X-Git-Url: https://code.grnet.gr/git/ganeti-local/blobdiff_plain/e20832af22867a3b83e9df8cbf9e5e3a9750ea42..7df2c4f005dab06dbda4daa3e50cf061f3d5d632:/NEWS diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index c1ebf35..aec0046 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,10 +1,174 @@ News ==== +Version 2.5.0 rc1 +----------------- + +*(Released Tue, 4 Oct 2011)* + +Incompatible/important changes and bugfixes +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +- The default of the ``/2/instances/[instance_name]/rename`` RAPI + resource's ``ip_check`` parameter changed from ``True`` to ``False`` + to match the underlying LUXI interface. +- The ``/2/nodes/[node_name]/evacuate`` RAPI resource was changed to use + body parameters, see :doc:`RAPI documentation `. The server does + not maintain backwards-compatibility as the underlying operation + changed in an incompatible way. The RAPI client can talk to old + servers, but it needs to be told so as the return value changed. +- When creating file-based instances via RAPI, the ``file_driver`` + parameter no longer defaults to ``loop`` and must be specified. +- The deprecated ``bridge`` NIC parameter is no longer supported. Use + ``link`` instead. +- Support for the undocumented and deprecated RAPI instance creation + request format version 0 has been dropped. Use version 1, supported + since Ganeti 2.1.3 and :doc:`documented `, instead. +- Pyparsing 1.4.6 or above is required, see :doc:`installation + documentation `. +- The "cluster-verify" hooks are now executed per group by the + ``OP_CLUSTER_VERIFY_GROUP`` opcode. This maintains the same behavior + if you just run ``gnt-cluster verify``, which generates one opcode per + group. +- The environment as passed to the OS scripts is cleared, and thus no + environment variables defined in the node daemon's environment will be + inherited by the scripts. +- The :doc:`iallocator ` mode ``multi-evacuate`` has been + deprecated. +- :doc:`New iallocator modes ` have been added to + support operations involving multiple node groups. +- Offline nodes are ignored when failing over an instance. + +New features +~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +- The ganeti-htools project has been merged into the ganeti-core source + tree and will be built as part of Ganeti (see :doc:`install-quick`). +- Implemented support for :doc:`shared storage `. +- Add support for disks larger than 2 TB in ``lvmstrap`` by supporting + GPT-style partition tables (requires `parted + `_). +- Added support for floppy drive and 2nd CD-ROM drive in KVM hypervisor. +- Allowed adding tags on instance creation. +- Export instance tags to hooks (``INSTANCE_TAGS``, see :doc:`hooks`) +- Allow instances to be started in a paused state, enabling the user to + see the complete console output on boot using the console. +- Added new hypervisor flag to control default reboot behaviour + (``reboot_behavior``). +- Added support for KVM keymaps (hypervisor parameter ``keymap``). +- Improved out-of-band management support: + + - Added ``gnt-node health`` command reporting the health status of + nodes. + - Added ``gnt-node power`` command to manage power status of nodes. + - Added command for emergency power-off (EPO), ``gnt-cluster epo``. + +- Instance migration can fall back to failover if instance is not + running. +- Filters can be used when listing nodes, instances, groups and locks; + see *ganeti(7)* manpage. +- Added post-execution status as variables to :doc:`hooks ` + environment. +- Instance tags are exported/imported together with the instance. +- When given an explicit job ID, ``gnt-job info`` will work for archived + jobs. +- Jobs can define dependencies on other jobs (not yet supported via + RAPI or command line, but used by internal commands and usable via + LUXI). + + - Lock monitor (``gnt-debug locks``) shows jobs waiting for + dependencies. + +- Instance failover is now available as a RAPI resource + (``/2/instances/[instance_name]/failover``). +- ``gnt-instance info`` defaults to static information if primary node + is offline. +- Opcodes have a new ``comment`` attribute. +- Added basic SPICE support to KVM hypervisor. +- ``tools/ganeti-listrunner`` allows passing of arguments to executable. + +Node group improvements +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +- ``gnt-cluster verify`` has been modified to check groups separately, + thereby improving performance. +- Node group support has been added to ``gnt-cluster verify-disks``, + which now operates per node group. +- Watcher has been changed to work better with node groups. + + - One process and state file per node group. + - Slow watcher in one group doesn't block other group's watcher. + +- Added new command, ``gnt-group evacuate``, to move all instances in a + node group to other groups. +- Added ``gnt-instance change-group`` to move an instance to another + node group. +- ``gnt-cluster command`` and ``gnt-cluster copyfile`` now support + per-group operations. +- Node groups can be tagged. +- Some operations switch from an exclusive to a shared lock as soon as + possible. +- Instance's primary and secondary nodes' groups are now available as + query fields (``pnode.group``, ``pnode.group.uuid``, ``snodes.group`` + and ``snodes.group.uuid``). + +Misc +~~~~ + +- Numerous updates to documentation and manpages. + + - :doc:`RAPI ` documentation now has detailed parameter + descriptions. + +- A lockset's internal lock is now also visible in lock monitor. +- Log messages from job queue workers now contain information about the + opcode they're processing. +- ``gnt-instance console`` no longer requires the instance lock. +- A short delay when waiting for job changes reduces the number of LUXI + requests significantly. +- DRBD metadata volumes are overwritten with zeros during disk creation. + + +Version 2.5.0 beta3 +------------------- + +*(Released Wed, 31 Aug 2011)* + +This was the third beta release of the 2.5 series. + + +Version 2.5.0 beta2 +------------------- + +*(Released Mon, 22 Aug 2011)* + +This was the second beta release of the 2.5 series. + + +Version 2.5.0 beta1 +------------------- + +*(Released Fri, 12 Aug 2011)* + +This was the first beta release of the 2.5 series. + + +Version 2.4.4 +------------- + +*(Released Tue, 23 Aug 2011)* + +Small bug-fixes: + +- Fixed documentation for importing with ``--src-dir`` option +- Fixed a bug in ``ensure-dirs`` with queue/archive permissions +- Fixed a parsing issue with DRBD 8.3.11 in the Linux kernel + + Version 2.4.3 ------------- -*(Released Mon, 8 Aug 2011)* +*(Released Fri, 5 Aug 2011)* Many bug-fixes and a few small features: @@ -32,7 +196,7 @@ Many bug-fixes and a few small features: - Fixed off-by-one bug in job serial generation - ``gnt-node volumes``: Fix instance names - Fixed aliases in bash completion -- Fixed a bug in reopening log files after beeing sent a SIGHUP +- Fixed a bug in reopening log files after being sent a SIGHUP - Added a flag to burnin to allow specifying VCPU count - Bugfixes to non-root Ganeti configuration