Subj : Proxmox 8.2 is out!
To   : All
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Thu Apr 25 2024 08:39 am


Check it out, download an ISO or hit "update", and enjoy! 

I was able to hit update from the GUI and it was a seamless upgrade. I do like the addition of VMWare migration tools and the ability to create an unattended install ISO. I work with lots of remote offices, and if I could send someone servers, tell them what to plug in where, and to boot off an ISO, that would rock.





Proxmox VE 8.2
Released 24. April 2024: See Downloads

Based on Debian Bookworm (12.5)
Latest 6.8 Kernel as new stable default
QEMU 8.1.5
LXC 6.0.0
ZFS 2.2.3
Ceph Reef 18.2.2
Ceph Quincy 17.2.7
Highlights
New import wizard to migrate guests directly from other hypervisors.
Connect to other hypervisors using their public APIs and directly migrate guests to Proxmox VE.
First implementation is for VMware ESXi.
Guests can be started on Proxmox VE while their data is still being imported to the target storage in the background.
Support for automated and unattended installation of Proxmox VE.
Proxmox VE now ships a tool that prepares a Proxmox VE ISO for automated installation.
The prepared ISO retrieves all required settings for automated installation from an answer file.
The answer file can be provided directly in the ISO, on an additional disk such as a USB flash drive, or over the network.
Backup fleecing (advanced feature).
When creating a backup of a running VM, a slow backup target can negatively impact guest IO during the backup process.
Fleecing can reduce this impact by using fast local storage as a buffer for data blocks.
However, the fleecing approach requires the use of temporary local storage space.
Backup fleecing can make sense when backing up IO-heavy guests to a remote Proxmox Backup Server with a slow network connection.
Modernized Proxmox VE firewall implementation based on nftables (opt-in technology preview).
The new implementation is written in Rust and intended to replace the current firewall based on iptables in the future.
Moving to nftables will improve robustness and make it possible to fix long-standing issues with the old implementation.
The nftables firewall is provided as a technology preview to gather feedback from the community and needs to be enabled manually.
With a few exceptions, its feature set is nearly on par with the old firewall implementation.
Seamless upgrade from Proxmox VE 7.4, see Upgrade from 7 to 8
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