Amos Shapira wrote:
Hello,
This morning I noticed the following output from "yum update":
Installing:
drbd82 x86_64 8.2.5-1.el5.centos extras
209 k
replacing drbd.x86_64 8.0.11-1.el5.centos
It should also install the kmod-drbd82 rpm that you need ... you need to make sure you get the proper one (just like you already do for drbd-8).
As far as I'm aware DRBD works fine for me. Is there a way I can find out about the new release and weather I should upgrade?
Basically, see the details here: http://www.drbd.org/releases.html
I can't figure out the CentOS issue tracking system at bugs.centos.org but a google site search came up with http://bugs.centos.org/print_bug_page.php?bug_id=2657 (a DRBD 82 tracker bug with empty reports), which makes me feel like this version of the package is not 100% trusted. So - should I upgrade it or not?
That is up to you :D .. but drbd82 (which is currently drbd-8.2.5) is a replacement for drbd-8.0.x for CentOS-5.
If you look at the drbd.org site, drbd-7 is really no longer getting any updates and is moving towards EOL in October 2008, and drbd-8.0.x is feature frozen and not getting any more features, though it will get security only updates from linbit.
All the updates are really happening in drbd-8.2.x and that is going to be the live version moving forward. The drbd maintainers recommended that CentOS use dbdd-8.2.x, which is why we are moving to it.
Generally, I try to stick to the "standard" as much as I can, but the text in http://wiki.centos.org/Repositories gives an impression that "if it's in Extras, it's well tested".
drbd82 is an upgrade for CentOS-5 users who currently have drbd-8. It obsoletes drbd-8.0.x series in extras and it has been tested, as has upgrades from drbd-8.0.x to drbd82. All your config files from 8.0 should work in 8.2 and the upgrade SHOULD BE completely seamless, just like moving from 8.0.10 to 8.0.11, etc.
For CentOS-4 users there is also a new drbd82 ... however, the update from drbd-0.7.x to drbd-8.2.5 is NOT seamless. Because of this, the drbd82 does not obsolete drbd on CentOS-4, but instead it is a conflict for drbd ... meaning you can't have both installed at the same time. For CentOS-4 users, you need to upgrade following this guide:
http://fghaas.wordpress.com/2007/10/03/step-by-step-upgrade-from-drbd-07-to-drbd-8/I will maintain version 0.7.x in CentOS 4 extras as long as it builds and works until CentOS-4 EOL, and drbd-82 will also be an option in CentOS-4.
In CentOS-5, however, only drbd82 will be getting updates in the future and it is a replacement for drbd-8.0.x.
Thanks, Johnny Hughes
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