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Gfarm 2.7.4 released

Hi all,

We are pleased to announce the release of

* Gfarm file system version 2.7.4
* Gfarm file system version 2.6.19
* Gfarm2fs version 1.2.11

http://sourceforge.net/projects/gfarm/

This release includes CentOS 7.3 support and other useful updates and
bug fixes.

We recommend for all users to upgrade to this version.

Release note for Gfarm 2.7.4
============================

[2017.7.14]

New configuration directive
* directory_quota_check_start_delay – delay to start directory quota
check to aggregate multiple checks

Updated feature
* gfrm – do not try to remove symlinks with the -h option
* gfmd – more log in peer_set_host
* postgresql backend – accept IPv6 connection, which is required in
CentOS 7.3.1611

Bug fix
* gfmd – invalid replica cannot be moved to lost+found, which is
introduced by the version 2.7.0
* recursive option does not return error properly
* compilation error on FreeBSD-10.2/amd64
* gfsd – invalid file remains when fhclose fails
* gfmd does not recover from the warning of abandon invalid journal
* gfmd – gfmd may fail to restart when using the none backend

Release note for Gfarm 2.6.19
=============================

[2017.7.14]

Updated feature
* gfrm – do not try to remove symlinks with the -h option
* gfmd – more log in peer_set_host
* postgresql backend – accept IPv6 connection, which is required in
CentOS 7.3.1611

Bug fix
* recursive option does not return error properly
* compilation error on FreeBSD-10.2/amd64
* gfsd – invalid file remains when fhclose fails
* gfmd does not recover from the warning of abandon invalid journal

Release note for Gfarm2fs 1.2.11
================================

[2017.7.14]

Updated feature
* umount.gfarm2fs – support CentOS7

Gfarm 2.7.3 released

Hi all,

We are pleased to announce the release of

* Gfarm file system version 2.7.3
* Gfarm file system version 2.6.18
* Gfarm Zabbix plugin version 4.0.1

http://sourceforge.net/projects/gfarm/

This Gfarm release includes destination schedule update of gfpcopy to
mitigate destination conflicts, and other useful updates and bug fixes.

Gfarm Zabbix plugin fixes Zabbix-1.8 issue with Template OS Linux, and
useful updates.

We recommend for all users to upgrade to this version.

Release note for Gfarm 2.7.3
============================

[2017.3.26]

Update feature
* gfprep, gfpcopy – a new scheduling to mitigate destination conflict
under concurrent gfprep and gfpcopy executions
* start replica check when a busy host becomes idle

New configuration directive
* metadb_server_remover_queue_length – queue length for remove
requests to make it a low priority not to prevent from replication
requests

Bug fix
* gfmd may not respond when sending journal logs to async slaves
* write only files may not be moved to lost+found
* Gfarm RPM packages cannot be installed on RHEL7 or CentOS7

Release note for Gfarm 2.6.18
=============================

[2017.3.26]

Update feature
* gfprep, gfpcopy – a new scheduling to mitigate destination conflict
under concurrent gfprep and gfpcopy executions
* start replica check when a busy host becomes idle

Bug fix
* gfmd may not respond when sending journal logs to async slaves
* write only files may not be moved to lost+found
* Gfarm RPM packages cannot be installed on RHEL7 or CentOS7

Release note for Gfarm Zabbix plugin 4.0.1
==========================================

[2017.3.26]

Updated feature
* ZABBIX_PREFIX in install.conf used as the Zabbix installation path

Bug fix
* gfarm_zabbix _alt templates do not work with zabbix-1.8

Gfarm 2.6.11 released

Hi all,

We are pleased to announce the release of

* Gfarm file system version 2.6.11

http://sourceforge.net/projects/gfarm/

This release includes several bug fixes. Regarding the deadlock of
gfmd in GSI, you need to add “export GLOBUS_THREAD_MODEL=pthread”
in /etc/init.d/gfmd.

We recommend for all users to upgrade to this version.

Release note for Gfarm 2.6.11
=============================

[2016.6.2]

Bug fix
* gfpcopy does not tolerate file migration or file replica removal
* gfs_pio_close() returns GFARM_ERR_BAD_FILE_DESCRIPTOR when it is
called against a never accessed 0-byte file
* gfmd may deadlock in GSI when using Globus Toolkit 6.0 or later
* multi spool directories – directories having the same prefix cannot
be specified