OpenNebula 3 SP2 (3.8.5) - Incremental Release Notes
Oct 25th, 2013. The OpenNebula Project announces the general availability of the second Service Pack for the OpenNebula 3 Series (3.8.5). After its first year, and for two additional years, the Project distributes Service Packs (SP) for each major release that combine all the patches to easily install or deploy its last update. Service Packs allow users to maintain their current OpenNebula version as long as possible, preserving the stability and security of their data centers, as they transition from one OpenNebula Series to the next.
This is a maintenance release that fixes bugs reported by the community after 3.8.4 was released. This release only includes bug fixes and is a recommended update for everyone running any 3.x. Check out the OpenNebula 3.8 Twin-Jet release notes for the release highlights and a summary of the new features incorporated in OpenNebula 3.8.
Important bugs solved since 3.8.4 release include:
In large environments, the default xmlrpc server used by OpenNebula comes with a fixed number of current sockets that can make OpenNebula slow in answering requests. If you are running such a large scale environment, you can compile OpenNebula 3.8.5 against a newer version of xmlrpc that is able to be configured using a special set of parameters. More information in this ticket.
OpenNebula 3.8.5 is API compatible with OpenNebula 3.x, so you should expect that applications and drivers developed for 3.x work with this release.
Also there have been minor changes in the OpenNebula DB schema to accommodate big resource descriptions. These changes are automatically managed by the migration process, but if you have developed any customization you may need to update it.
A detailed upgrade process can be found in the documentation.
For a complete set of changes to migrate from a 3.x installation please refer to the Compatibility Guide. You should also read this document if you are an OpenNebula 3.x user.
OpenNebula is released under the Apache 2.0 open source license. The complete source tree and binary packages for OpenNebula can be downloaded here.
Please report any bug or send feedback at the development portal or at the mailing list.
The documentation of OpenNebula 3.8 can be found here.
We'd like to thank the great feedback received, it is an essential part of the process that makes OpenNebula a reality, and the primary source of improvement. A detailed list of people that have contributed to OpenNebula 3.8, can be found in the Twin-Jet release notes
More information about the project can be found at the project web page. You may be also interested in checking the OpenNebula Ecosystem that includes many interesting projects contributed by the community to enhance or add new features to OpenNebula.