gmane.comp.file-systems.openafs.announce

OpenAFS 1.7.12 released for Microsoft Windows

Jeffrey Altman — 2012-05-08T00:27:19

OpenAFS 1.7.12 is the latest in a new series of OpenAFS clients for the
Microsoft Windows platform that is implemented as a native file system.

The significant changes since 1.7.11 are:

 * Windows cache coherency issues fixed.

 * Fix BSOD condition
   . when multiple threads attempt to open the same file system
     object simultaneously resulting in memory corruption.
   . the stack is exhausted as a side effect of an out of
     memory condition.

 * Prevent a potential AFS FileLock leak during file cleanup.

 * Improved handling of VNOVOL and VOFFLINE errors when produced
   by the file server during a volume backup, readonly release
   or salvage operation.

 * Reduced CPU utilization.

1.7.12 is the recommended release of OpenAFS for Microsoft Windows
users. It supports Microsoft Windows client operating systems from
Windows XP SP3 through Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server operating
systems from 2003 SP2 through 2008 R2 SP1.  The 1.7.12 Windows client is
fully compatible with all AFS server versions.

2012 European AFS and Kerberos Conference & Call for Papers

Stephen Quinney — 2012-04-25T15:38:21

This is to announce that the 2012 European AFS and Kerberos Conference
will take place in the University of Edinburgh School of Informatics
from Tuesday 16th to Thursday 18th October 2012.

Full details are available at: http://openafs2012.inf.ed.ac.uk/

The call for abstracts is open and so please feel free to submit your
presentation proposals. As always the conference will examine the
development outlook for AFS and Kerberos implementations, it will
highlight current projects and will offer space to proposals and new
ideas. Also, sites will be able to present their AFS and Kerberos
activities in site reports. Please submit proposals by email to
openafs-conf< at >inf.ed.ac.uk.

Come talk to your peers in general about:

   * Completed projects
   * Work in progress
   * Case studies
   * Best practices
   * Related research
   * Theories, new ideas
   * Updates on previous talks

or anything else of note involving AFS and/or Kerberos. The conference
will address themes such as:

   * Performance

OpenAFS Newsletter: April 2012

Dave Botsch — 2012-04-17T14:31:05

Everyone,

The OpenAFS 2012 Newsletter is now live on the site!

Find it at:

http://www.openafs.org/newsletter/

Later!

OpenAFS 1.7.11 released for Microsoft Windows

Jeffrey Altman — 2012-04-23T07:52:55

OpenAFS 1.7.11 is the latest in a new series of OpenAFS clients for the
Microsoft Windows platform that is implemented as a native file system.

The significant changes since 1.7.10 are:

 * Fixed a bug introduced in 1.7.9 that results in
   afsd_service.exe termination on unlog.exe or equivalent.

1.7.11 is the recommended release of OpenAFS for Microsoft Windows
users. It supports Microsoft Windows client operating systems from
Windows XP SP3 through Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server operating
systems from 2003 SP2 through 2008 R2 SP1.  The 1.7.11 Windows client is
fully compatible with all AFS server versions.

For UNIX, Linux, and MacOS X the recommended production-ready release of
OpenAFS is 1.6.1.

Source code and binaries can be downloaded from

     http://www.openafs.org/windows.html
     http://www.openafs.org/release/openafs-1.7.11.html

Please visit http://www.openafs.org/windows.html for up to date
information on the status of the OpenAFS for Windows client.

Please send reports of successful dep

OpenAFS 1.7.10 released for Microsoft Windows

Jeffrey Altman — 2012-04-17T11:41:36

OpenAFS 1.7.10 is the latest in a new series of OpenAFS clients for the
Microsoft Windows platform that is implemented as a native file system.

The significant changes since 1.7.9 are:

 * Improved compatibility with anti-virus and other
   anti-malware products.
   . Fixed kernel deadlocks with Trend Micro when file is truncated
     to zero bytes.
 * Another file cache synchronization error fixed.
 * Redesigned AFS PIOCTL processing to workaround broken SMB protocol
   implementations.Ensure that file data is flushed to the file server
   before file locks are released.
 * Prevent afsd_service crash if a file is marked delete on close and
   the file server is unreachable.
 * Avoid File Control Block ERESOURCE contention during file create
   and open operations.
 * Correct an RX deadlock introduced in 1.7.9.

1.7.10 is the recommended release of OpenAFS for Microsoft Windows
users. It supports Microsoft Windows client operating systems from
Windows XP SP3 through Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server operatin

OpenAFS 1.7.9 released for Microsoft Windows

Jeffrey Altman — 2012-04-10T03:17:53

OpenAFS 1.7.9 is the latest in a new series of OpenAFS clients for the
Microsoft Windows platform that is implemented as a native file system.

The significant changes since 1.7.8 are:

 * Improved compatibility with anti-virus and other anti-malware products.
   . Fixed kernel deadlocks with Trend Micro
 * BSOD issues fixed.
   . Reference count errors corrected.
 * More directory and file data synchronization errors fixed.
 * Improved VNOSERVICE error handling.
 * Improved Authentication Group inheritance.
 * Handle backward clock transitions.
 * Optimized RXAFSCB_InitCallBack3 RPC processing.
 * Corrected processing of symlinks containing ".." components.
 * Query file server for up to date free space for each:
   . FileFsSizeInformation query
   . FileFsFullSizeInformation query
   . SetEndOfFile requests when new value extends the file size.
 * Return STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED if recursive loops are detected.
 * Cache file server EACCES errors.
 * Return STATUS_DISK_FULL instead of STATUS_QUOTA_EXCEEDED.

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OpenAFS 1.6.1 release available

Derrick J Brashear — 2012-04-03T15:31:17

The OpenAFS Gatekeepers are pleased to announce the availability of OpenAFS
version 1.6.1.  Source files and available binaries can be accessed via
the web at:

        http://www.openafs.org/dl/openafs/1.6.1/

or via AFS at:

        /afs/grand.central.org/software/openafs/1.6.1/
        \\afs\grand.central.org\software\openafs\1.6.1\

OpenAFS 1.6.1 is the second of a new series of stable releases of
OpenAFS. Sites running 1.6.0 or prereleases of 1.6.1 are urged
to upgrade; The 1.6.0 fileserver has a bug which can under some
circumstances cause data loss in replicated volumes.
Additional details are available in the release notes.

Bug reports should be filed to openafs-bugs< at >openafs.org.

Thanks are due as usual to our dedicated team of binary builders
(Douglas Engert, Christof Hanke, and Ben Kaduk) without whom the broad 
range of released binaries would not be possible.

Additional binaries will be provided as possible.

Derrick J Brashear
for the OpenAFS gatekeepers

OpenAFS 1.7.8 released for Microsoft Windows

Jeffrey Altman — 2012-03-16T02:20:42

OpenAFS 1.7.8 is the latest in a new series of OpenAFS clients for the
Microsoft Windows platform that is implemented as a native file system.

The significant changes since 1.7.6 (1.7.7 was not announced) are:

 * Improved compatibility with anti-virus and other anti-malware
   products.
 * Significant improvements in processor utilization and parallel
   processing.
 * BSOD issues fixed.
   . Avoid race during file control block deallocation.
   . Disable bugcheck in release builds.  Too many out of memory
     conditions were triggering BSODs.
 * Deadlocks avoided
   . VolumeCB->ObjectInfoTree.TreeLock
   . ExtentsResource during CcPurge
 * Directory and file data synchronization errors fixed.
 * Permit rename of a file to itself without error.
 * Permit Explorer Shell to set UNIX mode bits.
 * Ignore AFS File Server file lock counts when deciding whether fail
   a lock request.  File Servers prior to 1.6.1pre5 do not report
   accurate values.

1.7.8 is the recommended release of OpenAFS for Microsoft Wi

OpenAFS 1.6.1 release candidate 4 available

Derrick J Brashear — 2012-03-13T06:57:01

The OpenAFS Gatekeepers announce the availability of the third release 
candidate for OpenAFS version 1.6.1. (pre3 was not released)
Source files and available binaries can be accessed via the web at:

       http://www.openafs.org/release/openafs-1.6.1pre4.html

or via AFS at:

       UNIX: /afs/grand.central.org/software/openafs/candidate/1.6.1pre4/
       UNC: \\afs\grand.central.org\software\openafs\candidate\1.6.1pre4\

Included are bugfixes to the fileserver which prevent possible data
loss, as well as changes to Rx, additional Linux kernel version support, MacOS 
client shutdown-time fixes, and numerous other bugfixes.

Please assist the gatekeepers by deploying this release and providing positive 
or negative feedback. Bug reports should be filed to
openafs-bugs< at >openafs.org .  Reports of success should be sent to 
openafs-info< at >openafs.org .

Derrick Brashear
for the OpenAFS Gatekeepers

OpenAFS 1.7.6 released for Microsoft Windows

Jeffrey Altman — 2012-02-08T18:17:23

OpenAFS 1.7.6 is the latest in a new series of OpenAFS clients for the
Microsoft Windows platform that is implemented as a native file system.

The significant changes since 1.7.4 (1.7.5 was not announced) are:

 * Improved compatibility with anti-virus and other anti-malware
   products.
 * Significant improvements in processor utilization and parallel
   processing.
 * Several BSOD issues fixed.Directory and file data synchronization
   errors fixed.
 * Renaming of open files permitted.
 * More precise error reporting when symlinks and mount points cannot
   be resolved and when the volume is read only.
 * "NonPersistentCaching" mode can now be used with read/write data.
 * Better failover handling when a file server reports VBUSY errors.
 * "fs flushvolume" works with the afs redirector.
 * New commands: "fs setverify" and "fs getverify" added to manage a
   new data verification mode.
 * NPGetUniversalName path truncation error fixed.

1.7.6 is the recommended release of OpenAFS for Microsoft Windows use

OpenAFS 1.7.4 released for Microsoft Windows

Jeffrey Altman — 2011-12-19T16:47:44

OpenAFS 1.7.4 is the third in a new series of OpenAFS clients for the
Microsoft Windows platform that is implemented as a native file system.

The significant changes since 1.7.3 are:

 * Kernel crash when renaming directories to the root directory
   of a volume fixed.</li>
 * Potential kernel deadlock when renaming files fixed.
 * Windows Advanced Firewall (Vista, Win7, Server 2008)
   configuration modified
 * Explorer Shell extension error resulting in application
   crashes fixed.
 * Windows Folder Redirection service crashes fixed.
 * Suspend and Resume Power Management for the AFS redirector
   driver implemented.  Microsoft Office applications now
   resume properly from sleep.

1.7.4 is the recommended release of OpenAFS for Microsoft Windows users.
It supports Microsoft Windows client operating systems from Windows XP
SP3 through Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server operating systems from 2003
SP2 through 2008 R2 SP1.  The 1.7.4 Windows client is fully compatible
with all AFS server versions.

For UNIX

OpenAFS 1.6.1 release candidate 1 available

Derrick J Brashear — 2011-12-18T14:35:02

The OpenAFS Gatekeepers announce the availability of the first release 
candidate for OpenAFS version 1.6.1.
Source files and available binaries can be accessed via the web at:

       http://www.openafs.org/release/openafs-1.6.1pre1.html

or via AFS at:

       UNIX: /afs/grand.central.org/software/openafs/candidate/1.6.1pre1/
       UNC: \\afs\grand.central.org\software\openafs\candidate\1.6.1pre1\

Included are bugfixes to the fileserver which prevent possible data
loss, as well as changes to Rx, additional Linux kernel version 
support, MacOS client shutdown-time fixes, and numerous other bugfixes.

Please assist the gatekeepers by deploying this release and providing positive 
or negative feedback. Bug reports should be filed to
openafs-bugs< at >openafs.org .  Reports of success should be sent to 
openafs-info< at >openafs.org .

Derrick Brashear
for the OpenAFS Gatekeepers

OpenAFS 1.7.3 released for Microsoft Windows

Jeffrey Altman — 2011-12-05T05:47:15

OpenAFS 1.7.3 is the third in a new series of OpenAFS clients for the
Microsoft Windows platform that is implemented as a native file system.
In brief, the benefits of the 1.7.3 release are:

 * Significantly faster than previous releases
   (up to 800MB/second read throughput from Solid State Disk
   backed cache)
 * Does not require the installation of the Microsoft Windows
   Loopback Adapter
 * Provides support for kernel enforced Process and Thread
   Authentication Groups
 * New Explorer Shell integration including AFS specific property sheets
 * Immediate access to \\AFS namespace after system resume
 * AFS Mount Points and Symlinks are File System Reparse Points

Version 1.7.3 fixes a set of bugs that could result in a kernel panic
(aka Blue Screen of Death) and a bug that was causing IE8 and the
explorer shell to crash.  It also includes a number of performance
improvements that can reduce CPU utilization.  Please upgrade if you
have deployed a prior 1.7 release.

1.7.3 is the recommended release of

OpenAFS 1.7.2 released for Microsoft Windows

Jeffrey Altman — 2011-11-20T22:20:37

OpenAFS 1.7.2 is the second in a new series of OpenAFS clients for the
Microsoft Windows platform that is implemented as a native file system.
In brief, the benefits of the 1.7.2 release are:

 * Significantly faster than previous releases
   (up to 800MB/second read throughput from Solid State Disk
   backed cache)
 * Does not require the installation of the Microsoft Windows
   Loopback Adapter
 * Provides support for kernel enforced Process and Thread
   Authentication Groups
 * New Explorer Shell integration including AFS specific property sheets
 * Immediate access to \\AFS namespace after system resume
 * AFS Mount Points and Symlinks are File System Reparse Points

Version 1.7.2 fixes a set of bugs that could result in a kernel panic
(aka Blue Screen of Death.)  If you have deployed 1.7.1, please upgrade.

1.7.2 is the recommended release of OpenAFS for Microsoft Windows users.
It supports Microsoft Windows client operating systems from Windows XP
SP3 through Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server operating

European AFS & Kerberos Conference 2011 now streaming

European AFS & Kerberos Cenference 2011 — 2011-10-05T08:05:41

We are recording and streaming the conference as of now. Please have a look at

http://webcast.desy.de/Live/desylive38.htm

Enjoy the show,
Peter.

________________________________________________________________________________

   European AFS & Kerberos Conference 2011 Organisation Team

    c/oDESY - IT
Notkestrasse 85eakc2011< at >desy.de
D-22607 Hamburg   indico.desy.de/event/eakc2011
________________________________________________________________________________

EAKC 2011 starts in one week

European AFS & Kerberos Cenference 2011 — 2011-09-28T00:26:47

Dear all,

next week many AFS and Kerberos admins, users and developers will be gathering
in Hamburg, Germany for the 2011 European AFS & Kerberos Conference.

The conference plan is available under https://indico.desy.de/event/eakc2011

As contributions are still being submitted the timetable will still grow and
increase in diversity over the coming days.

Do use this once-in-a-year opportunity to get into contact with your peers 
and some of the AFS gatekeepers during three days of presentations, discussions 
and workshops.

Registration for the last-minute decision makers among you is still open!

Hoping to see you in Hamburg,
for the conference team,

Peter van der Reest.
________________________________________________________________________________

   European AFS & Kerberos Conference 2011 Organisation Team

    c/oDESY - IT
Notkestrasse 85eakc2011< at >desy.de
D-22607 Hamburg   indico.desy.de/event/eakc2011
________________________________________________________________________________

OpenAFS 1.7.1 released -- Native AFS File System for Microsoft Windows

Jeffrey Altman — 2011-09-16T06:07:25

OpenAFS 1.7.1 is the first in a new series of OpenAFS clients for the
Microsoft Windows platform that is implemented as a native file system.
In brief, the benefits of the 1.7.1 release are:

 * Significantly faster than previous releases
   (up to 800MB/second read throughput from Solid State Disk
   backed cache)
 * Does not require the installation of the Microsoft Windows
   Loopback Adapter
 * Provides support for kernel enforced Process and Thread
   Authentication Groups
 * New Explorer Shell integration including AFS specific property sheets
 * Immediate access to \\AFS namespace after system resume
 * AFS Mount Points and Symlinks are File System Reparse Points

1.7.1 is the recommended release of OpenAFS for Microsoft Windows users.
 It supports Microsoft Windows client operating systems from Windows XP
SP3 through Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server operating systems from 2003
SP2 through 2008 R2 SP1.  The 1.7.1 Windows
client is fully compatible with all AFS server versions.

For UNIX, Linux, and Ma

Reminder: 2011 European AFS and Kerberos Conference

European AFS & Kerberos Cenference 2011 — 2011-09-14T16:00:02

Dear all,

it is now less than three weeks to the 

               2011 European AFS and Kerberos Conference

taking place in Hamburg, Germany from Oct 4th through Oct 7th 2011.

We would like to encourage you to register your attendance as well
as submitting your abstracts in the Indico Conference System.
Please observe that site reports are also counted as contributions and
should be submitted with a minimal abstract "site report"

Please find details at  https://indico.desy.de/event/eakc2011

Waiting for you is a lineup of talks encompassing OpenAFS and its roadmap,
experiences with the recent 1.6 release, Kerberos and SSO and much more.

We are inviting you to the evening registration and reception where we can
mix and mingle, have a few drinks and enjoy some fingerfood.

One of our well-wishers is inviting us to the conference dinner with a view
of the Port of Hamburg in a hanseatic 19th century villa and Thursday evening´s 
session will take place in the historic centre of Hamburg in a private brewer

OpenAFS 1.6.0 Lion installer refreshed

Derrick Brashear — 2011-09-02T13:20:22

Due to an issue with the 32 bit kernel module in the MacOS 10.7 (Lion)
installer, the installer has been refreshed. No code changes were made.

As before, you may access available source and binaries via the web at:

      http://www.openafs.org/dl/openafs/1.6.0/

or via AFS at:

      /afs/grand.central.org/software/openafs/1.6.0/
      \\afs\grand.central.org\software\openafs\1.6.0\



Derrick J Brashear
for the OpenAFS gatekeepers

OpenAFS 1.6.0 release available

Derrick Brashear — 2011-09-01T18:00:44

The OpenAFS Gatekeepers are pleased to announce the availability of OpenAFS
version 1.6.0.  Source files and available binaries can be accessed via
the web at:

       http://www.openafs.org/dl/openafs/1.6.0/

or via AFS at:

       /afs/grand.central.org/software/openafs/1.6.0/
       \\afs\grand.central.org\software\openafs\1.6.0\

OpenAFS 1.6.0 is the first of a new series of stable releases of
OpenAFS. Among the new features included are support for the Demand
Attach fileserver, which greatly improves startup and first access
time for data. OpenAFS 1.6.0 contains many other features for all
platforms. Additional details are available in the release notes.

OpenAFS 1.6.0 also represents the first release fully supporting
MacOS Lion, and sites running the initial release should upgrade.

Bug reports should be filed to openafs-bugs< at >openafs.org.

Thanks are due as usual to our dedicated team of binary builders
(Chaz Chandler, Douglas Engert, Christof Hanke, Ben Kaduk, and Simon
Wilkinson) without whom the br

Announcing the 2011 European AFS and Kerberos Conference & Call for Participation

Peter van der Reest — 2011-08-21T13:49:15

This is the long due public announcement of the 

                  2011 European AFS and Kerberos Conference

taking place in Hamburg, Germany from Oct 4th through Oct 7th 2011.

Please find details at  https://indico.desy.de/event/eakc2011

The call for abstracts is open and do feel free to submit your presentation 
proposals.
As always the conference will examine the development outlook for AFS and 
Kerberos implementations, it will highlight current projects and will offer 
space to proposals and new ideas. Also, sites will be able to present their
AFS and Kerberos activities in site reports.
On the last day of the conference, we are planning to have time for tutorials,
hands-on workshops and for those interested tours of the DESY research site.

As always, the program will allow for informal discussions and exchanges as 
well.

Due to some formal constraints, the conference attendance registration will 
open in the course of the coming week.
The conference fee for academic attendees will be under € 1