Sunil Mushran
2007-Nov-07 14:28 UTC
[Ocfs2-announce] OCFS2 1.2.7-1 for RHEL4 and RHEL5 released
All, We are pleased to announce the release of OCFS2 1.2.7-1 for RHEL4 and RHEL5 on i686, x86_64, ppc64 and ia64 architectures. This release includes three frequently requested updates: * Fix for bug#5852483. This concerns a possible memory leak in the size-64 slab during asynchronous io. This bug typically shows up during a RMAN backup. * The second is a new feature, local mounts. This allows users to mount OCFS2 volumes like a local file system, i.e., without having to startup the cluster. For more, refer to tunefs.ocfs2's man page. * The last concerns the new default cluster timeouts. This change was pre-announced during the 1.2.5-6 release cycle. Please refer to the news for the full list of changes and the FAQ for instructions on upgrading to this release. http://oss.oracle.com/projects/ocfs2/news/article_16.html http://oss.oracle.com/projects/ocfs2/dist/documentation/ocfs2_faq.html#UPGRADE We are also announcing the release of OCFS2 Tools 1.2.7-1 for RHEL4 and RHEL5 on i686, x86_64, ppc64 and ia64 architectures. This release includes the following new features in tunefs.ocfs2: * Remove node slots * Shrink the journal size * Query the superblock parameters Please note that while the tools upgrade is strongly recommended for RHEL5 users, it is _required_ for RHEL4 users. Refer to the news for the full list of changes in this release. http://oss.oracle.com/projects/ocfs2-tools/news/article_5.html The next announcement concerns the tools source code repository. We have recently moved the repository from subversion to git. We have also branched the 1.2 source to allow 1.4 code to be added to the HEAD. Users interested in checking out the new features in the mainline kernel need to build the tools from the HEAD. For more, refer to the tools source page. http://oss.oracle.com/projects/ocfs2-tools/source.html Lastly, the file system packages are available for 16 RHEL4 kernels, from U2 (2.6.9-22.EL) to U5 (2.6.9-55.0.12.EL), and 9 RHEL5 kernels, from 2.6.18-8.el5 to 2.6.18-8.1.15.el5. The packages for today's RHEL5 U1 (2.6.18-53.el5) release is currently in testing. The next release of OCFS2 1.2 will be available for kernels starting from RHEL4 U4 (2.6.9-42.EL) to the latest RHEL5 kernel. 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