# drbd-utils v9.31.0-rc.1 **URL:** https://forums.linbit.com/t/drbd-utils-v9-31-0-rc-1/691 **Category:** Release Announcements **Tags:** drbd **Created:** [March 24, 2025, 9:53am UTC](https://forums.linbit.com/t/drbd-utils-v9-31-0-rc-1/691 "2025-03-24T09:53:36Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![rck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c37758/32.png) [@rck](https://forums.linbit.com/u/rck) #### Post date: [March 24, 2025, 9:53am UTC](https://forums.linbit.com/t/drbd-utils-v9-31-0-rc-1/691/1 "2025-03-24T09:53:36Z")
Dear DRBD users, this is the first release candidate of drbd-utils 9.31.0. It contains all kinds of cleanups and fixes. The important things first: If you are using kmod version 8.4, but recent utils (\>= 9.28.0) you probably want to install the new version. We fixed a regression for udev rules generation. The second thing I want to mention is that VCS and XEN block-drbd got dropped as we don't think there are any users and/or there are better alternatives. The rest are smaller improvements all over the place, especially our systemd integration got some love where graceful shutdown for pacemaker got improved, we now consistently disable the old sysvint wrapper (drbd.service) and we added a drbd-configured.target which can be used as a synchronization point during boot-up. Please test! If we don't find any bugs I will release the final version in about a week from now. Regards, rck GIT: [Prepare 9.31.0-rc.1 · LINBIT/drbd-utils@2411ff2 · GitHub](https://github.com/LINBIT/drbd-utils/commit/2411ff2e4241716463b4afa8530dc3c628c157ce) TGZ: [https://pkg.linbit.com/downloads/drbd/utils/drbd-utils-9.31.0-rc.1.tar.gz](https://pkg.linbit.com/downloads/drbd/utils/drbd-utils-9.31.0-rc.1.tar.gz) PPA: [LINBIT DRBD9 Stack : “LINBIT” team](https://launchpad.net/~linbit/+archive/ubuntu/linbit-drbd9-stack) Changelog: 9.31.0-rc.1 ----------- \* VCS: drop integration \* XEN block-drbd: drop. if you think you want that,    look into the LINSTOR + xcp-ng integration instead \* drbd-configured.target: new sync point \* drbd.service: disable this old sysvinit/sh wrapper    (not to be confused with drbd@.service) \* drbd-graceful-shutdown.service: improve handling    of pacemaker shutdown \* drbdsetup,v8.4: fix udev command