diff --git a/deliverables/rocky/nova.yaml b/deliverables/rocky/nova.yaml index b5c6ca0fc1..9d29853206 100644 --- a/deliverables/rocky/nova.yaml +++ b/deliverables/rocky/nova.yaml @@ -28,29 +28,22 @@ branches: name: stable/rocky cycle-highlights: - | - Nova is now using the new Neutron port binding API to minimize network - downtime during live migrations. See the `related spec - `_ - for more details. + Improvements were made to minimize network downtime during live migrations. + In addition, the libvirt driver is now capable of live migrating between + different types of networking backends, for example, linuxbridge => OVS. - | - Volume-backed instances will no longer report ``root_gb`` usage for new - instances and existing instances will heal during move operations. + Handling of boot from volume instances when the Nova compute host does not + have enough local storage has been improved. - | - A ``nova-manage db purge`` command to `purge archived shadow table data - `_ - is now available. A new ``--purge`` option is also available for the - ``nova-manage db archive_deleted_rows`` command. + Operators can now disable a cell to make sure no new instances are + scheduled there. This is useful for operators to introduce new cells to the + deployment and for maintenance of existing cells. - | - It is now possible to `disable a cell - `_ - to stop scheduling to a cell by using the - ``nova-manage cell_v2 update_cell`` command. + Security enhancements were made when using Glance signed images with the + libvirt compute driver. - | - The libvirt compute driver now supports trusted image certificates when - using the 2.63 compute API microversion. See the `image signature - certificate validation - `_ - documentation for more details. + A ``nova-manage db purge`` command is now available to help operators with + maintenance and avoid bloat in their database. - | The placement service now supports granular RBAC policy rules configuration. See the `placement policy