[Users] vz7 libvirt integration

[Sergey Bronnikov]

Hi, Frank

On 09:43 Tue 09 Aug , Frank Laszlo wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> My company is rolling out a new setup, which was originally going to use
> openvz 6. With the release of vz7, we'd like to take a moment to see if it
> meets our requirements.
> 
> I have a handful of questions that I have no been able to find answers to,
> as the documentation is rather spare.
> 
> 1) Am I able to create containers using libvirt? (specifically from XML
> passed to virsh) What does this XML look like?

Max, please comment.

> 2) Are OS Templates any different than openvz 6.0?

Yes, OpenVZ 7 uses EZ templates.
See https://docs.openvz.org/openvz_users_guide.webhelp/_managing_templates.html

> 3) Has vz7 been tested with openvswitch and veth?
> 4) Does networking in vz7 work like KVM does now that we're using KVM for
> the hypervisor?
> 5) I noticed vz7 supports qcow2, In my testing containers created with
> prlctl were still using ploop. Is there a trick to enable this?

Dima, please comment.

> 6) Can VZ7 hosts be kickstarted? I thought I read somewhere that kickstart
> was a "premium" feature only available in the paid version.

Installation using Kickstart is available in OpenVZ 7 too - https://docs.openvz.org/openvz_installation_using_pxe_guide.webhelp/_creating_a_kickstart_file.html

> I'm sure I'll have a bunch more questions, but this is where I'm starting
> at. Thank you.
> 
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