Enterprise Volume Management System / News: Recent posts

The EVMS team is announcing the 2.5.5 release of the Enterprise Volume Management System. This is the fifth maintenance release in the EVMS 2.5.x series, and is primarily intended to fix some recent bug-reports, as well as to update to the most recent kernel and Device-Mapper releases. In addition, three new plugin have been added in this release.

The source code package and sample init-ramdisk image for 2.5.5 are now available for download at the project web site:... read more

The EVMS team is announcing the 2.5.4 release of the Enterprise Volume Management System. This is the fourth maintenance release in the EVMS 2.5.x series, and is primarily intended to fix some recent bug-reports, as well as to update to the most recent kernel and Device-Mapper releases.

The source code package and sample init-ramdisk image for 2.5.4 are now available for download at the project web site: ... read more

The EVMS team is announcing the 2.5.3 release of the Enterprise Volume Management System. This is the third maintenance release in the EVMS 2.5.x series, and is primarily intended to fix some recent bug-reports, as well as to update to the most recent kernel and Device-Mapper releases.

The source code package and sample init-ramdisk image for 2.5.3 are now available for download at the project web site: ... read more

The EVMS team is announcing the 2.5.2 release of the Enterprise Volume Management System. This is the second maintenance release in the EVMS 2.5.x series, and is primarily intended to fix some recent bug-reports, as well as to update to the most recent kernel and Device-Mapper releases.

The source code package and sample init-ramdisk image for 2.5.2 are now available for download at the project web site: ... read more

The EVMS team is announcing the 2.5.1 release of the Enterprise Volume Management System. This is the first maintenance release in the EVMS 2.5.x series, and is primarily intended to fix some recent bug-reports, as well as to update to the most recent kernel and Device-Mapper releases.

The source code package and sample init-ramdisk image for 2.5.1 are now available for download at the project web site: ... read more

The EVMS team is announcing the 2.5.0 release of the Enterprise Volume Management System. This release includes new features and enhancements to the 2.x series. The source code package and sample init-ramdisk image for 2.5.0 are now available for download at the project web site:

http://evms.sourceforge.net/

EVMS 2.5.0 is supported on 2.6.9 and 2.4.21 through 2.4.28 kernels.

Please see the INSTALL and README files in the 2.5.0 package for installation instructions and other notes. I mean it. Really. There are important notes about the new features that you need to read if you're going to use them.... read more

The EVMS team is announcing the 2.4.1 release of the Enterprise Volume Management System. This is the first maintenance release in the EVMS 2.4.x series, and is primarily intended to fix some recent bug-reports, as well as to update to the most recent kernel and Device-Mapper releases.

The source code package and sample init-ramdisk image for 2.4.1 are now available for download at the project web site:... read more

The EVMS team is announcing the 2.4.0 release of the Enterprise Volume Management System. This release includes several new features and enhancements to the 2.x series. The source code package and sample init-ramdisk image for 2.4.0 are now available for download at the project web site:

http://evms.sourceforge.net/

EVMS 2.4.0 is supported on 2.6.8.1 and 2.4.21 through 2.4.27 kernels.

Please see the INSTALL and README files in the 2.4.0 package for installation instructions and other notes. I mean it. Really. There are important notes about the new features that you need to read if you're going to use them.... read more

The EVMS team is announcing the 2.3.4 release of the Enterprise Volume Management System. This is the fourth maintenance release in the EVMS 2.3.x series, and is primarily intended to fix some recent bug-reports, as well as to update to the most recent kernel and Device-Mapper releases. The source code package and sample init-ramdisk image for 2.3.4 are now available for download at the project web site:... read more

The EVMS team is announcing the 2.3.3 release of the Enterprise Volume Management System. This is the third maintenance release in the EVMS 2.3.x series, and is primarily intended to fix some recent bug-reports, as well as to update to the most recent kernel and Device-Mapper releases. The source code package and sample init-ramdisk image for 2.3.3 are now available for download at the project web site:... read more

The EVMS team is announcing the 2.3.2 release of the Enterprise Volume Management System. This is the second maintenance release in the EVMS 2.3.x series, and is primarily intended to fix some recent bug-reports, as well as to update to the most recent kernel and Device-Mapper releases. The source code package and sample init-ramdisk image for 2.3.2 are now available for download at the project web site:... read more

The EVMS team is announcing the 2.3.1 release of the Enterprise Volume Management System. This is the first maintenance release in the EVMS 2.3.x series, and is primarily intended to fix some recent bug-reports, as well as to update to the most recent kernel and Device-Mapper releases. The source code package and sample init-ramdisk image for 2.3.1 are now available for download at the project web site:... read more

The EVMS team is announcing the 2.3.0 release of the Enterprise Volume Management System. This release includes several new features and enhancements to the 2.x series. The source code package and sample init-ramdisk image for 2.3.0 are now available for download at the project web site:

http://evms.sourceforge.net/

EVMS 2.3.0 is supported on 2.6.3 and 2.4.19 through 2.4.25 kernels.

Please see the INSTALL and README files in the 2.3.0 package for installation instructions and other notes. If you have any questions, find any bugs, or simply want to report success stories, please send email to the EVMS mailing list (evms-devel@lists.sf.net) or visit the EVMS IRC channel (irc.freenode.net, #evms).... read more

This is the second maintenance release in the EVMS 2.2.x series. This release is primarily intended to fix some recent bug-reports, as well as to update to the most recent kernel and Device-Mapper releases.

The source code package and sample init-ramdisk image for 2.2.2 are now available for download at the project web site:

http://evms.sourceforge.net/

EVMS 2.2.2 is supported on 2.6.1 and 2.4.19 through 2.4.24 kernels.... read more

This is the first maintenance release in the EVMS 2.2.x
series. This release is primarily intended to fix some
recent bug-reports, as well as to update to the most
recent kernel and Device-Mapper releases.

The
source code package and sample init-ramdisk image
for 2.2.1 are now available for download at the project
web site:

http://evms.sourceforge.net/

EVMS 2.2.1 is supported on 2.4.19 through 2.4.23
kernels, as well as 2.6.0-test10 and -test11.... read more

The EVMS team is announcing the 2.2.0 release of the
Enterprise Volume Management System. This release
includes several new features, plugins, and
enhancements to the 2.0 series. The source code
package and sample init-ramdisk image for 2.2.0 are
now available for download at the project web site:

http://evms.sourceforge.net/

EVMS 2.2.0 is supported on 2.4.19 through 2.4.22
kernels, as well as 2.6.0-test9.... read more

The EVMS Project uses a layered, plug-in model to provide unparalleled flexibility and extensibility in managing storage. This allows for easy expansion or customization of various levels of volume management. The EVMS team is announcing the next maintenance release of the Enterprise Volume Management System. Package 2.1.1 is now available for download. This release is primarily intended to allow EVMS to work with the new Device-Mapper interface, but also contains other miscellaneous bug fixes. This version of EVMS will continue to work with existing 2.4 kernels compiled for EVMS 2.x, but users are encouraged to upgrade to the new Device-Mapper kernel driver if possible.... read more

The EVMS team is announcing the next major release of the Enterprise Volume Management System. Package 2.1.0 is now available for download. This release is for the new EVMS design, which is based on user-space volume discovery and communication with existing kernel drivers, such as MD/Software-RAID and Device-Mapper.

Downloads at the project page:

http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/evms/

Please see the INSTALL file in the 2.1.0 package for information about installing and getting started with the new EVMS. Since this new design is based on user-space discovery, there will no longer be boot-time volume activation. Please see the INSTALL file for information about how to activate your volumes using the EVMS user-interfaces and utilities. The INSTALL file also contains instructions for how users may easily "upgrade" an existing 2.4 kernel with Device-Mapper and EVMS 2.0.1 patches.... read more

The EVMS team is announcing the first bug-fix release in the Enterprise Volume Management System 2.0 series. Package 2.0.1 is now available for download at the project web site:

http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/evms

This release is for the new EVMS design, which is based on user-space volume discovery and communication with existing kernel drivers, such as MD/Software-RAID and Device-Mapper.

Please see the INSTALL file in the 2.0.1 package for information about installing and getting started with the new EVMS. Since this new design is based on user-space discovery, there will no longer be boot-time volume activation. Please see the INSTALL file for information about how to activate your volumes using the EVMS user-interfaces and utilities. The INSTALL file also contains instructions for how users may easily "upgrade" an existing 2.4 kernel with Device-Mapper and EVMS 2.0.0 patches.... read more

The EVMS team is announcing the first full release of the new Enterprise Volume Management System. Package 2.0.0 is now available for download at the project web site:

http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/evms

This release is for the new EVMS design, which is based on user-space volume discovery and communication with existing kernel drivers, such as MD/Software-RAID and Device-Mapper.

Please see the INSTALL file in the 2.0.0 package for information about installing and getting started with the new EVMS. Since this new design is based on user-space discovery, there will no longer be boot-time volume activation. Please see the INSTALL file for information about how to activate your volumes using the EVMS user-interfaces and utilities.... read more

The EVMS Project uses a layered, plug-in model to provide unparalleled flexibility and extensibility in managing storage. This allows for easy expansion or customization of various levels of volume management for Linux. This release is the second beta-level release of the new design, based on user-space volume discovery, and interaction with existing kernel device drivers, such as MD/Software-RAID and Device-Mapper.... read more

The EVMS Project uses a layered, plug-in model to provide unparalleled flexibility and extensibility in managing storage. This allows for easy expansion or customization of various levels of volume management for Linux. This release is the first beta-level release of the new design, based on user-space volume discovery, and interaction with existing kernel device drivers, such as MD/Software-RAID and Device-Mapper.... read more

The EVMS Project uses a layered, plug-in model to provide unparalleled flexibility and extensibility in managing storage. This allows for easy expansion or customization of various levels of volume management for Linux. This release is primarily bug-fixes and minor enhancements to the 1.2.0 release.

It is available for download at the project web site:
http://www.sf.net/projects/evms/

Please see the notes and changelog at:
http://www.sf.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=128619

The EVMS Project uses a layered, plug-in model to provide unparalleled flexibility and extensibility in managing storage. This allows for easy expansion or customization of various levels of volume management.

This is the second full release of what will eventually become EVMS 2.0. It is available for download at the project web site:
http://www.sf.net/projects/evms/

Please see the notes and changelog at:
http://www.sf.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=113218

The EVMS project has released two new patches.

The first is a kernel patch for users of XFS version 1.1. It allows XFS to operate correctly on EVMS volumes by preventing unaligned log writes. This problem is fixed in the current CVS version of XFS, and in version 1.2.

The second patch is against the "mount" program in the "util-linux" package. It allows mount-by-label to search for the desired label on EVMS volumes.... read more