All, We are pleased to announce the release of OCFS2 Tools 1.2.3. This release is fully compatible with the OCFS2 1.2.x and the OCFS2 bundled with the mainline Linux kernel 2.6.20 (and earlier). The summary of changes in this release are as follows: * Backup super block support added * Local mount support added (works with OCFS2 in kernel 2.6.20 and higher) * icheck command in debugfs shows the inode# that is using a given block# * Heartbeat thread's io priority can now be set (works with OCFS2 in kernel 2.6.20 and higher) * O2CB service no longer offline's cluster when hb is active (bug fix) * Bugs fixed in fsck, debugfs and console For more on the Backup super block support, please refer: http://oss.oracle.com/projects/ocfs2/dist/documentation/ocfs2_faq.html#BACKUPSB The FAQ has been updated with the latest edits highlighted in red. The complete list of changes can be found under the News section. http://oss.oracle.com/projects/ocfs2-tools/news/article_2.html The packages for Oracle Enterprise Linux 4 are available. Use "up2date ocfs2-tools ocfs2console" to update to the latest release. SLES users will need to contact Novell to obtain the binary packages for this release. The source patch has been made available to Novell. The packages for the Red Hat's EL4 on x86, x86_64, ia64, ppc and s390x architectures are available in the Download section. http://oss.oracle.com/projects/ocfs2-tools/files/RedHat/RHEL4/ As always, we look forward to hearing from you on the ocfs2-users@oss.oracle.com mailing list. The OCFS2 Team OCFS2: http://oss.oracle.com/projects/ocfs2/ TOOLS: http://oss.oracle.com/projects/ocfs2-tools/ FAQ: http://oss.oracle.com/projects/ocfs2/dist/documentation/ocfs2_faq.html GUIDE: http://oss.oracle.com/projects/ocfs2/dist/documentation/ocfs2_users_guide.pdf