GT 4.2.1 Release Notes: Replication Client


1. Component Overview

The replication client integrates the functionalty of the Replica Location Service (RLS) and the GridFTP Server to perform intuitive operations including GET, PUT, COPY, REGISTER, REPLICATE, and DELETE. The interfaces for the client include a Java API and a command-line client. The command-line client, globus-replication-client, accepts RLS Logical Names and GSIFTP URLs as endpoints for replication.

2. Feature summary

Features new in release GT 4.2.1:

  • This component is new for GT 4.2.1.

Other Supported Features

  • N/A

Deprecated Features

  • N/A

3. Summary of Changes in Replication Client

This component is new for release GT 4.2.1.

4. Bug Fixes

  • None.

5. Known Problems

The following problems and limitations are known to exist for the Replication Client at the time of the 4.2.1 release:

5.1. Limitations

  • No known limitations exist.

5.2. Outstanding bugs

  • There are no outstanding bugs at this time.

See a bugzilla query on Replication Services, Replication Client to list the bugs outstanding.

6. Technology dependencies

Replication Client depends on the following GT components:

  • Globus Replica Location Service (RLS)
  • Globus GridFTP Server

Replication Client depends on the following 3rd party software:

  • Java JVM 1.5+

7. Tested platforms

Tested Platforms for the Replication Client

  • Linux

8. Backward compatibility summary

Protocol changes since GT version 4.2.0:

  • N/A

API changes since GT version 4.2.0:

  • N/A

Exception changes since GT version 4.2.0:

  • N/A

Schema changes since GT version 4.2.0:

  • N/A

9. Associated Standards

Associated standards for the Replication Client:

  • None

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