IBM has stated that there will no longer be PTF releases for 4.1.0, and that 4.1.0-8 is the last PTF release. Thus you’ll have to choose between upgrading to 4.1.1 (which has the latest GPFS Protocols feature, hence the numbering change), or wait and go with the 4.2 release.
I heard rumor from somebody at IBM (honestly can’t remember who) that the first 3 releases of any major release has some additional debugging turned up, which is turned off after on the fourth PTF release and those going forward. Does anybody at IBM want to confirm or deny this rumor? I’m also leery of going with the first major release of GPFS (or any software, like RHEL 7.0 for instance). Thanks, -Bryan From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Buterbaugh, Kevin L Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2015 8:10 AM To: gpfsug main discussion list Subject: Re: [gpfsug-discuss] Spectrum Scale 4.2 - upgrade and ongoing PTFs All, What about the 4.1.0-x stream? We’re on 4.1.0-8 and will soon be applying an efix to it to take care of the snapshot deletion and “quotas are wrong” bugs. We’ve also go no immediate plans to go to either 4.1.1-x or 4.2 until they’ve had a chance to … mature. It’s not that big of a deal - I don’t mind running on the efix for a while. Just curious. Thanks… Kevin On Oct 28, 2015, at 7:47 AM, Steve Duersch <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>Is the plan to ?encourage? the upgrade to 4.2, meaning if you want fixes and >>are at 4.1.1-x, you move to 4.2, or will IBM continue to PTF the 4.1.1 stream >>for the foreseeable future? IBM will continue to create PTFs for the 4.1.1 stream. Steve Duersch Spectrum Scale (GPFS) FVTest IBM Poughkeepsie, New York _______________________________________________ gpfsug-discuss mailing list gpfsug-discuss at spectrumscale.org<http://spectrumscale.org> http://gpfsug.org/mailman/listinfo/gpfsug-discuss — Kevin Buterbaugh - Senior System Administrator Vanderbilt University - Advanced Computing Center for Research and Education [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> - (615)875-9633 ________________________________ Note: This email is for the confidential use of the named addressee(s) only and may contain proprietary, confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any review, dissemination or copying of this email is strictly prohibited, and to please notify the sender immediately and destroy this email and any attachments. Email transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free. The Company, therefore, does not make any guarantees as to the completeness or accuracy of this email or any attachments. This email is for informational purposes only and does not constitute a recommendation, offer, request or solicitation of any kind to buy, sell, subscribe, redeem or perform any type of transaction of a financial product.
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