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<!-- [[Image<translate>--><!--T:Parallels Virtuozzo Containers box.jpg|right]] 1-->'''VirtuozzoOpenVZ 7''' is [http://www.odin.com/ Odin] a virtualization and automation solution built on top of OpenVZcomponents. Virtuozzo OpenVZ 7 provides improvements and additional functionality in the areas of density, management tools, recovery, and other areasetc. Specific benefits of Virtuozzo OpenVZ compared to OpenVZ other virtualization solutions can be found in [[Comparison|this article]].

<!--T:2-->OpenVZ is a small open-source part of [https://www.virtuozzo.com/products/vz7.html Virtuozzo built on top of OpenVZ technologies but 7 infrastructure] which provides extended number necessary features, services, and support for medium and large businesses. Most notable features of functionalityVirtuozzo are reliable and fast [[Virtuozzo_Storage|software-defined storage]], automated [https://docs.virtuozzo.com/virtuozzo_7_users_guide/managing-virtual-machines-and-containers/managing-virtual-machine-and-container-backups.html backups],enhanced amount higher [https://docs.virtuozzo.com/virtuozzo_7_command_line_reference/managing-containers/supplementary-tools.html density of services containers], live patching for kernel by [https://docs.virtuozzo.com/virtuozzo_infrastructure_platform_admins_cmd_guide/advanced-tasks/updating-with-readykernel.html ReadyKernel], timely [https://docs.virtuozzo.com/virtuozzo_7_users_guide/keeping-your-system-up-to-date/updating-virtuozzo.html updates] and [https://www.virtuozzo.com/support/all-products.html 24x7 support].

OpenVZ consists from open components and includes<!--T:5-->* [[Download/kernel/rhel7|RHEL7 kernel]] , RHEL7-based kernel, a Linux kernel with full container support with all features patches that implements OpenVZ kernel functionality.* [[CRIU|Checkpoint/Restore In Userspace]], or CRIU, is a software tool for Linux that enables you to freeze a running application (or a part of it) and benefits checkpoint it to a hard drive as a collection of RHEL7 kernelfiles. You can then use the files to restore and run the application from the point it was frozen at.

* [[P.Haul]] is the project on top of CRIU that implements the live migration usage scenario.* [[LibVirt]] - API to manage virtual machines as well as containers * Unified management tools* [https://src.openvz.org/projects/OVZ/repos/libprlsdk/browse Parallels [Libprlsdk|Virtuozzo SDK] ] is our own API to manage virtual machines and containers with Python bindings.* and [[http://libguestfs.org/ libguestfsCategory:Sub-projects | other components]]

== Roadmap Download ==<!--T:6-->

<!--T: 7-->[https://download.openvz.org/virtuozzo/releases/7.0/x86_64/iso/ Download] installation ISO image, burn image to USB flash drive or DVD and boot yourcomputer from it. Follow installation steps and get installed OpenVZ. Follow steps in article [[RoadmapUpgrade script from OpenVZ to Virtuozzo 7|migrate containers from OpenVZ]] with future milestonesif you want to upgrade to the next version.

== Release cycle User statistics ==According to recent [https://stats7-web.openvz.org/ user statistics report] the OpenVZ 7 is already widely used in the world. Most popular hardware vendors are Supermicro and Dell.

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== See also == <!--T:8-->* [https://docs.openvz.org/ OpenVZ 7 documentation]* [httphttps://wwwsrc.odinopenvz.comorg/projects/OVZ OpenVZ 7 source code]* [https:/products/virtuozzostats7-web.openvz.org/ Commercial Virtuozzo distributionOpenVZ 7 user statistics]

* [[Virtuozzo ecosystemRoadmap]]* [[Releases]]