Download/vzctl/3.2/changes

Changes

Since 3.1:

New features

• vzctl console now accepts tty number argument
• vzctl console: add ESC ! to issue SAK
• vzlist: show diskspace/diskinodes usage/limit for ploop CTs
• vzlist: add more new fields
  • layout (simfs/ploop)
  • private/root (to show VE_PRIVATE and VE_ROOT)
  • features
  • smart_ctid (CT name if available, otherwise numeric CTID)

Fixes

• vzctl start: ability to start containers with systemd (such as Fedora 16 and SUSE 12.1)
  • Console and upstart/systemd hacks removed
  • Note this requires recent RHEL6-based kernel
• vzctl set --ram, --swap: default value is now in bytes
• vzctl set --save: do not save parameters if failed to apply (#2032)
• vzctl restore: fix non-working in-CT quota after restore for ploop case
• vzctl restore: do not ignore DUMPDIR value
• Fix giving excessive permissions for ugid quota disk device
• vzctl console: do not issue SAK on detach (it can kill scripts)
• vzctl start: umount ploop image on CT start
• vzctl set/start/convert</code: check for max possible ploop size (#2250)
• vzlist: do not show UBC from proc for stopped CTs (#2151)
• init.d/initd-functions: fixes for dash
• vzubc: fix mixed up qheld/qmaxheld (#2238)
• vzctl snapshot: resume CT if creating snapshot failed
• vzmigrate: skip vzquota ops for ploop-based CTs (related to #2252)
• vzmigrate: do not migrate ploop CT if ploop is not available on dst
• vzmigrate: do not use --sparse for ploop CTs (related to #2252)
• Fix error handling in vps_is_run() (#2243)

Improvements

• vps-download: accept relative template cache paths (#2222)
• vzlist: use smart_ctid instead of ctid in default output format
• vzctl set --ram/swap and vzctl start: check if kernel is vswap capable (#2251)
• bash_completion: only complete simfs CTs for vzctl convert
• bash_completion: only complete ploop CTs for vzctl snapshot*
• vzubc: allow -qh/-qm argument to be per cent (if > 1)
• vzctl snapshot: removed snapshot-create command alias
• vzctl snapshot: add --skip-suspend option
• vzctl set --features/--iptables/--capability: ability to specify several comma-separated values at once
• Code cleanups:
  • include/*.h: remove non-existent function prototypes
  • remove NULL checks before free()
  • some functions marked as static, moved to there they belong

Documentation

• Add --ram, --swap to vzctl --help output (#2219)
• vzctl(8): explain host_mac value for bridge (#2210)
• vzctl(8): better description of --quotaugidlimit wrt ploop
• vzctl(8): do not use "second-level quota" term
• vzctl(8): document ttynum vzctl console argument
• vzctl(8): add/improve escape sequences description for vzctl console
• vzctl(8): document --reset_ub
• vzctl(8): describe --name and --description for vzctl snapshot
• vzctl(8): various formatting fixes and improvements
• vzmigrate(8): add missing exit codes description
• man/toc.man.in: fix Copyright years
• vzctl.spec: add changelog

For the complete list of changes in this release, see git changelog for vzctl-3.2.

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):

• Michael Shigorin
• Slava Dubrovskiy
• Artur Cichocki
• cybernet
• Antonis Christofides
• boris
• Todd Mueller
• Ilja Livenson
• Paparaciz
• Nils Breunese