Bug#123887: [corryk@us.ibm.com: [Evms-devel] [ANNOUNCE] EVMS Release 0.9.0 (Beta)]
This new release should include changes which were necessary for a proper
Debian package to be created. Now that it is out, I can resume work on the
package.
----- Forwarded message from Kevin Corry <corryk@us.ibm.com> -----
Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2002 17:44:05 -0600
From: Kevin Corry <corryk@us.ibm.com>
To: evms-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
Cc: evms-announce@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [Evms-devel] [ANNOUNCE] EVMS Release 0.9.0 (Beta)
The EVMS team is officially announcing its first Beta release. Package 0.9.0
of the Enterprise Volume Management System is now available for download at
the project web site:
http://www.sf.net/projects/evms
Highlights for version 0.9.0:
v0.9.0 - 1/17/02
- Core Engine
- New APIs for Filesystem Interface Modules.
- Support for setting properties of volumes, objects, and containers.
- New user-interface tasks.
- Expand containers, mkfs, fsck, defrag.
- Improved user-space discovery algorithm.
- GUI
- Support for expanding containers and removing objects from containers.
- Support for setting object properties.
- Command Line
- Support for expanding, shrinking containers.
- LVM Plugin
- Supports adding/removing objects (PVs) from containers in the GUI or the
EVMS command line.
- MD Plugin
- Runtime support for Linear, RAID-0, and RAID-1.
- Sync and spare-failover available for RAID-1.
- Hot-add for RAID-1 still under development.
- Engine support for Linear, RAID-0, and RAID-1.
- Discovery, creation, deletion.
- Engine discovery support for RAID-5. No creation yet.
- Recommended to NOT use the EVMS MD plugin and the original MD driver in
the same kernel.
- EVMS Drivelinking Plugin
- Support for missing elements in a drive-link. Exports the drive-link in
read-only mode to allow recovery of data on the remaining elements.
- AIX Plugin
- Minimal discovery in user-space. Constructs all containers without
exporting any regions.
- Text-Mode Interface
- All code and features added. Needs additional testing.
- Kernel
- Supports specifying an EVMS volume as a "root=" kernel boot-parameter.
- Lots of testing and bug-fixes.
Kevin Corry
corryk@us.ibm.com
Enterprise Volume Management System
http://www.sf.net/projects/evms
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