>>>> Yes, I know that the Bacula Release Notes say "As always, both the
>>>> Director
>>>> and Storage daemon must be upgraded at the same time."
>>>>
>>>> Is this because of some shared library versions or something else
>>>> "single
>>>> host environment"- related?
>>>>
>>>> I'm migrating my old CentOS 5.x-32 system with Bacula 5.0.3, to CentOS
>>>> 6.2-64, with Bacula 5.2.6.
>>>>
>>>> I'm very tempted to have an intermediate step (for just a few days)
>>>> with
>>>> the old storage (running in the old hw) and the new director (in the
>>>> new
>>>> hw).
>>>>
>>>> So both the director and storage would be of 5-generation with
>>>> different
>>>> minor numbers, and everything running in any single host, would be of
>>>> exactly the same version. Any chance this combination might work?
>>>>
>>>> Of course, as long as I had that cocktail in use, I wouldn't touch the
>>>> conf
>>>> files for no other reason but to edit machine names where necessary. So
>>>> no
>>>> attempt to use any new features... if the communication protocols
>>>> between
>>>> the daemons haven't changed, I guess there shouln't be anything
>>>> wrong -unless the daemons explicitly check the version info.
>>> Hi.
>>>
>>> Why would you like to have different versions of DIR and SD installed on
>>> the same machine?
>> I must have expressed myself unclearly. So, absolutely they wouldn't be
>> on
>> the same machine. The old SD on old the hw, the new DIR on the new hw.
>> But
>> can this combination work together?
>>
>> Reason for this idea: I try to keep downtime at minimum (this is much
>> more
>> than just a backup server), and I would configure new director etc on the
>> new system, and start using it (among other non-backup-related services).
>> However, I want to keep old system still functional, and my tape hw is
>> still
>> attached to that old system.
>>
>> --
>> TiN
>
> Well, officially it's recommended to keep DIR and SD at the same
> version, but I accidentally discovered that even DIR 5.2.6 (on FreeBSD)
> and SD 5.0.3 (on Debian) work together just fine.
Ok, that's a good reference for me, exactly the same combination.
An my setup won't be permanent, just for a few days to make sure everything
else works first.
Thanks!
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TiN
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