Virtuozzo Hybrid Server 9: RHEL 9 Hypervisor, Cluster-Wide Orchestration and Modern Web UI

Virtuozzo Team | August 7, 2024 | Product Updates | Hosting Platform, Product Updates, Virtuozzo Hybrid Server

We are excited to introduce the latest version of Virtuozzo Hybrid Server, a robust bare-metal virtualization solution combining KVM-based virtual machines and software-defined storage into an efficient hosting platform.

Virtuozzo Hybrid Server 9 integrates the advanced RHEL9-based Virtuozzo KVM hypervisor with the intuitive web UI and cluster-wide orchestration from OnApp, to create a powerful and user-friendly experience.

This release brings a set of security, performance, and backup enhancements. Here’s a summary of the highlights, along with links to the full release notes, upgrade instructions, and a getting started guide for new users.

RHEL9-based hypervisor

  • Built on RedHat Enterprise Linux 9, featuring the 5.14.x Linux kernels, QEMU 6.0.x, and LibVIRT 7.6.x.
  • Enhanced Security and Reliability powered by Linux kernel 5.14.x.
  • Expanded Hardware Support compatible with the RHEL 9 Certified Hardware Catalog.

Intuitive UI

Virtuozzo Hybrid Server 9 now features a new, user-friendly interface acquired and adjusted from OnApp Cloud. This new interface replaces the Virtuozzo Power Panel and Virtuozzo Automator, significantly enhancing accessibility. The updated web panel simplifies user interaction and infrastructure management, providing a more intuitive and streamlined experience.

Improved backup subsystem

  • Advanced Backups: all backups are now block-level, application-consistent, and support changed block tracking (CBT).
  • Incremental Backups supported across all virtual machine operating systems.
  • Legacy Storage Support: new backup capabilities for Virtual Machines with disks based on legacy LVM storage in Virtuozzo Hybrid Server 9 zones.

Full release notes

Other improvements in Virtuozzo Hybrid Server 9 include:

  • Simplified Installation with new interactive post-install configuration tool.
  • New Compute Zone based on a Virtuozzo-tuned KVM hypervisor, utilizing QCOW2 format for virtual machine disk images.
  • Enhanced VM Management: virtual machine settings (passwords, network parameters) managed via guest tools.
  • Template Server: New server with first-party virtual machine templates, pre-installed with guest tools.
  • ReadyKernel enables kernel updates without needing to reboot the physical server.
  • Virtuozzo Storage replaces OnApp Integrated Storage providing a self-healing, high-performance storage solution for enterprise-class data availability.

For a comprehensive list of new features, improvements, and fixes in this release, please refer to the Release Notes documentation.

How to install / upgrade

Before getting started with Virtuozzo Hybrid Server 9, we encourage you to test your hardware compatibility using our detection tool.

If you are deploying from scratch, please follow the Installation Guide.

If you are OnApp Cloud user, please follow the upgrade guides:

If you are currently using Virtuozzo Hybrid Server 7.5 or older, you will receive a separate communication with information about the upgrade process for you.

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