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Kernel module drbd is 8.4.11, but drbd8-utils has been dropped in favor of drbd9 utils

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djh@dr64-camel ~> cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=20.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=focal
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS"
djh@dr64-camel ~> modinfo drbd
filename: /lib/modules/5.4.0-62-generic/kernel/drivers/block/drbd/drbd.ko
alias: block-major-147-*
license: GPL
version: 8.4.11
description: drbd - Distributed Replicated Block Device v8.4.11
author: Philipp Reisner <email address hidden>, Lars Ellenberg <email address hidden>
[ . . . ]

Yet, the drbd8-utils package has been dropped for Ubuntu 20.04. The drbd-utils package provides 9.11.0-1build1

Q: Shouldn't the drbd-utils match the drbd kernel module? What shuold I do?

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Danny Howard (dannyman) said : 		#1

man pages:
drbd --> DRBD 8.3.2
drbd.conf --> DRBD 8.4.0
drbddisk --> DRBD 8.3.2
drbdsetup --> DRBD 8.4.0
drbdadm --> DRBD 8.4.0

drbdadm -v reports Version: 9.11.0

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Danny Howard (dannyman) said : 		#2

Workaround:

1) If you are an LTS user, add this PPA: https://launchpad.net/~linbit/+archive/ubuntu/linbit-drbd9-stack

2) apt install drbd-dkms drbd-utils

Now your kernel matches your utilities.

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Danny Howard (dannyman) said : 		#3

Alternatively, drbd8-utils can be installed via:

sudo dpkg -i https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/ubuntu/pool/main/d/drbd-utils/drbd-utils_8.9.10-2ubuntu0.1_amd64.deb