Release: VKernel vOperations Suite 4.5
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VKernel, recently acquired by Quest Software has released version 4.5. of its vOperations Suite (vOps). vOperations is a suite of products providing Performance Analysis, Capacity Management, Resource Optimization, Reporting and Chargeback functionality for VMware and Hyper-V environments.
This version lacks the support for Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV), which the company announced in August and promised to deliver in Q4 this year.
vOperations Suite 4.5 adds the following new features:
· Added Automation features
o Auto deletion of abandoned VM images
o Auto-merging of unused snapshots
o Automated remediation for performance issues
o Auto-calculation of future resource requirements
o Automatic generations of alerts of abnormal metrics and trends
· Automation processes can now be more specifically controlled
· Support for VMware vSphere 5 storage DRS and storage clusters, new HA methods and inclusion of data from the VASA storage interface
· Reporting enhancements, like new reports, customize data tables, reporting widgets, dashboards
· Virtualization Cost Index now calculates the base cost for operating a VM
Release: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2
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Open source vendor Red Hat has released version 6.2 of its Linux distribution, Red Hat Enterprise Linux. This version is the follow-up of version 6.1 which was released in May this year.
Version 6.2 consolidates all patches, enhancements and security updates released after version 6.1. Some of the new features provided are:
- PCI-e 3.0 and USB 3.0 support
- Ability to set upper limits for CPU consumption providing better overall control of CPU allocation
- Introduction of Control Groups (cgroups), which are used to create and manage slices of computing resources for specific processes. cgroups can be used as part of SLA management.
- Inclusion of Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.0 beta, announced in August this year, which will leverage the RHEL enhancements
- KVM, Virtual CPU timeslice sharing for multiprocessor guests
- KVM, reduced network related CPU utilization on the host
- Enhanced network drivers in KVM which process UDP traffic faster
- Ability to monitor and audit the entire boot sequence including the boot process before a guest is actually booted
- Linux Container virtualization technology, in Technology Preview status providing application level containers.
Release: Linux Integration Services for Microsoft Hyper-V 3.2
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Microsoft has released version 3.2 of the Linux Integration Services for its hypervisor Hyper-V. This version is the follow-up of version 3.1 which was released in July this year.
The Linux Integration Services enable synthetic driver support for Virtual Machines running one of the supported Linux Distributions, currently the 32 and 64 bit versions of:
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.0 and 6.1 (up to 4 vCPU)
- CentOS 6.0 (up to 4 vCPU)
Users of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 en Red Hat Enterpise Linux 5 should still use version 2.1. of the Linux Integration Services for Hyper-V.
Version 3.2 provides the following new features:
- Integrated mouse support, no longer a seperate package to get integrated mouse support
- Updated network drivers which work with Hyper-V provided with the Windows 8 Developer Preview
- Issue fixed with System Center Virtual Machine Manager compatiblity.
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