News
====
-Version 2.4.0 rc1
------------------
+Version 2.4.0 beta1
+-------------------
+
+*(Released Fri, 14 Jan 2011)*
+
+User-visible
+~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- Fixed timezone issues when formatting timestamps
+- Added support for node groups, available via ``gnt-group`` and other
+ commands
+- Added out-of-band framework and management, see :doc:`design
+ document <design-oob>`
+- Removed support for roman numbers from ``gnt-node list`` and
+ ``gnt-instance list``.
+- Allowed modification of master network interface via ``gnt-cluster
+ modify --master-netdev``
+- Accept offline secondaries while shutting down instance disks
+- Added ``blockdev_prefix`` parameter to Xen PVM and HVM hypervisors
+- Added support for multiple LVM volume groups
+- Avoid sorting nodes for ``gnt-node list`` if specific nodes are
+ requested
+- Added commands to list available fields:
+
+ - ``gnt-node list-fields``
+ - ``gnt-group list-fields``
+ - ``gnt-instance list-fields``
+
+- Updated documentation and man pages
-*(unreleased)*
+Integration
+~~~~~~~~~~~
- Moved ``rapi_users`` file into separate directory, now named
- ``…/ganeti/rapi/users``.
+ ``…/ganeti/rapi/users``, ``cfgupgrade`` moves the file and creates a
+ symlink
+- Added new tool for running commands on many machines,
+ ``tools/ganeti-listrunner``
+- Implemented more verbose result in ``OpInstanceConsole`` opcode, also
+ improving the ``gnt-instance console`` output
+- Allowed customisation of disk index separator at ``configure`` time
+- Export node group allocation policy to :doc:`iallocator <iallocator>`
+- Added support for non-partitioned md disks in ``lvmstrap``
+- Added script to gracefully power off KVM instances
+- Split ``utils`` module into smaller parts
- Changed query operations to return more detailed information, e.g.
whether an information is unavailable due to an offline node. To use
this new functionality, the LUXI call ``Query`` must be used. Field
information is now stored by the master daemon and can be retrieved
- using ``QueryFields``. Instances and nodes can also be queried using
- the new opcodes ``OpQuery`` and ``OpQueryFields``.
-- Removed support for roman numbers from ``gnt-node list`` and
- ``gnt-instance list``.
+ using ``QueryFields``. Instances, nodes and groups can also be queried
+ using the new opcodes ``OpQuery`` and ``OpQueryFields`` (not yet
+ exposed via RAPI). The following commands make use of this
+ infrastructure change:
+
+ - ``gnt-group list``
+ - ``gnt-group list-fields``
+ - ``gnt-node list``
+ - ``gnt-node list-fields``
+ - ``gnt-instance list``
+ - ``gnt-instance list-fields``
+ - ``gnt-debug locks``
+
+Remote API
+~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- New RAPI resources (see :doc:`rapi`):
+
+ - ``/2/modify``
+ - ``/2/groups``
+ - ``/2/groups/[group_name]``
+ - ``/2/groups/[group_name]/assign-nodes``
+ - ``/2/groups/[group_name]/modify``
+ - ``/2/groups/[group_name]/rename``
+ - ``/2/instances/[instance_name]/disk/[disk_index]/grow``
+
+- RAPI changes:
+
+ - Implemented ``no_install`` for instance creation
+ - Implemented OS parameters for instance reinstallation, allowing
+ use of special settings on reinstallation (e.g. for preserving data)
+
+Misc
+~~~~
+
+- Added IPv6 support in import/export
+- Pause DRBD synchronization while wiping disks on instance creation
+- Updated unittests and QA scripts
+- Improved network parameters passed to KVM
+- Converted man pages from docbook to reStructuredText
Version 2.3.1
- Ignore failures while shutting down instances during failover from
offline node
- Exit daemon's bootstrap process only once daemon is ready
-- Export more information via ``LUQueryInstances``/remote API
+- Export more information via ``LUInstanceQuery``/remote API
- Improved documentation, QA and unittests
- RAPI daemon now watches ``rapi_users`` all the time and doesn't need a
restart if the file was created or changed