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Please make sure to download VCL from an mirror server. The following link will automatically select one for you that should be close to you. After downloading it make sure you verify it with MD5 or SHA1 sums AND the GPG signature (sums and signature files should be downloaded directly from Apache, not from mirrors).
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For new installs, visit the on-line installation guide.
For upgrades from version 2.2, visit the on-line upgrade guide.
For upgrades from version 2.1, visit the on-line upgrade guide for upgrading from 2.1.
VCL, Virtual Computing Lab. The VCL can be many things, first and foremost it is an open-source system used to dynamically provision and broker remote access to a dedicated compute environment for an end-user. The provisioned computers are typically housed in a data center and may be physical blade servers, traditional rack mounted servers, or virtual machines. VCL can also broker access to standalone machines such as a lab computers on a university campus.
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The release supports provisioning nodes using xCAT 1.3, xCAT 2.x, VMWare Server 1.x, VMWare Server 2.x, VMWare ESX 3.5, and VMWare ESXi with both purchased licenses and free licenses.
VCL 2.2.1 (this release)
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With each release, we'll be working toward making VCL easier to install. As part of our move to development at the Apache Software Foundation, it is an obvious goal to create a community of users and more developers around VCL. Bringing in more developers should become easier as VCL becomes easier to install.
There are five ways to become involved in the ASF VCL community.
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If you find a bug, please submit a bug report to our JIRA bug tracking system at http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/VCL (you will need to set up an account there if you haven't already done so - it's free to anyone). Also, we would appreciate it if you mentioned that you filed a bug on the vcl-dev list to make sure we don't miss it.
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After you have created a JIRA issue, you have the option to vote on it to help us know how to prioritize issues. You can also "watch" the issue to see when activity related to it is submitted.
Release Notes - VCL - Version 2.2.1
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\[[VCL-140|https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/VCL-140]\] - General variable table |
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\[[VCL-310|https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/VCL-310]\] - remove jpgraph dependency |
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\[[VCL-312|https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/VCL-312]\] - remove View Mode and any uses of user.adminlevelid |
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\[[VCL-373|https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/VCL-373]\] - Enable Windows Server 2008 RDP audio - it's disabled by default |
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\[[VCL-394|https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/VCL-394]\] - Backend VMware improvements for 2.2.1 release |
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\[[VCL-414|https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/VCL-414]\] - modify XMLRPCaddUserGroup to accept a paramter specifying value for custom field |
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\[[VCL-424|https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/VCL-424]\] - Remove unused variables from subroutines in backend modules |
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\[[VCL-425|https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/VCL-425]\] - modify scheduler to be aware of RAM allocated to VMs on each VM host |
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\[[VCL-426|https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/VCL-426]\] - modify scheduler to not give user same computer if user had very recent, short reservation and other computers are available |
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\[[VCL-232|https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/VCL-232]\] - add way to delete multiple computers |
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\[[VCL-401|https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/VCL-401]\] - add manageMapping resource attribute to control resource mapping |
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\[[VCL-403|https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/VCL-403]\] - make the scheduler aware of image and machine types so that virtual and bare images and computers can be mixed |
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\[[VCL-405|https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/VCL-405]\] - create provisioningOSinstalltype table to map provisioning methods to OSinstalltypes |