Base Command Manager / Bright Cluster Manager Release Notes
Release notes for Bright 6.0-9 (released 2012-07-10)
cciss_vol_status: added patch to support HP P420i controller
cluster-tools: fixed mpich2 pe update issue
cluster-tools: cm-register-node: options to use custom repo files, specify node with -n
cluster-tools: cm-register-node added -b, -d options to copy custom repo files, improve log messages
cluster-tools: cm-create-image added options -b, -c to allow custom repo files to be specified
cluster-tools: add examples to cm-register-node usage
cluster-tools: The cm-diagnose tool now uses the IP address of a switch, instead of the hostname. Help text now contains submit URL too.
cluster-tools: Check license validity before configuring failover setup
cluster-tools: Fixed situation when cmsub flags are defined only inside job script
cluster-tools: cm-register-node: open node and reset reboot required flag
cluster-tools: introduce generic linuxdistro module for cm-create-image
cluster-tools: created man page for cm-register-node
cluster-tools: made changes to kernel-devel-check script so it uses cmcommon for distro detection, fixed cmcommon isrhel5 check
cmburn: Some tests did not log warning properly. Added some filters to kmon test to prevent false positives on rhel6 etc.
cmdaemon: fix bug which caused /etc/../network not to be written out on passive headnods
cmdaemon: add cmsh wait command
cmdaemon: improve help commit -w
cmdaemon: run createramdisk when an image is being cloned
cmdaemon: Fixed an issue with 'ifcfg-' files for VLAN interfaces, which causes the 'VLAN=yes' line and 'REORDER_HDR=no/yes" line not show up in the 'ifcfg-'file.
cmdaemon: when cloud-bursting, do a billing update when powering on a cloud node if cmdaemon is not trusted with the customer portal
cmdaemon: Added powerDraw metric to sample_gpu metrics script.
cmdaemon: added extra options for open/close commands in python API
cmdaemon: added json unicode support
cmdaemon: prevent rare crashes of http handler
cmdaemon: improve display of fspart assoc in cmsh
cmdaemon: fix conman start on sol disable,commit + sol enable,commit
cmdaemon: add extra environment from cmd.conf to all external commands that are run by cmdaemon
cmdaemon: fixed performance issue
cmdaemon: fixed problem with restarting cmdaemon while cloud transfers are on-going.
cmdaemon: Changed the description of the ResolveToExternalName directive
cmdaemon: Fix false positive issue in rogueprocess healthcheck
cmdaemon: Fix problem where cmdaemon does not update slurm config when slurmclient role has All Queues yes'
cmdaemon: Fixed a deadlock that prevented clean CMDaemon shutdown while performing provisioning tasks.
cmdaemon: improved: help text for addinterface command
cmdaemon: improved: help text for showcertificate
cmdaemon: service cmd debugon/off added to man cmd.8
cmdaemon: fixed pbs nodes file formation
cmdaemon: fixed torque connections timeout in clouds
cmgui: use binary sort for tree
cmgui: improve load speed monitoring window
cmgui: don't automatically update burn overview if there are too many nodes
cuda4{0,1,2}: fix init script log file
cuda4{0,1,2}: create /cm/local/apps/cuda link to point at used cuda version/directory, to better support tools like torque
cuda42: fix init script log file, patch for pynvml for rhel5 based distros
finalise-base: turn off certmonger service for rhel6 (update 3)
intel-cluster-checker: added new license, expires 18 Jun 2013
intel-tbb: update from 40_20120408oss to 40_20120613oss
intel-wired-ethernet-drivers: update of igbvf driver, from 1.1.5 to 2.0.4, and e1000e driver from 2.0.0 to 2.0.0.1
intel-wired-ethernet-drivers: update of ixgbe driver, from 3.9.17 to 3.10.16
manuals: added note: pam plugin for user portal
manuals: service exit codes and bright
manuals: netmap figure update
manuals: improved: cloud licensing updates, globalnet introduced in configuration section
manuals: added: cloud notes: globalnet, address resolution with netmap
manuals: improved: cuda notes: 4.0 and 4.1 can be installed together for shared types, and same cluster can run 4.0 and 4.1 jobs at the same time
manuals: updated: notes on openlava
manuals: improved: correct note about -w|--wait option to clone command
manuals: change the IP to the same IP which is used in the table in the previous subsection [consistency]. Added an example of how to add member interfaces to the bond device
manuals: ResolveToExternalName changes
manuals: max attribute to size tag for disk partitioning
manuals: xml disk partitioning schema: added explicit note on adding an specifying another disk
manuals: xml disk partitioning schema reference added
manuals: added note that admin/users can decide module dependencies in (BCM-)undecided cases
manuals: DisableBootLogo description
manuals: IPMI driver removal notes
manuals: updated failover cloning screens
manuals: section on cmha-setup without ncurses, using xml file
manuals: updated failover view install instructions
manuals: autostart and monitored parameters for services
mlnx-ofed: if rhel6 based distro, add cxgb3i kernel module to omit list of dracut.conf, to prevent error messages when loading modules in initramfs stage
mlnx-ofed: Added function to change mlx4_en.conf modprobe configuration, to fix mellanox provisioning over IB issue
node-installer: Fixed a problem where the node installer would fail to detect Mellanox IB cards when they should be used for provisioning (but not for PXE).
node-installer: Fixed an issue where, on a new node, starting a burn test from /proc/cmdline would cause the node installer to hang while trying to switch the boot interface to the correct IP address.
node-installer: Fixed bug where node installer did not fallback on the network gateway setting when the bmc interface gateway was not set.
node-installer-slave: verify license in the beginning of clone-install rather than at the end
qlgc-ofed: if rhel6 based distro, add cxgb3i and cxgb4i kernel modules to omit list of dracut.conf, to prevent error messages when loading modules in initramfs stage
sge: patch ('qsub sleep %s' could lead to crash)
torque: upgrade of 2.x to 2.5.12
torque: upgrade of 3.x to 3.0.5
torque: torque is configured now with --enable-nvidia-gpus option
torque-slave: updated torque 2.x to version 2.5.12 and torque 3.x to version 3.0.5
torque-slave: Fixed 'too many opened files' bug when OpenIB is used on a many core node