I am starting this on pgfoundry.org right now ... the procedure is very
simple (but longish):
shutdown VPS
use rsync to create a duplicate
upgrade OS to 7.x
restart VPS
upgrade all ports to 7.x
restart VPS to ensure all services restart
I won't be going to bed until it is finished, so there will be no delays
for rebuilding the ports themselves ...
On Sat, 23 May 2009, Marc G. Fournier wrote:
> On Sat, 23 May 2009, Stefan Kaltenbrunner wrote:
>
>> Robert Treat wrote:
>>> On Saturday 23 May 2009 00:35:05 Marc G. Fournier wrote:
>>>> I need to perform two upgrades this weekend:
>>>>
>>>> pgfoundry.org
>>>> pugs.postgresql.org
>>>>
>>>> We've been having an odd issue with our 64bit servers of late, and we've
>>>> been slowly eliminating potential problems. Right now, I am working on
>>>> eliminating a potential issue with running FreeBSD 6.x VPS/libraries on
>>>> the FreeBSD 7.x servers, something that all three of our current 64bit
>>>> servers have in varying degrees.
>>>>
>>>> Both pgfoundry.org and pugs.postgresql.org are running FreeBSD 6.x
>>>> ports
>>>> / libraries, so I will be upgrade them to proper 7.x VPSs.
>>>>
>>>> The downtime tends to vary, but will be at least 2hrs each, and I will
>>>> do them sequentially .
>>>>
>>>> No config files will be changed, only the binaries upgraded /
>>>> recompiled
>>>> to be proper "native 7.x binaries" ...
>>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks for the heads up... any chance you can email pgsql-www when the
>>> downtime begins (and optionally when it is done) ?
>>
>> it might also be important to mention that depending on what the definition
>> of "binaries upgraded" is that our version of gforge might not work with
>> certain newer stuff...
>
> I'm going to duplicate pgfoundry *before* do the upgrade, so that if it does
> fail completely, I can revert back to the 6.x version quickly ...
>
> And yes, will send out a notice both before, and when completed ...
>
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