Download/vzctl/4.8/changes

Changes

Since 4.7.2:

New functionality

• vzctl set: add NUMA --nodemask (sponsored by FastVPS)
• vzmigrate: speed up by using se ploop copy with feedback if available
• vzmigrate: speed up by reusing ssh connection
• init.d/vz: show CT stop status
• init.d/vz: implement parallel CT start (#2954, #2083)
• init.d/vz, vz.conf: use/expose VE_PARALLEL
• vzctl start,restore: add --skip-remount
• vzctl snapshot-switch: add --must-restore
• vzmigrate: ability to run ploop copy with timestamps

Fixes

• vzctl.spec: disable VE0 conntracks only if unused (#2755)
• vzmigrate: fix for --snapshot (#2907)
• vzmigrate: don't run vzfsync if there is no need (#3055)
• vzmigrate: undo_lock if check_cpt_props failed
• vzmigrate: don't exit 1 on success
• vzlist: fix showing DISABLED (#3029)
• vzlist: fix cpulimit rounding (#3063)
• redhat-set_hostname.sh: fix for F15+/RHEL7 (#3051)
• vzctl compact: use built-in PATH (#2990)
• postcreate.sh: fix caps for suexec

Improvements

• debian-add_ip.sh: support for Ubuntu 14.04
• postcreate.sh: add RHEL7/CentOS7 support
• vzctl create --diskinodes: check for max ploop size
• vzctl set --ostemplate: require --save (#2909)
• vzmigrate: don't specify default cipher
• vzmigrate: use getopt for option parsing
• vzmigrate: detect "can't lock CT" error
• vzmigrate: don't use rsync --delete-excluded
• cpumask: allow for up to 4096 CPUs
• vz_setcpu(): don't ignore errors from set_cpu*
• fixed a few memory leaks and non-closed fds reported by Coverity
• compare_osrelease(): fix for 3.x kernels
• parse_{chkpnt,restore}_opt: don't print error twice
• parse*opt(): add/improve extra args check
• vzctl create: improve "no ploop" error message

Documentation

• vznnc(8): add
• vzctl --help: fix iolimit
• vzctl(8): document set --ostemplate (#2909)
• vzctl(8): add --nodemask, --must-restore, --skip-remount
• vzctl(8): improve --netfilter
• vz.conf(5): document VE_PARALLEL
• vzmigrate(8), vzmigrate --help: document --ssh-mux

Build system

• setver.sh: check for ./configure to run autogen
• setver.sh: abort if autogen.sh/configure fails

For the complete list of changes in this release, see git changelog for vzctl-4.8.

Thanks

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):

• Anthony Moon
• Aleksandar Ivanisevic
• Pavel Odintsov
• paparaciz
• Florian Bantner
• Ionut Biru
• Evgenii Terechkov
• Kevin Holly
• Stefan Eriksson
• Sean Fulton
• Andrey Tataranovich