Webinar: How to Virtualize with KVM in Live Demo, August 28

Abstract
We will explain basic KVM concepts, including CPU and memory virtualization, storage, network management, as well as a brief overview about commonalities and differences with other virtualization environments. Furthermore, a live demo will demonstrate how to use the KVM management tools to create and install Linux guests, how to operate and monitor.

Speaker
Christian Bornträger, Chief Product Owner Linux and KVM on IBM Z.

Registration
Register here. You can check the system requirements here.
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

Replay & Archive
All sessions are recorded. For the archive as well as a replay and handout of this session and all previous webcasts see here.

QEMU v4.1 released

QEMU v4.1 is out. For highlights from a KVM on Z perspective see the Release Notes.
Note: The DASD IPL feature is still considered experimental.

New Documentation: Configuring Crypto Express Adapters for KVM Guests

See here for a new documentation release on how to configure Crypto Express adapters for KVM guests.

SLES 15 SP1 Released

SLES 15 SP1 is out! See the announcement and their release notes with Z-specific changes.
It ships the following code level updates:

• QEMU v3.1 (GA: v2.11)
• libvirt v5.1 (GA: v4.0)

See previous blog entries on QEMU v2.12, v3.0 and v3.1 for details on new features that become available with the QEMU package update.
Furthermore, SLES 15 SP1 introduces the kvm_stat tool, which can be used for guest event analysis.

KVM at SHARE Pittsburgh 2019

Yes, we will be at SHARE in Pittsburgh this August!
See the following session in the Linux and VM/Virtualization track:

• KVM on IBM Z News (Session #25978): Latest news on our development work with the open source community

RHEL 8 released

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 is out! See the announcement and their release notes with Z-specific changes.
It ships the following code levels:

• Linux kernel 4.18
• QEMU v2.12
• libvirt v4.5

QEMU v4.0 released

QEMU v4.0 is out. Besides a number of small enhancements, some items that we would like to highlight from a KVM on Z perspective:

• CPU models for z14 GA2 as follows:
     $ qemu-system-s390x -cpu help -enable-kvm | grep z14.2
     s390 z14.2-base      IBM z14 GA2           (static, migration-safe)
     s390 z14.2           IBM z14 GA2           (migration-safe)
• vfio-ap now supports hotplugging of vfio-ap devices.