Networker

Re: [Networker] Upgrade from 7.2 to 7.6.x - Can it be done in one step?

2011-06-28 10:50:11
Subject: Re: [Networker] Upgrade from 7.2 to 7.6.x - Can it be done in one step?
From: Len Philpot <Len.Philpot AT CLECO DOT COM>
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 09:48:27 -0500
> Eugene Vilensky 
> 
> There are release notes along the way that mention a drastic 
> database change that requires an interim step. 
> 
> We moved our /nsr from rhel3 7.2 to rhel 5 via tar and installed 7.4
> straight away on the new OS.  This tested after we reconfigured 
> devices  so we upgraded to 7.6 from 7.4 in place on this new 
> machine. Our goal was to avoid installing 7.2 packages on rhel5 
> which seemed muck things up. 

Well fortunately, this will be all on Solaris 10/SPARC so there's no 
change of platform nor OS version. But I'll need to verify we're all OK in 
terms of upgrade enablers, exact sequence and such along the way, so I'll 
open a case on PowerLink when we're ready to go.

Thanks for the info.

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