Note: "permalinks" may not be as permanent as we would like,
direct links of old sources may well be a few messages off.
remove "not" from my question :) Szilárd Szilard Greszler wrote: > I tried the conversion and generation counters got zeroed out. > So you say that this is not a problem as long as my drbd is consistent > and not in secondary/secondary? > > BR, > Szilárd > > Lars Ellenberg wrote: >> On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 04:54:11PM +0200, Szilard Greszler wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> My question is to the developers of DRBD. >>> >>> Do you plan to finish the metadata conversion from v08 to v07 in >>> the near future? >>> >>> I'm developing a system which uses DRBD, and roll back to a >>> previous version is a requironment on it. >>> >>> I see that there is no any change on that part of code in 8.2.7rc1. >>> How probable that this conversion is going to be fully implemented >>> in the final 8.2.7? >>> >> >> what is it that you think is missing to call it "fully implemented"? >> >> there is one fundamental problem: v08 UUIDs can express more >> than v07 generation counters. it is impossible to convert them back. >> that makes the back conversion fundamentally broken. >> >> but as long as you make sure your drbd is in "Secondary/Secondary >> UpToDate/UpToDate" before you take it down and back-convert, there is >> nothing that can go wrong. >> >> but to just answer the actual question(s): >> >> "No." >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > drbd-user mailing list > drbd-user at lists.linbit.com > http://lists.linbit.com/mailman/listinfo/drbd-user