Appendix B. Revision History

Revision History
Revision 3.5-75Wed 27 Jul 2016Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Documentation Team
BZ#1359544 - Updated the links to the Storage Administration Guide and DM Multipath Guide.
Revision 3.5-74Mon 18 Apr 2016Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Documentation Team
BZ#1320923 - Updated the link to the RHEVM Virtual Appliance.
BZ#1306517 - Added an overview and diagrams of the self-hosted engine backup and restoration procedure.
Revision 3.5-73Wed 23 Mar 2016Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Documentation Team
BZ#1317378 - Added a link to a Customer Portal solution that outlines steps for enabling a new Manager virtual machine and removing a dead Manager virtual machine in scenarios where the Manager database is restored successfully, but the Manager virtual machine appears to be Down and cannot be migrated to another self-hosted engine host.
Revision 3.5-72Thu 25 Feb 2016Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Documentation Team
BZ#1310139 - Updated the storage requirements for deploying the RHEV-M Virtual Appliance with the RHEV-H-based self-hosted engine.
Revision 3.5-71Mon 08 Feb 2016Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Documentation Team
BZ#1290096 - Updated the 3.4 and 3.5 upgrade procedures.
BZ#1278310 - Added link to required subscriptions in the virtual machine configuration procedure in the self-hosted engine section.
BZ#1288672 - Added a note warning that configuring a bonded and vlan-tagged network interface as the management bridge is currently not supported.
BZ#1151265 - Added new topic 'Removing a Host from a Self-Hosted Engine Environment'.
BZ#1300145 - Added an important warning that SELinux should stay enforcing as problems with migrating hosts can occur if it is disabled.
Revision 3.5-70Fri 25 Dec 2015Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Documentation Team
BZ#1275504 - Clarified the topic 'Migrating to a Self-Hosted Environment'.
Revision 3.5-69Tue 08 Dec 2015Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Documentation Team
BZ#1285598 - Added procedures 'Migrating the Data Warehouse Database to a Remote Database Server' and 'Migrating the Reports Database to a Remote Server Database'.
BZ#1276122 - Corrected syntax for automatic VLAN assignment for Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor.
Revision 3.5-68Tue 01 Dec 2015Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Documentation Team
BZ#1285598 - Added procedure 'Migrating the Self-Hosted Engine Database to a Remote Server Database'.
Updated the RHEV-M Virtual Appliance download link.
Revision 3.5-67Tue 24 Nov 2015Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Documentation Team
BZ#1281642 - Added a step to disable all repositories after subscribing to a pool id.
BZ#1276121 - Updated the automated RHEV-H installation networking parameters section.
BZ#1229358 - Updated the Host Compatibility Matrix table.
BZ#1283819 - Updated the subscription topics to make sure yum update is run after the required repositories are enabled.
Revision 3.5-66Mon 26 Oct 2015Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Documentation Team
BZ#1259804 - Updated browser requirements.
BZ#1175406 - Clarified the Hypervisor upgrade procedure.
BZ#1273715 - Removed documentation for an unsupported feature.
BZ#1247486 - Updated the upgrade instructions.
BZ#1249163 - Added the word optional to the SNMP and CIM port descriptions.
Revision 3.5-65Thu 24 Sep 2015Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Documentation Team
BZ#1224935 - Updated the procedure for configuring an offline repository, and added a procedure for updating the offline repository.
BZ#1265293 - Updated the OS version requirements for the Manager.
Revision 3.5-64Mon 07 Sep 2015Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Documentation Team
BZ#1259568 - Added if using cisco_ucs as the power management device on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 hosts, ssl_insecure=1 needs to be appended to the options field.
Revision 3.5-63Tue 25 Aug 2015Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Documentation Team
Minor updates for RHEV 3.5.4.
Revision 3.5-62Tue 25 Aug 2015Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Documentation Team
BZ#1241478 - Added content that covers deployment of self-hosted engine on Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor.
BZ#1243235 - Added missing steps to upgrade the self-hosted engine hosts from Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.4 to 3.5.
BZ#1253749 - Updated the host matrix table and self-hosted engine content to include support for RHEL 6.7.
Revision 3.5-61Tue 04 Aug 2015Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Documentation Team
BZ#1229797 - Updated information on setting host CPU at the cluster level, and updated information on adding FCP storage.
BZ#1248273 - Updated virtualization host storage requirements.
BZ#1229486 - Updated SPICE support information.
BZ#1213305 - Updated the introduction to storage topic.
Revision 3.5-60Wed 08 Jul 2015Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Documentation Team
BZ#1231025 - Updated considerations for upgrading to 3.5.
BZ#1240869 - Updated the list of repositories for RHEL 7 hosts.
Revision 3.5-59Fri 03 Jul 2015Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Documentation Team
BZ#1232136 - New section 'Backing up and Restoring a Self-Hosted Environment' added with six new topics.
Revision 3.5-58Wed 24 Jun 2015Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Documentation Team
BZ#1232140 - Added steps for removing the Data Warehouse and Reports files from the previous machine after migrating.
Revision 3.5-57Mon 15 Jun 2015Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Documentation Team
BZ#1227563 - Added download and supporting documentation links to the Hypervisor installation chapter.
Revision 3.5-56Tue 02 Jun 2015Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Documentation Team
BZ#1216289 - Added a link to the RHEV Upgrade Helper lab application.
BZ#1190653 - Updated the creating a new cluster topic.
Revision 3.5-55Tue 12 May 2015Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Documentation Team
BZ#1160742 - Added a step to topics on configuring Data Warehouse and Reports on the Manager about moving self-hosted engine to maintenance mode.
BZ#1215998 - Removed an invalid command from the procedure for migrating to a self-hosted environment.
BZ#1215283 - Fixed an incorrect chkconfig command.
Revision 3.5-54Tue 28 Apr 2015Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Documentation Team
BZ#1188416 - Updated subscription and installation media information for self-hosted engine.
BZ#1207030 - Updated the host compatibility matrix to include Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1.
BZ#1205009 - Updated the self-hosted engine repo list.
BZ#1204579 - Updated the incorrect subscription-manager command syntax.
BZ#1172379 - Revised instructions for Manager database setup.
BZ#1204585 - Added further explanation of SCSI ALUA.
BZ#1169192 - Updated the PCI device section and updated the required repo list for RHEL 6 hosts.
BZ#1209333 - Checked all repo list and updated terminology for RHSM.
BZ#1206392 - Changed all instances of 'Red Hat Storage' to 'Red Hat Gluster Storage'.
BZ#1193251 - Updated the browser and client requirements.
BZ#1204170 - Updated the use of the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager Virtualization Appliance with the Hosted Engine.
Revision 3.5-53Thu 19 Mar 2015Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Documentation Team
BZ#1190655 - Added documentation for the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager Virtualization Appliance.
Revision 3.5-52Fri 13 Mar 2015Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Documentation Team
BZ#1195448 - Updated the self-hosted engine repo list.
Revision 3.5-51Wed 11 Mar 2015Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Documentation Team
BZ#1191809 - Added the ipv6 and bond_options parameters for the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor.
BZ#1199474 - Updated the procedure for upgrading the self-hosted engine.
BZ#1191810 - Added the disable_aes_ni and nfsv4_domain parameters for the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor.
BZ#1191813 - Updated information on data partition sizing for the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor.
BZ#1122912 - Added documentation for the Diagnostics screen of the hypervisor configuration menu.
BZ#1122915 - Added documentation for the Performance screen of the hypervisor configuration menu.
BZ#1122919 - Added documentation for the Plugins screen of the hypervisor configuration menu.
BZ#1192319 - Added RHEL 7 to the host compatibility matrix table.
BZ#1193252 - Updated installation instructions.
BZ#1190988 - Added SSH Key URL (optional) field to the Kdump Screen for the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor.
BZ#1190992 - Added Enable SCSI DH_ALUA field to the Remote Storage Scree for the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor.
Revision 3.5-50Fri 27 Feb 2015Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Documentation Team
BZ#1195448 - Updated the supported versions of hosts for hosted engine deployment and included additional information on using the 'screen' command for deploying the hosted engine over a network.
BZ#1156009 - Added a procedure for migrating the Reports service to a separate machine.
BZ#1156015 - Added procedures for migrating the Data Warehouse service and Data Warehouse database to separate machines.
BZ#1193686 - Added a note on keeping RHEL 6/RHEV-H 6 and RHEL 7/RHEV-H 7 in different clusters.
BZ#1172331 - Updated upgrade procedures.
BZ#1190993 - Added Organization field to the RHN Registration Screen for the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor.
BZ#1190983 - Added Set Console Path field to the Status Screen for the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor.
BZ#1190986 - Added Interval field to the Logging Screen for the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor.
BZ#1190994 - Added a link to the RHEV-H 7 article.
Revision 3.5-49Thu 19 Feb 2015Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Documentation Team
BZ#1182144 - Added a link that directs users to the History Database Size Calculator tool.
BZ#1192491 - Corrected a command that enables repositories for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 hosts.
BZ#1156009 - Added a procedure for migrating the Reports service to a separate machine.
BZ#1156015 - Added procedures for migrating the Data Warehouse service and Data Warehouse database to separate machines.
Revision 3.5-48Tue 10 Feb 2015Andrew Burden
BZ#1075540 - Updated the information on the maintenance modes for the self-hosted engine.
Revision 3.5-47Mon 9 Feb 2015Julie Wu
BZ#1172951 - Added content on automated installation for Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisors.
Revision 3.5-46Fri 6 Feb 2015Tahlia Richardson
BZ#1184670 - Updated the Hypervisor section to add a recommendation and change "the oVirt Engine screen" to "the RHEV-M screen".
Revision 3.5-45Fri 23 Jan 2015Lucy Bopf
BZ#1169176 - Updated the list of prerequisites for installing the Manager.
Revision 3.5-44Mon 19 Jan 2015Lucy Bopf
BZ#1169176 - Updated content on the permissions for the local ISO domain.
Revision 3.5-43Mon 19 Jan 2015David Ryan
BZ#1153351 - Updated the supported management client configurations.
Revision 3.5-42Tue 13 Jan 2015Lucy Bopf
BZ#1176795 - Moved Data Warehouse and Reports installation content into the Installation Guide.
Revision 3.5-41Tue 06 Jan 2015Lucy Bopf
BZ#1121878 - Reinstated the History and Reports chapter heading, and added a link that directs users to the Data Warehouse and Reports article set.
Revision 3.5-40Mon 15 Dec 2014Andrew Burden
Review and multiple corrections to 'hypervisor' when used as a proper noun.
Revision 3.5-39Thurs 11 Dec 2014Tahlia Richardson
BZ#1172299 - Updated the command for saving iptables rules persistently.
Revision 3.5-38Mon 08 Dec 2014Julie Wu
BZ#1170798 - Updated with RHEV-H storage requirements and updated the Hypervisor installation section to point to the RHEV-H 7.0 installation article.
BZ#1157205 - Updated the supported RHEL version for the Manager.
BZ#1124129 - Added a note to highlight the implementation of JSON protocol in 3.5.
Revision 3.5-37Wed 26 Nov 2014Tahlia Richardson
BZ#1149970 - Adjusted the description of firewall port 6100.
Revision 3.5-36Tues 18 Nov 2014Julie Wu
BZ#1164726 - Updated the fixed URL for 'Adding Local Storage' and 'Preparing Local Storage'.
Revision 3.5-35Tues 18 Nov 2014Lucy Bopf
BZ#1121878 - Removed outdated chapter on history and reports, as this content has been expanded and moved to the Customer Portal.
Revision 3.5-34Wed 12 Nov 2014Andrew Dahms
BZ#1044852 - Updated the procedure on installing the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor.
Revision 3.5-33Sun 09 Nov 2014Laura Novich
BZ#1123921 - Added new option for host network bridging.
Revision 3.5-32Fri 07 Nov 2014Tahlia Richardson
BZ#1149970 - Added rows to the Manager firewall table for ports 6100 and 7410.
BZ#1157934 - Adjusted the layout of all of the firewall tables.
Revision 3.5-31Tue 04 Nov 2014Lucy Bopf
BZ#1155377 - Revised section on installing and configuring a Squid proxy.
Revision 3.5-30Mon 03 Nov 2014Lucy Bopf
BZ#1138480 - Removed information suggesting that the default data center should not be removed.
Revision 3.5-29Tue 28 Oct 2014Tahlia Richardson
BZ#1150148 - Removed the default storage type question from RHEV-M setup.
BZ#1123951 - Added iSCSI as a storage options for the self-hosted engine, and removed the topic "Limitations of the Self-Hosted Engine".
Revision 3.5-28Tue 28 Oct 2014Julie Wu
BZ#1154537 - Added an important note on upgrading to the latest minor version before upgrading to the next major version.
Revision 3.5-27Tue 21 Oct 2014Tahlia Richardson
BZ#1125070 - Edit for typos and inconsistencies.
Revision 3.5-26Mon 20 Oct 2014Julie Wu
BZ#1132792 - Added a note on registering your system from the subscription manager GUI.
BZ#1066161 - Added a note on network out of sync conditions.
Revision 3.5-25Fri 17 Oct 2014Tahlia Richardson
BZ#1148210 - Updated version numbers in Self-Hosted engine topics.
BZ#1149922 - Added RHEL 7 instructions to the procedure for checking network connectivity on a newly installed host.
Revision 3.5-24Wed 15 Oct 2014Julie Wu
Updated the hardware certification link to https://hardware.redhat.com/.
BZ#1152523 - Added an important note on Hypervisors configured with bond or bridge device must be manually added from the Manager's side.
Revision 3.5-23Mon 13 Oct 2014David Ryan
BZ#1066464 - Updated minimum system requirements.
BZ#1151880 - Corrected spelling errors.
Revision 3.5-22Thu 09 Oct 2014David Ryan
BZ#1150951 - Corrected product name errors.
Revision 3.5-21Thu 09 Oct 2014David Ryan
BZ#1147711 - Correcting shutdown command syntax.
Revision 3.5-20Wed 08 Oct 2014Julie Wu
BZ#1124129 - Included support for JSON protocol.
Revision 3.5-19Wed 08 Oct 2014Lucy Bopf
BZ#1122596 - Updated the chapter on Red Hat Enterprise Linux hosts to include installation and configuration topics that previously appeared in a separate chapter.
Revision 3.5-18Wed 01 Oct 2014Julie Wu
BZ#1145040 - Added an important note referring to the RHEL Security Guides.
Removed all Beta references
BZ#1147294 - Checked throughout the guide for outdated RHEL host versions.
Revision 3.5-17Fri 19 Sep 2014Tahlia Richardson
BZ#1143843 - Removed RHN Classic references and replaced "Red Hat Network" with "Content Delivery Network.
BZ#1094766 - Added a note about squid proxy connection timeout.
BZ#1121013 - Added an Important box reminding the user to enable virtualization in the host's BIOS settings.
Revision 3.5-16Thu 18 Sep 2014Andrew Burden
Brewing for 3.5-Beta.
Revision 3.5-15Wed 17 Sep 2014Julie Wu
BZ#1142549 - Updated the affected sections with 3.5 beta channels and support for RHEL7 hosts.
Revision 3.5-14Thu 11 Sep 2014Laura Novich
BZ1063951 - Removed Step 4 from 7.5.3.5. Configuring Network Interfaces.
Revision 3.5-13Thu 11 Sep 2014Laura Novich
BZ1132792 - Removed instructions for installation via RHN Classic.
Revision 3.5-12Tue 09 Sep 2014Julie Wu
Building for splash page.
Revision 3.5-11Mon 08 Sep 2014Lucy Bopf
BZ#1123246 - Updated section on approving a Hypervisor.
Revision 3.5-10Mon 01 Sep 2014Lucy Bopf
BZ#1123246 - Added a procedure for manually adding a Hypervisor host to the Manager.
Revision 3.5-9Thu 28 Aug 2014Andrew Dahms
BZ#1083382 - Added a section outlining how to modify the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor ISO file.
BZ#853119 - Added a description of how to modify user and group IDs in the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor ISO file.
Revision 3.5-8Mon 25 Aug 2014Julie Wu
BZ#1123739 - Updated kbase article link for offline installation.
Revision 3.5-7Thu 21 Aug 2014Tahlia Richardson
BZ#1122345 - Updated Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization installation instructions for 3.5-beta.
BZ#1105691 - Added the required channels to the procedure.
BZ#1123200 - Changed "select" to "enter" in the Other Device Selection section of the procedure on installing the Hypervisor interactively.
Revision 3.5-6Thu 21 Aug 2014Lucy Bopf
BZ#1123226 - Revised the procedure for configuring networking in the Hypervisor to include IPv6 options.
Revision 3.5-5Wed 20 Aug 2014Lucy Bopf
BZ#1122349 - Added new topics for 3.5-beta upgrade procedure.
BZ#1123199 - Removed reference to the Hypervisor rebooting after registration with the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager.
BZ#1123212 - Revised the Hypervisor install procedure to reflect the actual output in the Data field during storage setup.
BZ#1123214 - Added a note that the Hypervisor will accept a weak password.
BZ#1123216 - Removed a reference to a message that no longer appears after a successful Hypervisor installation.
BZ#1123235 - Revised the procedure for registering the Hypervisor to the Manager to exclude the 'Retrieve Certificate' button.
BZ#1121854 - Changed the default answer for confirming update of hosts in a self-hosted environment from 'no' to 'yes'.
Revision 3.5-4Wed 30 Jul 2014Andrew Dahms
BZ#1074917 - Added a note to the section on configuring a SPICE proxy regarding compatibility with SPICE HTML5 and noVNC.
BZ#1044852 - Revised the procedure on installing the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor to improve clarity.
Revision 3.5-3Wed 23 Jul 2014Lucy Bopf
BZ#1093486 - Removed the procedure for checking kvm module, and added a note about enabling virtualization in the BIOS.
BZ#1114787 - Updated links to access.redhat.com to exclude '/site'.
Revision 3.5-2Tue 15 Jul 2014Andrew Burden
BZ#1104114 - 'Installing the Self-Hosted Engine' now clearly lists the channels required to install the ovirt-self-hosted package.
Revision 3.5-1Thu 5 Jun 2014Lucy Bopf
Initial creation for the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.5 release.