>>>> 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.
Ok, that's a good reference for me, exactly the same combination. An my setup won't be permanent, just for a few days to make sure everything else works first. Thanks! -- TiN ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
