Re: [slurm-users] Upgrading a slurm on a cluster, 17.02 --> 18.08

2018-09-27 Thread Bjørn-Helge Mevik
Baker D.J. writes: > I guess that the question that comes to mind is.. Is it a really big deal if > the slurmctld process is down whilst the slurmdbd is being upgraded? I tend to always stop slurmctld before upgrading slurmdbd, and have never noticed any problems with that. -- Regards, Bjørn-H

Re: [slurm-users] Upgrading a slurm on a cluster, 17.02 --> 18.08

2018-09-27 Thread Ole Holm Nielsen
On 09/27/2018 10:33 AM, Bjørn-Helge Mevik wrote: Baker D.J. writes: I guess that the question that comes to mind is.. Is it a really big deal if the slurmctld process is down whilst the slurmdbd is being upgraded? I tend to always stop slurmctld before upgrading slurmdbd, and have never noti

Re: [slurm-users] Upgrading a slurm on a cluster, 17.02 --> 18.08

2018-09-27 Thread Christopher Benjamin Coffey
Hi David, I'd recommend the following that I've learned from bad experiences upgrading between the last major version. 1. Consider upgrading to mysql-server 5.5 or greater 2. Purge/archive unneeded jobs/steps before the upgrade, to make the upgrade as quick as possible: slurmdbd.conf: