Virtualization

The following virtualization related features and functionalities are deprecated in Oracle Linux 10.

Virt Manager

The Virtual Machine Manager application (virt-manager) is deprecated. The Cockpit web console is intended to become its replacement in a subsequent release.

Libvirtd

The monolithic libvirt daemon (libvirtd) is deprecated and will be removed in a future major release. Use the newly introduced modular libvirt daemons instead.

SecureBoot Image Verification

Performing SecureBoot image verification using SHA1-based signatures on UEFI (PE/COFF) executables is deprecated. Use signatures based on the SHA-2 algorithm or later instead.

Virtual Floppy Driver

The isa-fdc driver, which controls virtual floppy disk devices, is deprecated and will become unsupported in a future release.

Qcow2-v2 Image Format

The qcow2-v2 format for virtual disk images is deprecated and will become unsupported in a future major release. Use qcow2-v3 instead.