[Announce] vzctl 3.1

[Kir Kolyshkin]

OpenVZ project has released a new vzctl version.
Read below for more information. Everybody is advised to upgrade.

Changes
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Since 3.0.30.2

New features
* preliminary beta support for ploop (aka container-in-a-file) technology
   - new global config parameter VE_LAYOUT={simfs|ploop}
   - new vzctl create options --layout and --diskspace
   - new vzctl convert command to convert from simfs to ploop (not back!)
   - vzctl mount/umount implemented for ploop case
   - vzctl set --diskspace does ploop image resize
   - second-level (quotaugidlimit) quota on ploop/ext4 support
   - basic snapshot functionality (vzctl snapshot* commands)
* support for CT console (vzctl console command)

Fixes
* gentoo-add_ip.sh: do not set up venet0 if no IPs (#2077)
* vzctl enter: fix garbage output after enter (#2139, #2146)
* vzlist: do not exit with 1 if there are no CTs (#2149)
* vps-download: fix downloaded template GPG check (#2162)
* vps-download: fix to work under dash
* vzctl destroy: remove dump file as well (#2163)
* init.d/vz: fix grep statement
* vzctl restore: fix "container already running" exit code

Improvements
* Make the "Failed to set up upstart" message more verbose (#2140)
* vzctl create: tell "Creating container" at the right time
* vzctl create: show tarball extraction progress using pv (if available)
* init.d/vz: Stricter auto-replacement of CONFIGFILE (#2169)
* init.d/vz: fix for "we are in container" check
* postcreate.sh: add ability to skip crontab time randomization (#2174)
* Improve config parsing and its error reporting
* vzctl create: improve 'sample config not found' error msg
* umount_submounts(): process mounts in reverse order

Documentation
* ploop and console documented in appropriate man pages
* man/vzctl.8: fix --diskspace description for ploop case
* man/vzctl.8: --diskquota, --diskinodes and --quotatime are ignored for 
ploop
* some macros that are not available on older systems are now embedded
* vzctl man page: simplified SYNOPSYS section
* vz.conf(5), vzctl(8): fix/improve description of CONFIGFILE / --config
* vzctl --help: fix create options
* vz.conf(5), vzctl(8): describe DEF_OSTEMPLATE / --ostemplate
* vzctl(8), vzctl --help: add missing --name option to 'create'
* vzctl(8): add CTID to commands where it was absent

See full changelog here:
http://git.openvz.org/?p=vzctl;a=shortlog;h=vzctl-3.1


Download
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http://wiki.openvz.org/Download/vzctl/3.1


Bug reporting
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Please report all bugs found to http://bugzilla.openvz.org/


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Thanks
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OpenVZ project would like to thank the following people who contributed
patches and/or provided bug reports for this vzctl release
(in no particular order):

     * Frank Wassmuth
     * Marc Perkel
     * Michal Grzedzicki
     * Ilja Livenson
     * Konstantin Khlebnikov
     * Pavel Odintsov
     * samix_119


Regards,
       OpenVZ team.