Welcome to the new Xen.org weekly newsletter with a variety of information to keep you updated on all things Xen. This newsletter is an upgrade from my previous weekly communications and is meant to offer a broader scope of Xen.org activities. Please feel free to contact me with suggestions for the newsletter.
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From virtualization.info:
Oracle just released its first updated for VirtualBox after the acquisition of Sun.
The list of bugs corrected in version 3.1.4 is long but there are no new features .
An interesting thing is that the company decided to change the default behavior of the engine: now VirtualBox tries to leverage hardware virtualization acceleration by default, [...]

Nice blog posting from Open Source Zenoss at http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SocializedSoftware/~3/tSQHqVWdS9s/.
This week I am very excited because we released Zenoss Core 2.5.2 with a cool new feature,  Xen hypervisor monitoring.
I am very happy to see Zenoss put this out as open source software, because it’s the beginning of what could be a great piece of software. Now [...]

As the final part of this XCP tutorial, I wanted to add one more item that I discovered when booting up my HVM guest from a CD image. After complete all the memory and VM setup issues I got the following response to starting my new VM:
xe vm-start  uuid=f0ddc908-79a9-ea0f-7a22-17c8c4bd983c
The bootloader returned an error  vm: [...]

As a continuation on my previous XCP Tutorial, I wanted to share some experiences with memory problems that have been a hindrance in my successful installation of new VMs on XCP.
1) Too much memory is taken up in my local storage repository (SR) – with each attempt to create a new VM, memory is put [...]

I am back with new information on XCP and the steps I used to launch a HVM guest from a CD on my XCP server. I will also be adding another blog posting about the memory issues I faced during this procedure but are probably not a common issue for most people with large enough [...]

As we have completed another month, I have updated the Project Golden Ratio tracking sheet with February 2010 data. It is important to remember that February only has 28 days so some of the data items are a bit smaller but the trends on monthly statistics are already clear. The complete data set is  here.
Some [...]

Thanks to everyone for voting on the Xen.org Mascot Contest. I have closed the first round of voting and we have three clear favorites for the finals:
Entry #5 – Zen Penguin from Dana Rawding
Entry #1 – Bonsai Tree form Joe Shon
Entry #10 – Sitting Panda Chewing Bamboo from Valentin Höbel
Thanks to all the people who [...]

I have added a new community member spotlight for March – Thiago Martins. Thiago is currently the maintainer of the Xen Live CD and is active on the xen mailing lists as well as working full time at WorldWeb Internet Hosting as an IT Manager . His full profile is here.
If you would like to [...]

We are very pleased to introduce ConVirt 2.0 – the next major step up in open source virtualization management. The ConVirt 2.0 generation combines a flexible, open architecture, the highest level of management capabilities, and the industry’s most flexible pricing model.  Built on a brand-new, 3-tier architecture, ConVirt 2.0 includes a highly interactive, web-based user [...]

New release candidates are available:
http://xenbits.xensource.com/xen-3.4-testing.hg (tag 3.4.3-rc3) http://xenbits.xensource.com/xen-unstable.hg (tag 4.0.0-rc5)
Please test! I think both of these are pretty close to final now.

Welcome to the new Xen.org weekly newsletter with a variety of information to keep you updated on all things Xen. This newsletter is an upgrade from my previous weekly communications and is meant to offer a broader scope of Xen.org activities. Please feel free to contact me with suggestions for the newsletter.
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Xen.org Mascot Contest [...]

With the release of linux kernel 2.6.33 yesterday comes the release of the latest kvm kernel module kvm-kmod-2.6.33. This release includes a small amount of changes since the previous 2.6.33-rc6 release. The kvm-kmod module allows you to use the latest kvm kernel module features with older kernels that your older kernel will support. To install on your linux distro, simply extract files and run configure then make and make install from the root directory. Also released today was kvm-kmod-2.6.32.9 mirroring the latest release of the kernel version 2.6.32.

The CafePress Xen Store (http://www.cafepress.com/xen_org) is having a sale on clothing – 20% of using code APP20

Attention all speakers for Xen Summit at AMD in April:
The time is NOW to submit your topic for consideration at http://xensummit.org . The event program committee is waiting for your submissions to review and place into the event agenda. Please let me know if you have any questions.

At SCALE this past weekend, I did a short interview with The BitSource.com. The Bitsource is an online publication and research lab with a primary focus on IT operations and Web development. The Bitsource brings together best-in-class research, reviews, and most importantly; the people who make it happen.
From the interview…
I had the chance to speak [...]

The blog maintenance is complete.

I am taking the blog down to upgrade WordPress. Please Stand By…

Lanamark announced a partnership with Oracle that will enable Oracle channel partners to leverage Lanamark Suite to design and deliver desktop and server virtualization solutions based on Oracle VM. Lanamark will be presenting at upcoming Oracle VM boot camps and created a calculator for comparing Oracle VM vs.

I am on my way home from LA to Florida and wanted to send an update to the community on the Xen.org promotion at SCALE this weekend:

Booth – There was plenty of traffic over the 2 day event at the booth and I had the opportunity to learn about open source Xen installations at MySpace, [...]

Can a Chameleon Change its Spots?
I had lunch today with veteran virtualization blogger Alessandro Perilli, who was in the Seattle area for the Microsoft MVP Summit. Alessandro has repeatedly been the first to spot key industry trends. He is truly plugged-in, and brings to his analysis a level of technical insight and honesty that I [...]

Great Picture from SCALE 8x….

Welcome to the new Xen.org weekly newsletter with a variety of information to keep you updated on all things Xen. This newsletter is an upgrade from my previous weekly communications and is meant to offer a broader scope of Xen.org activities. Please feel free to contact me with suggestions for the newsletter at stephen.spector@xen.org.
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If you are in LA this weekend and looking for something to do, come by the SCALE 8x event where Xen.org is hosting a booth in the exhibit hall. I will also be presenting on the Xen.org community on Sunday at 3pm PST and you don’t want to miss one of my amazing talks (at [...]

From VMBlog.com – A webcast roundtable chat on client/desktop virtualization held on 9th February 2010 in London. On the panel was Intel’s Jim Henrys, Ian Pratt from Citrix and Guy Lidbetter from Atos Origin
Video: The Truth About Client Computing and Virtualization

The new tag is 4.0.0-rc4

The third RC is tagged as 4.0.0-rc3 in http://xenbits.xensource.com/xen-unstable.hg – please test!

The Xen.org Wiki now has an open area for companies looking to hire Xen engineers – http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/JobListings.  There are two new postings from Citrix on this wiki page and I will gladly work with additional companies interested in hiring Xen professionals.

Here are the current voting results for the Xen.org community mascot (top 6 entries):
Entry #5 -  Zen Penguin
Entry #10 – Sitting panda (chewing bamboo) and/or sitting on a server
Entry #1 – Bonsai Tree
Entry #3 – Ninja
Entry #2 – Meerkat
Entry #4 – A representation that would suggest here is where silicon meets the software…
The three highest [...]

Xen Community:
I have ported the xen-users mailing list commonly asked questions guide from a pdf to an editable wiki page at http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/XenUsersQuestions. I update this information monthly based on the previous months questions on the xen-users mailing list. As this is now a wiki document, it will be easier for update by the community.
The Wiki [...]