[gpfsug-discuss] [External] 5.1.2.2 changes

[Jonathan Buzzard]

On 13/01/2022 17:39, mark.bergman at uphs.upenn.edu wrote:
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> 
> The change that I noticed most was:
> 
>          Repair functionality of mmfsck command in online mode is deprecated
>              The repair functionality of mmfsck command in online mode is no longer available. The report-only operation still works in the online mode.
> 
> While I know that mmfsck is rarely needed and has gotten much faster, deprecating the ability to do any online repairs seems
> like a significant regression.
> 

I would concur with that sentiment, and given it is a significant 
regression I would suggest that it IBM should give an explanation as to 
why functionality has been removed.

Been able to do online repairs on large file systems is when you need it 
a complete life saver. It could be the difference between several days 
of outage vs. end users not realizing there was even a problem.


JAB.

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