the documentation, based on technical feedback.

Removed all references to the faillog package, which is no longer shipped (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=710788).

Added Enabling Console item to Section 9.2, “Installing from the Command Line with virt-install” (Fate #319328).

Added the command virsh resume to Section 10.3.2, “Changing a VM Guest's State with virsh” (Doc Comment #33508).

Added Section 12.6, “Using RADOS Block Devices with libvirt”.

Added Section 14.12, “Assigning a Host USB Device to a VM Guest” (Fate #316612).

Added Section 14.14, “Using Macvtap to Share VM Host Server Network Interfaces”.

Fixed number of queues to 2*N in Procedure 27.1, “How to Enable Multiqueue virtio-net” (Doc Comment #33252).

Added Section 29.3.1.5, “Using RADOS Block Devices with QEMU”.

Added Section 31.5, “Sharing Namespaces Across Containers” (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1048892).

In Section 31.1, “Setting Up LXC Distribution Containers”, added Procedure 31.3, “Configuring IP Addresses for Network Interfaces” (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1046413).

Added sections on disk attaching/detaching—Section 12.2.5, “Attaching Volumes to a VM Guest” and Section 12.2.6, “Detaching Volumes from a VM Guest” (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1025371).

In Chapter 6, Installation of Virtualization Components, corrected a button label in YaST (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1052536).

The e-mail address for documentation feedback has changed to doc-team@suse.com.

The documentation for Docker Open Source Engine has been enhanced and renamed to Docker Guide.

Added tip about changing the default boot kernel in Section 6.2, “Installing Xen”.

Moved and adjusted two network sections from Chapter 19, Virtual Networking to Section 13.2.3, “Using VLAN Interfaces” and Section 13.2.1.1, “Adding a Network Bridge”.

Removed the deprecated PCI and USB Pass-through related snippets in favor of VFIO (Fate #320350).

Removed the deprecated tool vm-install across the whole guide (Fate #319659).

Updated parts of the guide that refer to Virtual Machine Manager and virt-viewer to work with versions 1.4 and 4.0 of those software packages, respectively (Fate #319990).

In Section 5.2, “Virtualization GUI Tools” added note to disable automatic USB device redirection.

Added PowerKVM and updated list in Section 7.2, “Supported VM Host Servers for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 VM Guests” (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=984119 and Fate #320424).

Updated list in Section 7.1, “Supported VM Guests” (Fate #320426).

Updated list in Section 10.7.1, “Migration Requirements” (Fate #320425).

Fixed usermod options (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=983983).

Extended the <dhcp> element with <host> for assigning the predefined IP and host name in Example 13.1, “NAT Based Network” (Fate #320265).

Added Section 13.1.1.5, “Obtaining IP Addresses with nsswitch for NAT Networks (in KVM)” (Fate #316628).

Added more commands to obtain addresses in Section 13.1.2.2, “Listing Networks” (Fate #316628).

Fixed loading igb driver Section 14.13.2, “Loading and Configuring the SR-IOV Host Drivers”.

Use kvm-clock together with NTP (Section 16.1, “KVM: Using kvm_clock”, https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=994806).

New section (Section 17.3.7, “Converting a Physical Machine into a KVM Guest”, Fate #316274).

New section (Section 18.6, “USB Pass-Through”, Fate #316612).

Added Section 20.4, “Time Stamp Counter”.

Added Section 21.2, “Mapping Network Storage to Virtual Disk” (Fate #318801).

Added Section 21.5, “Scripts for Managing Advanced Storage Scenarios” (Fate #319810).

Added Section 28.2.2.5, “Advanced Options for the qcow2 File Format”.

Added Section 29.3.1.4, “Accessing iSCSI Resources Directly” (Fate #320080).

Updated the network bridge invocation command lines in Section 29.4.3.2, “Connecting to a Bridge with qemu-bridge-helper” (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=983917).

Added PVHVM virtualization mode in Section 1.5, “I/O Virtualization” (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=958220).

Added Windows 10 to the list, added latest RHEL versions (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=961307).

Added missing supported platform KVM for IBM IBM Z 1.1.0 (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=961678).

SMT Guide is now part of the documentation for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server.

Add-ons provided by SUSE have been renamed as modules and extensions. The manuals have been updated to reflect this change.

Numerous small fixes and additions to the documentation, based on technical feedback.

The registration service has been changed from Novell Customer Center to SUSE Customer Center.

In YaST, you will now reach Network Settings via the System group. Network Devices is gone (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=867809).

Added Chapter 13, Managing Networks.

Rewrote large parts of the PCI Pass-Through documentation since KVM PCI Pass-Through has been replaced by VFIO.

Updated the lists of supported VM Guests and VM Host Servers (Fate #319284 and #319285).

Refined the information about supported live migration scenarios in Section 10.7.1, “Migration Requirements” (Fate #319283).

Added Section 10.8.2, “Monitoring with virt-top” (Fate #319422).

Added Section 12.5, “Sharing Directories between Host and Guests (File System Pass-Through)”.

Added a note on how to add SR-IOV devices on VM Guest creation to Section 14.13, “Adding SR-IOV Devices” (Fate #315577).

Fixed unclear wording in Procedure 19.1, “Configuring a routed IPv4 VM Guest” (doc comment 28137).

Added new list item for hosts in different subnets in Section 23.3, “Migrating Xen VM Guest Systems” (Fate #303927).

Added the whole chapter and moved virtio related KVM content to a subsidiary Section 27.3, “KVM Host-Specific Features”.

Added support for e1000 network card variants in Section 29.4.1, “Defining a Network Interface Card”.

Updated the NIC command line specification to the preferred -netdev -device in Section 29.4.1, “Defining a Network Interface Card”.

VFIO related improvements to Virtualization Guide (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=907145).

Added a snippet recommending only one watchdog device at a time in Section 18.1, “Best Practices and Suggestions” (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=917432).

virsh Console Configuration Is Not Documented (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=936785).

Wrong Table Title (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=938671).

Missing Word "Virtualized" (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=926337).

Added Section 12.5, “Sharing Directories between Host and Guests (File System Pass-Through)” (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=783346).

FIPS: starting of openvn client on SLES 12 fails... (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=911390).

Misleading Information Related to Supported Virtualization Host (Citrix XenServer) (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=912700).

qemu-bridge-helper Location (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=912882).

Virtualization Support Statement of OES 11 SP2 (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=914727).

Removed all KDE documentation and references because KDE is no longer shipped.

Removed all references to SuSEconfig, which is no longer supported (Fate #100011).

Move from System V init to systemd (Fate #310421). Updated affected parts of the documentation.

YaST Runlevel Editor has changed to Services Manager (Fate #312568). Updated affected parts of the documentation.

Removed all references to ISDN support, as ISDN support has been removed (Fate #314594).

Removed all references to the YaST DSL module as it is no longer shipped (Fate #316264).

Removed all references to the YaST Modem module as it is no longer shipped (Fate #316264).

Btrfs has become the default file system for the root partition (Fate #315901). Updated affected parts of the documentation.

The dmesg now provides human-readable time stamps in ctime()-like format (Fate #316056). Updated affected parts of the documentation.

syslog and syslog-ng have been replaced by rsyslog (Fate #316175). Updated affected parts of the documentation.

MariaDB is now shipped as the relational database instead of MySQL (Fate #313595). Updated affected parts of the documentation.

SUSE-related products are no longer available from http://download.novell.com but from http://download.suse.com. Adjusted links accordingly.

Novell Customer Center has been replaced with SUSE Customer Center. Updated affected parts of the documentation.

/var/run is mounted as tmpfs (Fate #303793). Updated affected parts of the documentation.

The following architectures are no longer supported: IA64 and x86. Updated affected parts of the documentation.

The traditional method for setting up the network with ifconfig has been replaced by wicked. Updated affected parts of the documentation.

A lot of networking commands are deprecated and have been replaced by newer commands (usually ip). Updated affected parts of the documentation.

Numerous small fixes and additions to the documentation, based on technical feedback.

Added Chapter 7, Supported Guests, Hosts and Features.

Updated Section 7.1, “Supported VM Guests”.

Updated Section 7.2, “Supported VM Host Servers for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 VM Guests”.

Added introductory paragraph on virt-install.

Updated Section 9.1, “GUI-Based Guest Installation” to match SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 state.

Added Section 9.2, “Installing from the Command Line with virt-install”.

Added Section 12.4, “Online Resizing of Guest Block Devices”.

Added Section 14.13.4, “Dynamic Allocation of VFs from a Pool”.

Added tip in Section 10.4.2, “Saving and Restoring with virsh”.

Migrated from Xend/xm toolkit to xl.

Added Section 22.6.3, “Increasing the Number of PCI-IRQs”.

Added a tip on nocow option in Section 28.2.2, “Creating, Converting and Checking Disk Images”.

Added Section 29.3.1.3, “Bio-Based I/O Path for virtio-blk”.

Added Section 27.3.3, “Scaling Network Performance with Multiqueue virtio-net”.

Added Section 29.3.1.1, “Freeing Unused Guest Disk Space”.

Added device_add and device_del commands.

Added Section 30.11, “QMP - QEMU Machine Protocol”.

Added Chapter 32, Migration from LXC to libvirt-lxc.