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Re: [Networker] OS upgrading
2009-07-28 16:53:35
Thanks Preston,
I'm sticking with 32bit RHEL so I should be ok there. I do have /nsr on
a seperate partition, but it is local to the server and I'm physically
moving to newer hardware in this transition (very similar servers, just
this one is still under a support contract!). Are you saying that I
should be able to install the software and just move the /nsr folder
from one server to the other (changing the hostname and IP to match the
original before starting the services)?
Thanks,
Greg
Preston de Guise wrote:
Greg,
On 29/07/2009, at 24:24 , Greg Etling wrote:
Looks like I'm adding complexity to an already complex project...
In the server move that I spoke about in an earlier email, I am now
upgrading the OS as well. So I will be moving a 7.4.4 installation
from a RHEL3 to a RHEL4 server. In the DR Guide, I'm a little unclear
about whether this can be done with mmrecov or not:
Yes, you can move from RHEL3 to RHEL4 via mmrecov if you really need to.
(Generally speaking this is why it's a good idea to keep /nsr as a
separate partition - that way you should be able to accomplish most OS
upgrades without needing to perform any disaster recovery activity.)
The only thing I *would* caution about is changing bitness - i.e., going
from RHEL3-32 to say, RHEL4-64. If you're going to do that, I'd suggest
more caution, and possibly a test environment.
Cheers,
Preston.
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