Before upgrading a virtual machine, it is recommended to make a snapshot to be able to revert a Domain/VM to a snapshot in case an error occurs during the upgrading process. There is a command to create a snapshot of a Virtual Machine (VM) while it is running.
A Logical Volume manager (LVM) for Linux enables to manage disk space in a very flexible way. It allows to add disk space to a logical volume and its filesystem while such filesystem is mounted and active. It provides the ability to collect multiple physical hard drives and partitions in a single volume group that can be divided into logical volumes.
VirtualCable and OpenNebula Systems have signed a Technology Partnership agreement to join the power of their software and offer their customers a next generation VDI solution. OpenNebula Systems has granted OpenNebula Ready certification to UDS Enterprise, which ensures compatibility and seamless integration of both solutions.
Microsoft has announced that the preview of Azure Service Fabric for Linux will be available on September 26, during the Microsoft Ignite Conference that will be held in Atlanta (EEUU). This announcement means that Service Fabric clusters in Azure can be provisioned using Linux as host operating system and deploy Java applications in Service Fabric clusters. Initially, Service Fabric for Linux will be available for Ubuntu and it will also support RHEL soon.
The italian military is going to be the european administration to make the largest transition to Open Source software. During the next four years, more than 100.000 PCs will migrate to LibreOffice as part of LibreDifesa project, which will save 26 to 29 millon euros to italian administration.
The main reasons for the military to perform this move are interoperability and long-term accesibility of documents and information. The army of this country is standardising on the Open Document Format (ODF) and is advising its users to use free fonts.
