The EVMS team is announcing the first full release of the Enterprise Volume
Management System. Package 1.0.0 is now available for download at the project
web site:
http://www.sf.net/projects/evms
Highlights for version 1.0.0:
v1.0.0 - 3/28/02
- Core Kernel
- Support for /proc.
- New directory /proc/evms/.
- File entries: volumes, info, plugins
- Sysctl entry: /proc/sys/dev/evms/evms_info_level can be used to
query and set the EVMS kernel messaging level.
- GUI
- Option panel fixes.
- New columns in most panels: Read-only and Corrupt.
- Default engine logging level changed from "everything" to "default".
- Check for minimum required engine API version.
- Text-Mode UI
- Added "F5=Commit" to menu to allow saving changes without exiting.
- Screen refresh fixes.
- Default engine logging level changed from "everything" to "default".
- Check for minimum required engine API version.
- Command Line
- On-line help cleanup.
- New Plugin: s390 Segment Manager
- Recognizes existing CDL, LDL, and CMS partitions.
- Can build on top of these partitions in the engine, but
cannot yet create new s390 partitions.
- MD Plugin
- Added proc entry: /proc/evms/mdstat
- Added sysctl entries: /proc/sys/dev/evms/md/speed_limit_[min|max] for
controlling the speed of RAID-1 and RAID-5 sync'ing.
- BBR Plugin
- Bug fixes to the I/O error remap handling.
- AIX Plugin
- Bug fixes in the discovery path and mirroring I/O path.
- LVM Plugin
- Added proc entry: /proc/evms/lvm/global
Kevin Corry
[email protected]
Enterprise Volume Management System
http://www.sf.net/projects/evms