[Lustre-discuss] Upgrading 1.6.7.1 -> 1.8.1 Documentation?

Mag Gam magawake at gmail.com
Sun Aug 30 10:37:58 PDT 2009


On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 2:54 PM, Brian J. Murrell<Brian.Murrell at sun.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 2009-08-28 at 20:41 +0200, Nick Jennings wrote:
>> Hi everyone,
>
> Hi,
>
>>  I was wondering if there was any documentation specific to upgrading
>> lustre 1.6.x branch to 1.8.x branch.
>
> rpm -Uvh ...
>
>> All the docs I could find were in
>> regard to 1.4.x -> 1.6.x
>
> Right.  Because for 1.4->1.6 there were steps beyond simply installing
> packages to upgrade.
>
>>  Also, after the upgrade I likely won't be able to perform any more
>> upgrades for about a year.
>
> As in you cannot even upgrade to bug fix releases?
>
>> With this in mind what would be the safer
>> bet? (stability more important that performance):
>> - stick with 1.6.x branch (upgrade to 1.6.7.2)
>
> Given that 1.8 has been out a few months now and IIRC we committed to
> supporting 1.6 for a year after 1.8 was released, that could put you
> beyond EOL for 1.6.
>
> But if you really do mean you don't intend to even do bugfix upgrades,
> maybe that's moot anyway.
>
>> - upgrade to 1.8.0.1
>> - upgrade to 1.8.1
>
> Well, 1.6.7.2 has had a longer "soak time" and still not had any bugs
> come up that are critical enough for us to consider another 1.6 release.
> Maybe that speaks for itself.  I guess the call is ultimately yours to
> make.

Thanks for not saying "Upgrade to 1.8.X or death". I agree 1.6.7.2 is
probably the most stable out thre.


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