4.3. Red Hat Virtualization 4.2 Batch Update 2 (ovirt-4.2.5)

The new boot_hostdev hook allows virtual machines to boot from passed through host devices such as NIC VF's, PCI-E SAS/RAID Cards, SCSI devices for example without requiring a normal bootable disk from a Red Hat Virtualization storage domain or direct LUN.

The new boot_hostdev hook allows virtual machines to boot from passed through host devices such as NIC VF's, PCI-E SAS/RAID Cards, SCSI devices for example without requiring a normal bootable disk from a Red Hat Virtualization storage domain or direct LUN.

This release introduces a new `rhv-log-collector-analyzer --live` tool that creates an HTML analysis of your Red Hat Virtualization deployment. It list major entities and warns of common issues, mostly focused on pre-upgrade action items.

This release introduces a new `rhv-log-collector-analyzer --live` tool that creates an HTML analysis of your Red Hat Virtualization deployment. It list major entities and warns of common issues, mostly focused on pre-upgrade action items.

This update adds support for IBM POWER9 hypervisors with RHEL-ALT and POWER9 guests. It also adds support for POWER8 guests on a POWER9 hypervisor and live migration of POWER8 guests between POWER8 and POWER9 hypervisors.

This update adds support for IBM POWER9 hypervisors with RHEL-ALT and POWER9 guests. It also adds support for POWER8 guests on a POWER9 hypervisor and live migration of POWER8 guests between POWER8 and POWER9 hypervisors.

This feature adds static routes support to ovirt-provider-ovn, as specified in
https://developer.openstack.org/api-ref/network/v2/#routers-routers

The appropriate REST request for this is as follows:
{
"router": {
  "routes": [
   {
      "destination": "179.24.1.0/24",
       "nexthop": "172.24.3.99"
   },
  ...

This feature adds static routes support to ovirt-provider-ovn, as specified in
https://developer.openstack.org/api-ref/network/v2/#routers-routers

The appropriate REST request for this is as follows:
{
"router": {
  "routes": [
   {
      "destination": "179.24.1.0/24",
       "nexthop": "172.24.3.99"
   },
  ...

This update adds a secure AMD EPYC CPU variant for CVE-2018-3639, called "AMD EPYC IBPB SSBD".

This update adds a secure AMD EPYC CPU variant for CVE-2018-3639, called "AMD EPYC IBPB SSBD".

This update adds a feature to control pop up notifications. Once 3 or more notifications are showing, "Dismiss" and "Do not disturb" buttons will appear that allow the user to silence notifications.

This update adds a feature to control pop up notifications. Once 3 or more notifications are showing, "Dismiss" and "Do not disturb" buttons will appear that allow the user to silence notifications.

There were inconsistencies in the following internal configuration options:

* HotPlugCpuSupported
* HotUnplugCpuSupported
* HotPlugMemorySupported
* HotUnplugMemorySupported
* IsMigrationSupported
* IsMemorySnapshotSupported
* IsSuspendSupported
* ClusterRequiredRngSourcesDefault

If you are having issues with these features, upgrade to Red Hat Virtualization 4.2.5+ to resolve the problem.

There were inconsistencies in the following internal configuration options:

* HotPlugCpuSupported
* HotUnplugCpuSupported
* HotPlugMemorySupported
* HotUnplugMemorySupported
* IsMigrationSupported
* IsMemorySnapshotSupported
* IsSuspendSupported
* ClusterRequiredRngSourcesDefault

If you are having issues with these features, upgrade to Red Hat Virtualization 4.2.5+ to resolve the problem.