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Re: [Bacula-users] Upgrading from 2.2.5 to 2.4.0 - Need advice

2008-06-12 10:06:04
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Upgrading from 2.2.5 to 2.4.0 - Need advice
From: Frank Sweetser <fs AT WPI DOT EDU>
To: Mingus Dew <shon.stephens AT gmail DOT com>
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 10:05:40 -0400
Mingus Dew wrote:
> I have version 2.2.5 installed from Blastwave packages on Solaris
> 10_x86. This version uses MySQL 4. I am planning to upgrade to 2.4.0 by
> compiling myself.
> I have a couple of questions first that I hope can be answered.
> 
> Can I continue to use MySQL 4, or must I upgrade to version 5?
> Are any additional tables created or changes to existing tables between
> versions?
> If so, what is the recommended procedure to retain the catalog and other
> database information?
> Will my current configs continue to work, or have there been changes I
> should account for?

While 2.4 does have some substantial changes from 2.2, they are almost all
purely internal.  There haven't been any changes to the catalog schema or
config files, so you should be able to just upgrade the binaries.

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