Re: [sysadmins] Two upgrades this weekend ...

Marc,

I got an error when committing a file. Could you take a look at?

/cvsroot/pgpool/pgpool-II/sql/pgpool-recovery/Makefile,v  <--  Makefile
new revision: 1.2; previous revision: 1.1
done
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> Okay, everything *appears* to be fine ... only concern I have is mailman, 
> as I don't know how to test that, but it *looks* like postfix is 
> processing emails properly ...
> 
> Please go through and let me know, as I said, worst case, we have to 
> revert back to the 6.x format, but would prefer to resolve any issues vs 
> just switch back ...
> 
> On Sat, 23 May 2009, Marc G. Fournier wrote:
> 
> >
> > 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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> >> Marc G. Fournier           Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org)
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