[Ocfs2-users] OCFS2-versions and SLES9/10

[Sunil Mushran]

1.1 and 1.2 tools are both compatible with ocfs2 1.2 filesystem.
The release numbers were not well coordinated in sles9 sp3.
We have since worked on improving that.

If you download sles9-sp4 or sles10 sp1, you will find modinfo
version provide the exact svn rev# the release matches with.
With sles10 sp2, ocfs2 for both el and sles is built off the same
git tree.

With tools, the latest tools support all older versions of the fs.
The reason sp2 ships 0.99 is because that was the current
version when that cd was cut. Same with other releases.

Simply put, if you are on sles9, upgrade to sp4.

Thomas.Zimolong at bmi.bund.de wrote:
> hi folks,
>
> i'm currently somewhat confused about OCFS2 version and SLES9/SLES10.
>
> unfortunately the new http://download.novell.com does not make it easier to
> find the current version of the ocfs2-rpms (or, BTW, to find anything at
> all...).
> newest version i found there for SLES9 was 1.2.1 (date 2006-05-19).
>
> any hints on how to get the matching version of ocfs2tools and ocfs2console?
>
> the modules currently running in our environment are:
> --snip
> bmiam108:~ # modinfo ocfs2
> license:        GPL
> author:         Oracle
> version:        1.2.3-SLES 7C474E63163003A704F6CD2
> description:    OCFS2 1.2.3-SLES Wed Aug  9 13:16:58 PDT 2006 (build sles)
> depends:        ocfs2_nodemanager,ocfs2_dlm,jbd
> supported:      yes
> vermagic:       2.6.5-7.283-smp SMP gcc-3.3
> -snap
> all other ocfs2-modules have the same version.
>
> system-info:
> --snip
> bmiam108:~ # uname -a
> Linux bmiam108 2.6.5-7.283-smp #1 SMP Wed Nov 29 16:55:53 UTC 2006 x86_64
> x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
> bmiam108:~ # cat /etc/SuSE-release
> SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9 (x86_64)
> VERSION = 9
> PATCHLEVEL = 3
> bmiam108:~ # SPident
>
> CONCLUSION: System is up-to-date!
>   found    SLES-9-x86_64-SP3 + "online updates"
> --snap
>
> but(!):
> -snip
> bmiam108:/opt/oracle/archivelogs # rpm -qa | grep ocfs2
> ocfs2-tools-1.1.4-0.5
> ocfs2console-1.1.4-0.5
> -snap
>
> and as if that wasn't disturbing enough, somehow we managed to
> make several ocsf2-FS's with these tools... ;-).
>
>
> what I found in the FAQ is:
> --snip
> Novell is shipping two SLES9 releases, viz., SP2 and SP3.
>     * The latest kernel with the SP2 release is 2.6.5-7.202.7. It ships with
> OCFS2 1.0.8.
>     * The latest kernel with the SP3 release is 2.6.5-7.283. It ships with
> OCFS2 1.2.3. Please contact Novell to get the latest OCFS2 modules on SLES9
> SP3. 
> ...
> SLES10 is currently shipping OCFS2 1.2.3. SLES10 SP1 is currently shipping
> 1.2.5-1.
> -snap
>
> what i find on my CDs/DVDs is (same versions for x86 and x86_64):
> SLES9-SP2
> ocfs2console-0.99.14-0.3.i586.rpm
> ocfs2-tools-0.99.14-0.3.i586.rpm
>
> SLES9-SP3
> ocfs2-tools-1.1.4-0.5.i586.rpm
> ocfs2console-1.1.4-0.5.i586.rpm
>
> SLES10
> ocfs2console-1.2.1-5.6.i586.rpm
> ocfs2-tools-1.2.1-5.6.i586.rpm
>
> SLES10-SP1
> ocfs2-tools-1.2.3-0.7.i586.rpm
> ocfs2console-1.2.3-0.7.i586.rpm
>
>
> thanks in advance and greetings from berlin
>
> thomas
>
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