[Ocfs2-users] OCFS2 1.2.5 and OCFS2 TOOLS 1.2.4 Release

[Sunil Mushran]

File a bug in bugzilla. The console may not be picking up the correct 
version.

Smith, Barry wrote:
> Hi Sunil,
>
> I've installed tools and console version 1.2.4 (on linux red hat 4,
> kernel 2.6.9-42.0.10.EL), but in the console when I click 'Help' -->
> 'About' it comes up saying version 1.1.0?
>
> Regards,
>
> Barry
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ocfs2-users-bounces at oss.oracle.com
> [mailto:ocfs2-users-bounces at oss.oracle.com] On Behalf Of Sunil Mushran
> Sent: 07 April 2007 02:39
> To: ocfs2-announce at oss.oracle.com; ocfs2-users;
> ocfs2-tools-announce at oss.oracle.com
> Subject: [Ocfs2-users] OCFS2 1.2.5 and OCFS2 TOOLS 1.2.4 Release
>
> All,
>
> We are pleased to announce the release of OCFS2 1.2.5 and
> OCFS2 Tools 1.2.4.
>
> This release provides the long awaited configurable network
> timeout feature. This feature was originally written by Andrew
> Beekhof and ported to the OCFS2 1.2 tree by Jeff Mahoney, both
> of Novell/SUSE.
>
> The complete list of changes post OCFS2 1.2.4 are listed here:
> http://oss.oracle.com/projects/ocfs2/news/article_11.html
>
> The complete list of changes post OCFS2 Tools 1.2.3 are listed
> here:
> http://oss.oracle.com/projects/ocfs2-tools/news/article_3.html
>
> Please note that as we had to update the network protocol in the
> 1.2.5 release, we cannot support rolling upgrade from 1.2.4 or
> earlier to 1.2.5. This change was necessitated by the configurable
> timeout feature. (The updated protocol ensures that all nodes in
> the cluster are using the same timeout values.)
>
> Apart from the above feature, the only other change of consequence
> relates to fencing. Due to user reports of nodes hanging during
> fencing, we have made an internal change to ensure that it does
> not. You can read more about this in the Quorum and Fencing section
> in the FAQ.
> http://oss.oracle.com/projects/ocfs2/dist/documentation/ocfs2_faq.html#Q
> UORUM
>
> As always, the latest edits in the FAQ are highlighted in red.
>
> Subscribers to the Oracle Enterprise Linux 4 can upgrade to
> the latest release by issuing the following commands:
> 	# up2date --install ocfs2-tools ocfs2console
> 	# up2date --install ocfs2-`uname-r`
>
> Novell has already added all the patches bundled in this release
> to their SLES10 SP1 tree. Please contact Novell for the release
> schedule.
>
> Packages for Red Hat's RHEL4 are available in the OCFS2 download
> area for all eleven kernels (starting 2.6.9-22.EL) and five
> architectures. Follow the links to download the appropriate
> package. (Refer to the FAQ if you are unclear as to which package
> you need to install.)
>
> Lastly, due to popular demand, we are also announcing OCFS2 support
> for Oracle Unbreakable Linux subscribers for uses other than just
> with the Oracle RDBMS. This support is limited to the current
> capabilities of the file system. You can review our future plans
> on the OCFS2 Development Roadmap wiki.
> http://oss.oracle.com/osswiki/OCFS2/Roadmap
>
> As always, we look forward to hearing from you on the
> ocfs2-users at 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_guid
> e.pdf
>
>
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