On 14.04.2012 14:41, Timo Neuvonen wrote: >>> 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. -- Silver ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ For Developers, A Lot Can Happen In A Second. Boundary is the first to Know...and Tell You. Monitor Your Applications in Ultra-Fine Resolution. Try it FREE! http://p.sf.net/sfu/Boundary-d2dvs2 _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
