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Am 07.01.2015 um 17:38 schrieb James: |
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> Stefan G. Weichinger <lists <at> xunil.at> writes: |
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>> I am in the process of upgrading an old (~2010) gentoo server. |
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>> The customer never wanted updates ... and now he wants ... *sigh* |
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>> Thanks for any pointers! |
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>> best, Stefan |
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> If the server is 5 years old (or more) surely there is an additional system |
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> available to build up new and fresh as the server they need. That way |
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> you keep the existing system online and their current work continuing until |
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> cut over time. Pretty much standard procedure. And if you run into |
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> any issues, you can look at the old, existing setup and then make decisions |
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> on what to do on the new server. |
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> Just a thought, but most companies have spare machines available, just |
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> inquire; particularly if this one is 5+ years old, maybe newer hardware |
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> is a (very) good idea? |
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In short: yes. |
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Not so short: I am only a subcontractor (right term?) there so the first |
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level consulting and discussing is done by a friend and colleague. |
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And they don't have the best "atmosphere" in the last months ... |
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For sure I suggested new hardware already and also noted that a fresh |
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reinstallation would have been better than the upgrade. |
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Tomorrow afternoon we test a reboot. We have Fujitsu IRMC in the box to |
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be able to fiddle with grub-entries if needed ... and just in case the |
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other guy is about 200m next to the physical server then. |
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If it continues to make problems there is still Plan B with a fresh and |
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shiny 64-bit image ... (I have those in containers and VMs ...) |
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Thanks to all of you so far, Stefan |
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