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production server upkeep question
Hi all,
I have a question on production server upkeep. In my supfile I am tracking freebsd 7 stable *default tag=RELENG_7 Now here is my question. I’ve read that a safe method of updating the system’s binaries is using a utility called freebsd-update. I have read that it does not update –STABLE . It only tracks the release tag. So do I change the RELENG_7 to RELENG_7_0_0_RELEASE ? also when freebsd 7.1R becomes available and I decide not to upgrade. Will the freebsd-update still update the system’s binaries? Or do I have to upgrade to freebsd 7.1R and change the RELENG_7_0_0_RELEASE to RELENG_7_1_0_RELEASE Another question. Since the server that I am learning on will become a production server. Is there a way to upgrade from freebsd 7 to 7.1(when it come available) without having the server go offline. Thanks goku |
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Well unfortunately I can't answer much about freebsd-update as I do the "build from source" to update all my servers (yes, they are production).
As far was upgrading the system without going offline, unfortunately when going between versions like that you will need to reboot. Otherwise the "old system" will never stop running.
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For an explanation of release names and all that, though the versions are one release behind
http://home.nyc.rr.com/computertaijutsu/release.html freebsd-update only works with RELEASE and a GENERIC kernel. (At least, that was the case last time I looked into it.) |
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to upgrade to a certain version you use the command
Code:
freebsd-update -r 7.0-RELEASE upgrade install Code:
freebsd-update fetch install |
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