Proxmox VE 2.3 / 3.0 RC2 - Changelog

What's new in Proxmox VE 2.3:

March 5th, 2013

· update qemu-kvm to 1.4.0
· new kvm backup implementation, see Backup and Restore
· added RBD (ceph) support on GUI
· update kernel to vzkernel-2.6.32-042stab072.10.src.rpm
· include latest Broadcom bnx2/bnx2x drivers
· include latest Adaptec aacraid driver 1.2-1[29900]
· update e1000e to 2.2.14
· update igb to 4.1.2
· update ixgbe to 3.12.6
· enable CONFIG_RT_GROUP_SCHED (also update corosync if you install this kernel)
· extend memory GUI to support ballooning
· implement auto-ballooning
· add HD resize feature to expand disks
· updated network drivers (bnx2/bnx2x/e1000e/igb/ixgbe)
· added omping binaries (for testing multicast between nodes)
· update to latest Debian version 6.0.7
· qcow2 as default storage format, cache=none (previously raw)
· KVM64 as default CPU type (previously qemu64)
· e1000 as default NIC (previously rtl8139)
· task history per VM
· Node Summary: added "KSM sharing" and "CPU Socket count"
· enable/disable tablet for VM on GUI without stop/start of VM (you can use vmmouse instead, for lower CPU usage, works on modern Linux and on all Windows VMs as long as you install the vmmouse drivers)
· bug fixes (for all details see bugtracker and GIT

What's new in Proxmox VE 2.2:

October 24th, 2012

· update kernel to vzkernel-2.6.32-042stab062.2.src.rpm
· update Intel nics drivers (e1000e to 2.1.4, ixgbe to 3.11.33, igb to 4.0.17)
· update qemu-kvm to 1.2.0
· openvz: update vzctl to 4.0
· openvz: use real console instead of 'vzctl enter'
· add live snapshot support (qcow2)
· added Slovenian translation
· kvm: new option to select SCSI controller hardware
· kvm: support up to 32 network devices
· kvm: support up to 16 virtio devices
· kvm: add SATA to GUI
· updated cluster packages
· update to latest Debian version 6.0.6
· bug fixes (for all details see bugtracker and GIT

What's new in Proxmox VE 2.0 RC1:

February 17th, 2012

· Role based user- and permission management for all objects (VM´s, storages, nodes, etc.)
· Support for multiple authentication sources

· Microsoft Active Directory
· LDAP
· Linux PAM
· Proxmox VE internal authentication

· New Kernel, based on vzkernel-2.6.32-042stab049.6.src.rpm
· vzdump uses now LZO compression by default (faster)
· Countless bug fixes

What's new in Proxmox VE 2.0 Beta 2:

November 29th, 2011

Backup and Restore:

· GUI and CLI, works for OpenVZ containers and KVM VM´s
· "Backup Now" via GUI
· Complete new backup scheduler
· All jobs can be monitored as “Recent tasks”
· vzdump package is obsolete, all code went into pve-manager package

OpenVZ:

· Multiple storages for OpenVZ container, no limit to /var/lib/vz anymore!!!
· vswap support
· Improved init.log (shows startup logs of a OpenVZ container)

KVM monitor:
· Simple File Manager

· Upload ISO images and templates via browser
· No size limit anymore, you can upload DVD iso to all storage types via browser, even BD works
· Works on all nodes, e.g. if you are connected on node1 you can upload images to storage on node2

Logging:

· Syslog viewer complete reworked, auto refresh
· Clusterwide “Recent tasks”, major improvements

· “Right-click” menus

· Starting and shutdown container and VM´s
· Open VNC Console

VNC Console:

· Can be opened also for non-running container and VM´s (easier to debug startup issues for KVM guests)

Browser support:

· Initial support for IE, Firefox and Chrome are preferred (use always latest versions)

Kernel:

· Based on vzkernel-2.6.32-042stab042.1.src.rpm

· Countless small bug fixes