Recommended update for ocfs2-tools and ocfs2console

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(Last modified: 09NOV2006)

solutions Recommended update for ocfs2-tools and ocfs2console SuSE Linux Maintenance Web (ca6f2fce8f99f0f572a357eee0188332)

Applies to

Package: ocfs2-tools
ocfs2console
Product(s): SUSE SLES 10 for x86
SUSE SLES 10 for IPF
SUSE SLES 10 for IBM POWER
SUSE SLES 10 for IBM zSeries 64bit
SUSE SLES 10 for AMD64 and Intel EM64T

Release: 20061109
Obsoletes: none

Indications

All users of ocfs2-tools should upgrade.

Contraindications

None.

Problem description

This patch updates ocfs2-tools to version 1.2.2. Important bugfixes have
been made to fsck and all other tools. Online node addition has been
fixed. The heartbeat timing threshold can now be configured in
/etc/sysconfig/o2cb for use with the disk-based internal heartbeat.
Offline growth of the filesystem is now supported.

Solution

Please install the updates provided at the location noted below.

Installation notes

This update is provided as an RPM package that can easily be installed onto a running system by using this command:


rpm -Fvh ocfs2-tools.rpm ocfs2console.rpm

links to download packages

Download Source Packages

Download the source code of the patches for maintained products.

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