diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index f1852058928bc3d3952286c098ae7309067ad30b..125606a01e71a491b7d34739d729496b2d8c856e 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,322 +1,391 @@ +News +==== + Version 2.0.3 - - Added β--ignore-sizeβ to the βgnt-instance activate-disksβ command - to allow using the pre-2.0.2 behaviour in activation, if any - existing instances have mismatched disk sizes in the configuration - - Added βgnt-cluster repair-disk-sizesβ command to check and update - any configuration mismatches for disk sizes - - Added βgnt-master cluste-failover --no-votingβ to allow master - failover to work on two-node clusters - - Fixed the β--netβ option of βgnt-backup importβ, which was unusable - - Fixed detection of OS script errors in βgnt-backup exportβ - - Fixed exit code of βgnt-backup exportβ +------------- + +- Added ``--ignore-size`` to the ``gnt-instance activate-disks`` command + to allow using the pre-2.0.2 behaviour in activation, if any existing + instances have mismatched disk sizes in the configuration +- Added ``gnt-cluster repair-disk-sizes`` command to check and update any + configuration mismatches for disk sizes +- Added ``gnt-master cluste-failover --no-voting`` to allow master + failover to work on two-node clusters +- Fixed the β--netβ option of ``gnt-backup import``, which was unusable +- Fixed detection of OS script errors in ``gnt-backup export`` +- Fixed exit code of ``gnt-backup export`` + Version 2.0.2 - - Added experimental support for stripped logical volumes; this should - enhance performance but comes with a higher complexity in the block - device handling; stripping is only enabled when passing - --with-lvm-stripecount=N to configure, but codepaths are affected - even in the non-stripped mode - - Improved resiliency against transient failures at the end of DRBD - resyncs, and in general of DRBD resync checks - - Fixed a couple of issues with exports and snapshot errors - - Fixed a couple of issues in instance listing - - Added display of the disk size in βgnt-instance infoβ - - Fixed checking for valid OSes in instance creation - - Fixed handling of the βvcpusβ parameter in instance listing and in - general of invalid parameters - - Fixed http server library, and thus RAPI, to handle invalid - username/password combinations correctly; this means that now they - report unauthorized for queries too, not only for modifications, - allowing earlier detect of configuration problems - - Added a new βroleβ node list field, equivalent to the master/master - candidate/drained/offline flags combinations - - Fixed cluster modify and changes of candidate pool size - - Fixed cluster verify error messages for wrong files on regular nodes - - Fixed a couple of issues with node demotion from master candidate - role - - Fixed node readd issues - - Added non-interactive mode for βganeti-masterd --no-votingβ startup - - Added a new β--no-votingβ option for masterfailover to fix failover - on two-nodes clusters when the former master node is unreachable - - Added instance reinstall over RAPI +------------- + +- Added experimental support for stripped logical volumes; this should + enhance performance but comes with a higher complexity in the block + device handling; stripping is only enabled when passing + ``--with-lvm-stripecount=N`` to ``configure``, but codepaths are + affected even in the non-stripped mode +- Improved resiliency against transient failures at the end of DRBD + resyncs, and in general of DRBD resync checks +- Fixed a couple of issues with exports and snapshot errors +- Fixed a couple of issues in instance listing +- Added display of the disk size in ``gnt-instance info`` +- Fixed checking for valid OSes in instance creation +- Fixed handling of the βvcpusβ parameter in instance listing and in + general of invalid parameters +- Fixed http server library, and thus RAPI, to handle invalid + username/password combinations correctly; this means that now they + report unauthorized for queries too, not only for modifications, + allowing earlier detect of configuration problems +- Added a new βroleβ node list field, equivalent to the master/master + candidate/drained/offline flags combinations +- Fixed cluster modify and changes of candidate pool size +- Fixed cluster verify error messages for wrong files on regular nodes +- Fixed a couple of issues with node demotion from master candidate role +- Fixed node readd issues +- Added non-interactive mode for ``ganeti-masterd --no-voting`` startup +- Added a new β--no-votingβ option for masterfailover to fix failover on + two-nodes clusters when the former master node is unreachable +- Added instance reinstall over RAPI + Version 2.0.1 - - added -H/-B startup parameters to gnt-instance, which will allow - re-adding the start in single-user option (regression from 1.2) - - the watcher writes the instance status to a file, to allow - monitoring to report the instance status (from the master) based on - cached results of the watcher's queries; while this can get stale if - the watcher is being locked due to other work on the cluster, this - is still an improvement - - the watcher now also restarts the node daemon and the rapi daemon if - they died - - fixed the watcher to handle full and drained queue cases - - hooks export more instance data in the environment, which helps if - hook scripts need to take action based on the instance's properties - (no longer need to query back into ganeti) - - instance failovers when the instance is stopped do not check for - free RAM, so that failing over a stopped instance is possible in low - memory situations - - rapi uses queries for tags instead of jobs (for less job traffic), - and for cluster tags it won't talk to masterd at all but read them - from ssconf - - a couple of error handling fixes in RAPI - - drbd handling: improved the error handling of inconsistent disks - after resync to reduce the frequency of "there are some degraded - disks for this instance" message - - fixed a bug in live migration when DRBD doesn't want to reconnect - (the error handling path called a wrong function name) +------------- + +- added ``-H``/``-B`` startup parameters to ``gnt-instance``, which will + allow re-adding the start in single-user option (regression from 1.2) +- the watcher writes the instance status to a file, to allow monitoring + to report the instance status (from the master) based on cached + results of the watcher's queries; while this can get stale if the + watcher is being locked due to other work on the cluster, this is + still an improvement +- the watcher now also restarts the node daemon and the rapi daemon if + they died +- fixed the watcher to handle full and drained queue cases +- hooks export more instance data in the environment, which helps if hook + scripts need to take action based on the instance's properties (no + longer need to query back into ganeti) +- instance failovers when the instance is stopped do not check for free + RAM, so that failing over a stopped instance is possible in low memory + situations +- rapi uses queries for tags instead of jobs (for less job traffic), and + for cluster tags it won't talk to masterd at all but read them from + ssconf +- a couple of error handling fixes in RAPI +- drbd handling: improved the error handling of inconsistent disks after + resync to reduce the frequency of "there are some degraded disks for + this instance" messages +- fixed a bug in live migration when DRBD doesn't want to reconnect (the + error handling path called a wrong function name) + Version 2.0.0 final - - no changes from rc5 +------------------- + +- no changes from rc5 + Version 2.0 release candidate 5 - - fix a couple of bugs (validation, argument checks) - - fix gnt-cluster getmaster on non-master nodes (regression) - - some small improvements to RAPI and IAllocator - - make watcher automatically start the master daemon if down +------------------------------- + +- fix a couple of bugs (validation, argument checks) +- fix ``gnt-cluster getmaster`` on non-master nodes (regression) +- some small improvements to RAPI and IAllocator +- make watcher automatically start the master daemon if down + Version 2.0 release candidate 4 - - change the OS list to not require locks; this helps with big - clusters - - fix gnt-cluster verify and gnt-cluster verify-disks when the volume - group is broken - - βgnt-instance infoβ, without any arguments, doesn't run for all - instances anymore; either pass β--allβ or pass the desired - instances; this helps against mistakes on big clusters where listing - the information for all instances takes a long time - - miscellaneous doc and man pages fixes +------------------------------- + +- change the OS list to not require locks; this helps with big clusters +- fix ``gnt-cluster verify`` and ``gnt-cluster verify-disks`` when the + volume group is broken +- ``gnt-instance info``, without any arguments, doesn't run for all + instances anymore; either pass ``--all`` or pass the desired + instances; this helps against mistakes on big clusters where listing + the information for all instances takes a long time +- miscellaneous doc and man pages fixes + Version 2.0 release candidate 3 - - Change the internal locking model of some gnt-node commands, in - order to reduce contention (and blocking of master daemon) when - batching many creation/reinstall jobs - - Fixes to Xen soft reboot - - No longer build documentation at 'make' time, instead distribute it - in the archive, in order to reduce the need for the whole - docbook/rst toolchains +------------------------------- + +- Change the internal locking model of some ``gnt-node`` commands, in + order to reduce contention (and blocking of master daemon) when + batching many creation/reinstall jobs +- Fixes to Xen soft reboot +- No longer build documentation at build time, instead distribute it in + the archive, in order to reduce the need for the whole docbook/rst + toolchains + Version 2.0 release candidate 2 - - Now the cfgupgrade scripts works and can upgrade 1.2.7 clusters to - 2.0 - - Fix watcher startup sequence, improves the behaviour of busy - clusters - - Some other fixes in cluster verify, replace-disks, gnt-instance add, - gnt-cluster queue, KVM VNC bind address and other places - - Some documentation fixes and updates +------------------------------- + +- Now the cfgupgrade scripts works and can upgrade 1.2.7 clusters to 2.0 +- Fix watcher startup sequence, improves the behaviour of busy clusters +- Some other fixes in ``gnt-cluster verify``, ``gnt-instance + replace-disks``, ``gnt-instance add``, ``gnt-cluster queue``, KVM VNC + bind address and other places +- Some documentation fixes and updates + Version 2.0 release candidate 1 - - More documentation updates, now all docs should be more-or-less - up-to-date - - A couple of small fixes (mixed hypervisor clusters, offline nodes, - etc.) - - Added a customizable HV_KERNEL_ARGS hypervisor parameter (for Xen - PVM and KVM) - - Fix an issue related to $libdir/run/ganeti and cluster creation +------------------------------- + +- More documentation updates, now all docs should be more-or-less + up-to-date +- A couple of small fixes (mixed hypervisor clusters, offline nodes, + etc.) +- Added a customizable HV_KERNEL_ARGS hypervisor parameter (for Xen PVM + and KVM) +- Fix an issue related to $libdir/run/ganeti and cluster creation + Version 2.0 beta 2 - - Xen PVM and KVM have switched the default value for the instance - root disk to the first partition on the first drive, instead of the - whole drive; this means that the OS installation scripts must be - changed accordingly - - Man pages have been updated - - RAPI has been switched by default to HTTPS, and the exported - functions should all work correctly - - RAPI v1 has been removed - - Many improvements to the KVM hypervisor - - Block device errors are now better reported - - Many other bugfixes and small improvements +------------------ + +- Xen PVM and KVM have switched the default value for the instance root + disk to the first partition on the first drive, instead of the whole + drive; this means that the OS installation scripts must be changed + accordingly +- Man pages have been updated +- RAPI has been switched by default to HTTPS, and the exported functions + should all work correctly +- RAPI v1 has been removed +- Many improvements to the KVM hypervisor +- Block device errors are now better reported +- Many other bugfixes and small improvements + Version 2.0 beta 1 - - Version 2 is a general rewrite of the code and therefore the - differences are too many to list, see the design document for 2.0 in - the doc/ subdirectory for more details - - In this beta version there is not yet a migration path from 1.2 - (there will be one in the final 2.0 release) - - A few significant changes are: - - all commands are executed by a daemon (ganeti-masterd) and the - various gnt-* commands are just front-ends to it - - all the commands are entered into, and executed from a job queue, - see gnt-job(8) - - the RAPI daemon supports read-write operations, secured by basic - HTTP authentication on top of HTTPS - - DRBD version 0.7 support has been removed, DRBD 8 is the only - supported version (when migrating from Ganeti 1.2 to 2.0, you need - to migrate to DRBD 8 first while still running Ganeti 1.2) - - DRBD devices are using statically allocated minor numbers, which - will be assigned to existing instances during the migration - process - - there is support for both Xen PVM and Xen HVM instances running on - the same cluster - - KVM virtualization is supported too - - file-based storage has been implemented, which means that it is - possible to run the cluster without LVM and DRBD storage, for - example using a shared filesystem exported from shared storage - (and still have live migration) +------------------ + +- Version 2 is a general rewrite of the code and therefore the + differences are too many to list, see the design document for 2.0 in + the ``doc/`` subdirectory for more details +- In this beta version there is not yet a migration path from 1.2 (there + will be one in the final 2.0 release) +- A few significant changes are: + + - all commands are executed by a daemon (``ganeti-masterd``) and the + various ``gnt-*`` commands are just front-ends to it + - all the commands are entered into, and executed from a job queue, see + the ``gnt-job(8)`` manpage + - the RAPI daemon supports read-write operations, secured by basic HTTP + authentication on top of HTTPS + - DRBD version 0.7 support has been removed, DRBD 8 is the only + supported version (when migrating from Ganeti 1.2 to 2.0, you need + to migrate to DRBD 8 first while still running Ganeti 1.2) + - DRBD devices are using statically allocated minor numbers, which + will be assigned to existing instances during the migration process + - there is support for both Xen PVM and Xen HVM instances running on + the same cluster + - KVM virtualization is supported too + - file-based storage has been implemented, which means that it is + possible to run the cluster without LVM and DRBD storage, for + example using a shared filesystem exported from shared storage (and + still have live migration) + Version 1.2.7 - - Change the default reboot type in gnt-instance reboot to "hard" - - Reuse the old instance mac address by default on instance import, - if the instance name is the same. - - Handle situations in which the node info rpc returns incomplete results - (issue 46) - - Add checks for tcp/udp ports collisions in gnt-cluster verify - - Improved version of batcher: - - state file support - - instance mac address support - - support for HVM clusters/instances - - Add an option to show the number of cpu sockets and nodes in gnt-node list - - Support OSes that handle more than one version of the OS api - (but do not change the current API in any other way) - - Fix gnt-node migrate - - gnt-debug man page - - Fixes various more typos&small issues - - Increase disk resync maximum speed to 60MB/s (from 30MB/s) +------------- + +- Change the default reboot type in ``gnt-instance reboot`` to "hard" +- Reuse the old instance mac address by default on instance import, if + the instance name is the same. +- Handle situations in which the node info rpc returns incomplete results + (issue 46) +- Add checks for tcp/udp ports collisions in ``gnt-cluster verify`` +- Improved version of batcher: + + - state file support + - instance mac address support + - support for HVM clusters/instances + +- Add an option to show the number of cpu sockets and nodes in + ``gnt-node list`` +- Support OSes that handle more than one version of the OS api (but do + not change the current API in any other way) +- Fix ``gnt-node migrate`` +- ``gnt-debug`` man page +- Fixes various more typos and small issues +- Increase disk resync maximum speed to 60MB/s (from 30MB/s) + Version 1.2.6 - - new --hvm-nic-type and --hvm-disk-type flags to control the type of disk - exported to fully virtualized instances. - - provide access to the serial console of HVM instances - - instance auto_balance flag, set by default. If turned off it will avoid - warnings on cluster verify if there is not enough memory to fail over an - instance. in the future it will prevent automatically failing it over when - we will support that. - - batcher tool for instance creation, see /tools/README.batcher - - gnt-instance reinstall --select-os to interactively select a new operating - system when reinstalling an instance. - - when changing the memory amount on instance modify a check has been added - that the instance will be able to start. also warnings are emitted if the - instance will not be able to fail over, if auto_balance is true. - - documentation fixes - - sync fields between instance list/modify/add/import - - fix a race condition in drbd when the sync speed was set after giving the - device a remote peer. +------------- + +- new ``--hvm-nic-type`` and ``--hvm-disk-type`` flags to control the + type of disk exported to fully virtualized instances. +- provide access to the serial console of HVM instances +- instance auto_balance flag, set by default. If turned off it will avoid + warnings on cluster verify if there is not enough memory to fail over + an instance. in the future it will prevent automatically failing it + over when we will support that. +- batcher tool for instance creation, see ``tools/README.batcher`` +- ``gnt-instance reinstall --select-os`` to interactively select a new + operating system when reinstalling an instance. +- when changing the memory amount on instance modify a check has been + added that the instance will be able to start. also warnings are + emitted if the instance will not be able to fail over, if auto_balance + is true. +- documentation fixes +- sync fields between ``gnt-instance list/modify/add/import`` +- fix a race condition in drbd when the sync speed was set after giving + the device a remote peer. + Version 1.2.5 - - note: the allowed size and number of tags per object were reduced - - fix a bug in βgnt-cluster verifyβ with inconsistent volume groups - - fixed twisted 8.x compatibility - - fixed gnt-instance replace-disks with iallocator - - add TCP keepalives on twisted connections to detect restarted nodes - - disk increase support, see βgnt-instance grow-diskβ - - implement bulk node/instance query for RAPI - - add tags in node/instance listing (optional) - - experimental migration (and live migration) support, read the man - page for βgnt-instance migrateβ - - the ganeti-watcher logs are now timestamped, and the watcher also - has some small improvements in handling its state file +------------- + +- note: the allowed size and number of tags per object were reduced +- fix a bug in ``gnt-cluster verify`` with inconsistent volume groups +- fixed twisted 8.x compatibility +- fixed ``gnt-instance replace-disks`` with iallocator +- add TCP keepalives on twisted connections to detect restarted nodes +- disk increase support, see ``gnt-instance grow-disk`` +- implement bulk node/instance query for RAPI +- add tags in node/instance listing (optional) +- experimental migration (and live migration) support, read the man page + for ``gnt-instance migrate`` +- the ``ganeti-watcher`` logs are now timestamped, and the watcher also + has some small improvements in handling its state file + Version 1.2.4 - - Experimental readonly, REST-based remote API implementation; automatically - started on master node, TCP port 5080, if enabled by --enable-rapi - parameter to configure script. - - Instance allocator support. Add and import instance accept a --iallocator - parameter, and call that instance allocator to decide which node to use for - the instance. The iallocator document describes what's expected from an - allocator script. - - gnt-cluster verify N+1 memory redundancy checks: Unless passed the - --no-nplus1-mem option gnt-cluster verify now checks that if a node is lost - there is still enough memory to fail over the instances that reside on it. - - gnt-cluster verify hooks: it is now possible to add post-hooks to - gnt-cluster verify, to check for site-specific compliance. All the hooks - will run, and their output, if any, will be displayed. Any failing hook - will make the verification return an error value. - - gnt-cluster verify now checks that its peers are reachable on the primary - and secondary interfaces - - gnt-node add now supports the --readd option, to readd a node that is still - declared as part of the cluster and has failed. - - gnt-* list commands now accept a new -o +field way of specifying output - fields, that just adds the chosen fields to the default ones. - - gnt-backup now has a new "remove" command to delete an existing export from - the filesystem. - - New per-instance parameters hvm_acpi, hvm_pae and hvm_cdrom_image_path have - been added. Using them you can enable/disable acpi and pae support, and - specify a path for a cd image to be exported to the instance. These - parameters as the name suggest only work on HVM clusters. - - When upgrading an HVM cluster to Ganeti 1.2.4, the values for ACPI and PAE - support will be set to the previously hardcoded values, but the (previously - hardcoded) path to the CDROM ISO image will be unset and if required, needs - to be set manually with gnt-instance modify after the upgrade.. - - The address to which an instance's VNC console is bound is now selectable - per-instance, rather than being cluster wide. Of course this only applies - to instances controlled via VNC, so currently just applies to HVM clusters. +------------- + +- Experimental readonly, REST-based remote API implementation; + automatically started on master node, TCP port 5080, if enabled by + ``--enable-rapi`` parameter to configure script. +- Instance allocator support. Add and import instance accept a + ``--iallocator`` parameter, and call that instance allocator to decide + which node to use for the instance. The iallocator document describes + what's expected from an allocator script. +- ``gnt-cluster verify`` N+1 memory redundancy checks: Unless passed the + ``--no-nplus1-mem`` option ``gnt-cluster verify`` now checks that if a + node is lost there is still enough memory to fail over the instances + that reside on it. +- ``gnt-cluster verify`` hooks: it is now possible to add post-hooks to + ``gnt-cluster verify``, to check for site-specific compliance. All the + hooks will run, and their output, if any, will be displayed. Any + failing hook will make the verification return an error value. +- ``gnt-cluster verify`` now checks that its peers are reachable on the + primary and secondary interfaces +- ``gnt-node add`` now supports the ``--readd`` option, to readd a node + that is still declared as part of the cluster and has failed. +- ``gnt-* list`` commands now accept a new ``-o +field`` way of + specifying output fields, that just adds the chosen fields to the + default ones. +- ``gnt-backup`` now has a new ``remove`` command to delete an existing + export from the filesystem. +- New per-instance parameters hvm_acpi, hvm_pae and hvm_cdrom_image_path + have been added. Using them you can enable/disable acpi and pae + support, and specify a path for a cd image to be exported to the + instance. These parameters as the name suggest only work on HVM + clusters. +- When upgrading an HVM cluster to Ganeti 1.2.4, the values for ACPI and + PAE support will be set to the previously hardcoded values, but the + (previously hardcoded) path to the CDROM ISO image will be unset and + if required, needs to be set manually with ``gnt-instance modify`` + after the upgrade. +- The address to which an instance's VNC console is bound is now + selectable per-instance, rather than being cluster wide. Of course + this only applies to instances controlled via VNC, so currently just + applies to HVM clusters. + Version 1.2.3 - - more tweaks to the disk activation code (especially helpful for DRBD) - - change the default βgnt-instance listβ output format, now there is - one combined status field (see the manpage for the exact values this - field will have) - - some more fixes for the mac export to hooks change - - make Ganeti not break with DRBD 8.2.x (which changed the version - format in /proc/drbd) (issue 24) - - add an upgrade tool from βremote_raid1β disk template to βdrbdβ disk - template, allowing migration from DRBD0.7+MD to DRBD8 +------------- + +- more tweaks to the disk activation code (especially helpful for DRBD) +- change the default ``gnt-instance list`` output format, now there is + one combined status field (see the manpage for the exact values this + field will have) +- some more fixes for the mac export to hooks change +- make Ganeti not break with DRBD 8.2.x (which changed the version + format in ``/proc/drbd``) (issue 24) +- add an upgrade tool from "remote_raid1" disk template to "drbd" disk + template, allowing migration from DRBD0.7+MD to DRBD8 + Version 1.2.2 - - fix βgnt-instance modifyβ breakage introduced in 1.2.1 with the HVM - support (issue 23) - - add command aliases infrastructure and a few aliases - - allow listing of VCPUs in the gnt-instance list and improve the man - pages and the --help option of gnt-node/gnt-instance list - - fix gnt-backup list with down nodes (issue 21) - - change the tools location (move from $pkgdatadir to - $pkglibdir/tools) - - fix the dist archive and add a check for including svn/git files in - the future - - some developer-related changes: improve the burnin and the QA - suite, add an upload script for testing during development +------------- + +- fix ``gnt-instance modify`` breakage introduced in 1.2.1 with the HVM + support (issue 23) +- add command aliases infrastructure and a few aliases +- allow listing of VCPUs in the ``gnt-instance list`` and improve the + man pages and the ``--help`` option of ``gnt-node + list``/``gnt-instance list`` +- fix ``gnt-backup list`` with down nodes (issue 21) +- change the tools location (move from $pkgdatadir to $pkglibdir/tools) +- fix the dist archive and add a check for including svn/git files in + the future +- some developer-related changes: improve the burnin and the QA suite, + add an upload script for testing during development + Version 1.2.1 - - experimental HVM support, read the install document, section - "Initializing the cluster" - - allow for the PVM hypervisor per-instance kernel and initrd paths - - add a new command βgnt-cluster verify-disksβ which uses a new - algorithm to improve the reconnection of the DRBD pairs if the - device on the secondary node has gone away - - make logical volume code auto-activate LVs at disk activation time - - slightly improve the speed of activating disks - - allow specification of the MAC address at instance creation time, - and changing it later via βgnt-instance modifyβ - - fix handling of external commands that generate lots of output on - stderr - - update documentation with regard to minimum version of DRBD8 - supported +------------- + +- experimental HVM support, read the install document, section + "Initializing the cluster" +- allow for the PVM hypervisor per-instance kernel and initrd paths +- add a new command ``gnt-cluster verify-disks`` which uses a new + algorithm to improve the reconnection of the DRBD pairs if the device + on the secondary node has gone away +- make logical volume code auto-activate LVs at disk activation time +- slightly improve the speed of activating disks +- allow specification of the MAC address at instance creation time, and + changing it later via ``gnt-instance modify`` +- fix handling of external commands that generate lots of output on + stderr +- update documentation with regard to minimum version of DRBD8 supported + Version 1.2.0 - - Log the βxm createβ output to the node daemon log on failure (to - help diagnosing the error) - - In debug mode, log all external commands output if failed to the - logs - - Change parsing of lvm commands to ignore stderr +------------- + +- Log the ``xm create`` output to the node daemon log on failure (to help + diagnosing the error) +- In debug mode, log all external commands output if failed to the logs +- Change parsing of lvm commands to ignore stderr + Version 1.2b3 - - Another round of updates to the DRBD 8 code to deal with more - failures in the replace secondary node operation - - Some more logging of failures in disk operations (lvm, drbd) - - A few documentation updates - - QA updates +------------- + +- Another round of updates to the DRBD 8 code to deal with more failures + in the replace secondary node operation +- Some more logging of failures in disk operations (lvm, drbd) +- A few documentation updates +- QA updates + Version 1.2b2 - - Change configuration file format from Python's Pickle to JSON. - Upgrading is possible using the cfgupgrade utility. - - Add support for DRBD 8.0 (new disk template `drbd`) which allows for - faster replace disks and is more stable (DRBD 8 has many - improvements compared to DRBD 0.7) - - Added command line tags support (see man pages for gnt-instance, - gnt-node, gnt-cluster) - - Added instance rename support - - Added multi-instance startup/shutdown - - Added cluster rename support - - Added `gnt-node evacuate` to simplify some node operations - - Added instance reboot operation that can speedup reboot as compared - to stop and start - - Soften the requirement that hostnames are in FQDN format - - The ganeti-watcher now activates drbd pairs after secondary node - reboots - - Removed dependency on debian's patched fping that uses the - non-standard -S option - - Now the OS definitions are searched for in multiple, configurable - paths (easier for distros to package) - - Some changes to the hooks infrastructure (especially the new - post-configuration update hook) - - Other small bugfixes +------------- + +- Change configuration file format from Python's Pickle to JSON. + Upgrading is possible using the cfgupgrade utility. +- Add support for DRBD 8.0 (new disk template ``drbd``) which allows for + faster replace disks and is more stable (DRBD 8 has many improvements + compared to DRBD 0.7) +- Added command line tags support (see man pages for ``gnt-instance``, + ``gnt-node``, ``gnt-cluster``) +- Added instance rename support +- Added multi-instance startup/shutdown +- Added cluster rename support +- Added ``gnt-node evacuate`` to simplify some node operations +- Added instance reboot operation that can speedup reboot as compared to + stop and start +- Soften the requirement that hostnames are in FQDN format +- The ``ganeti-watcher`` now activates drbd pairs after secondary node + reboots +- Removed dependency on debian's patched fping that uses the + non-standard ``-S`` option +- Now the OS definitions are searched for in multiple, configurable paths + (easier for distros to package) +- Some changes to the hooks infrastructure (especially the new + post-configuration update hook) +- Other small bugfixes