diff --git a/doc/source/conf.py b/doc/source/conf.py
index 8f1b370cc..368a686c3 100644
--- a/doc/source/conf.py
+++ b/doc/source/conf.py
@@ -60,10 +60,11 @@ copyright = u'2010, United States Government as represented by the Administrator
 # |version| and |release|, also used in various other places throughout the
 # built documents.
 #
-# The short X.Y version.
-version = '2011.1'
+from nova import version as nova_version
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '2011.1-prerelease'
+release = nova_version.version()
+# The short X.Y version.
+version = nova_version.canonical_version_string()
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
diff --git a/nova/db/sqlalchemy/__init__.py b/nova/db/sqlalchemy/__init__.py
index 22aa1cfe6..501373942 100644
--- a/nova/db/sqlalchemy/__init__.py
+++ b/nova/db/sqlalchemy/__init__.py
@@ -19,16 +19,17 @@
 """
 SQLAlchemy database backend
 """
-import logging
 import time
 
 from sqlalchemy.exc import OperationalError
 
 from nova import flags
+from nova import log as logging
 from nova.db.sqlalchemy import models
 
 
 FLAGS = flags.FLAGS
+LOG = logging.getLogger('nova.db.sqlalchemy')
 
 
 for i in xrange(FLAGS.sql_max_retries):
@@ -39,5 +40,6 @@ for i in xrange(FLAGS.sql_max_retries):
         models.register_models()
         break
     except OperationalError:
-        logging.exception(_("Data store is unreachable."
-            " Trying again in %d seconds.") % FLAGS.sql_retry_interval)
+        LOG.exception(_("Data store %s is unreachable."
+                        " Trying again in %d seconds."),
+                      FLAGS.sql_connection, FLAGS.sql_retry_interval)
diff --git a/nova/utils.py b/nova/utils.py
index 15112faa2..cc632b835 100644
--- a/nova/utils.py
+++ b/nova/utils.py
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ System-level utilities and helper functions.
 
 import datetime
 import inspect
-import logging
 import os
 import random
 import subprocess
@@ -37,8 +36,10 @@ from eventlet import greenthread
 
 from nova import exception
 from nova.exception import ProcessExecutionError
+from nova import log as logging
 
 
+LOG = logging.getLogger("nova.utils")
 TIME_FORMAT = "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ"
 
 
@@ -109,7 +110,7 @@ def vpn_ping(address, port, timeout=0.05, session_id=None):
 
 
 def fetchfile(url, target):
-    logging.debug(_("Fetching %s") % url)
+    LOG.debug(_("Fetching %s") % url)
 #    c = pycurl.Curl()
 #    fp = open(target, "wb")
 #    c.setopt(c.URL, url)
@@ -121,7 +122,7 @@ def fetchfile(url, target):
 
 
 def execute(cmd, process_input=None, addl_env=None, check_exit_code=True):
-    logging.debug(_("Running cmd (subprocess): %s"), cmd)
+    LOG.debug(_("Running cmd (subprocess): %s"), cmd)
     env = os.environ.copy()
     if addl_env:
         env.update(addl_env)
@@ -134,7 +135,7 @@ def execute(cmd, process_input=None, addl_env=None, check_exit_code=True):
         result = obj.communicate()
     obj.stdin.close()
     if obj.returncode:
-        logging.debug(_("Result was %s") % (obj.returncode))
+        LOG.debug(_("Result was %s") % (obj.returncode))
         if check_exit_code and obj.returncode != 0:
             (stdout, stderr) = result
             raise ProcessExecutionError(exit_code=obj.returncode,
@@ -167,12 +168,12 @@ def default_flagfile(filename='nova.conf'):
 
 
 def debug(arg):
-    logging.debug('debug in callback: %s', arg)
+    LOG.debug(_('debug in callback: %s'), arg)
     return arg
 
 
 def runthis(prompt, cmd, check_exit_code=True):
-    logging.debug(_("Running %s") % (cmd))
+    LOG.debug(_("Running %s"), (cmd))
     rv, err = execute(cmd, check_exit_code=check_exit_code)
 
 
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ def get_my_ip():
         csock.close()
         return addr
     except socket.gaierror as ex:
-        logging.warn(_("Couldn't get IP, using 127.0.0.1 %s"), ex)
+        LOG.warn(_("Couldn't get IP, using 127.0.0.1 %s"), ex)
         return "127.0.0.1"
 
 
@@ -296,7 +297,7 @@ class LazyPluggable(object):
                 fromlist = backend
 
             self.__backend = __import__(name, None, None, fromlist)
-            logging.info('backend %s', self.__backend)
+            LOG.debug(_('backend %s'), self.__backend)
         return self.__backend
 
     def __getattr__(self, key):
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 1abf4d9fe..5b58274c6 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -24,6 +24,15 @@ from setuptools.command.sdist import sdist
 from sphinx.setup_command import BuildDoc
 
 from nova.utils import parse_mailmap, str_dict_replace
+from nova import version
+
+if os.path.isdir('.bzr'):
+    with open("nova/vcsversion.py", 'w') as version_file:
+        vcs_cmd = subprocess.Popen(["bzr", "version-info", "--python"],
+                                   stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
+        vcsversion = vcs_cmd.communicate()[0]
+        version_file.write(vcsversion)
+
 
 class local_BuildDoc(BuildDoc):
     def run(self):
@@ -49,7 +58,7 @@ class local_sdist(sdist):
         sdist.run(self)
 
 setup(name='nova',
-      version='2011.1',
+      version=version.canonical_version_string(),
       description='cloud computing fabric controller',
       author='OpenStack',
       author_email='nova@lists.launchpad.net',
@@ -64,9 +73,11 @@ setup(name='nova',
                'bin/nova-dhcpbridge',
                'bin/nova-import-canonical-imagestore',
                'bin/nova-instancemonitor',
+               'bin/nova-logspool',
                'bin/nova-manage',
                'bin/nova-network',
                'bin/nova-objectstore',
                'bin/nova-scheduler',
+               'bin/nova-spoolsentry',
                'bin/nova-volume',
                'tools/nova-debug'])