Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 18:03:31 +0100 From: Vincent Mialon <vincent@netaktiv.com> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Cc: Vivek Khera <vivek@khera.org> Subject: Re: Upgrading to 7.0 - stupid requirements Message-ID: <200803191803.31872.vincent@netaktiv.com> In-Reply-To: <FF8E3D52-5C7C-43FC-AA54-49B48957ACD5@khera.org> References: <867igo3cih.fsf@zid.claresco.hr> <62b856460803190546t4abfcb9fu7d3410646d81b656@mail.gmail.com> <FF8E3D52-5C7C-43FC-AA54-49B48957ACD5@khera.org>
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Le Wednesday 19 March 2008 17:41:21 Vivek Khera, vous avez =E9crit=A0: > On Mar 19, 2008, at 8:46 AM, Michael Grant wrote: > > My server is live and serving customers. I can't afford to take the > > box down for a whole day while I upgrade ports. Is there any > > intelligent way to do this? > > Here's what you do: > > 1) take one server at a time down from the load balancer/worker pool > 2) upgrade it > 3) put it back in service > 4) go to step 1 until all servers are updated. Why not installing FreeBSD 7 on a spare server or a workstation ? You can=20 build your own packages, rsync your confs and test.=20 When everything work, delete all packages on the old server. Make a=20 freebsd-upgrade install. Install all your previously builded packages and p= ut=20 your confs back. The down time should not be too long I gess ?
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