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I have a question about upgrading lustre servers... </div>
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The lustre manual says the following:</div>
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"Lustre software release 2.x.y release (minor) upgrade:<br>
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All servers must be upgraded at the same time, while some or all clients may be upgraded.<br>
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Rolling upgrades are supported for minor releases allowing individual servers and clients to be upgraded without stopping the Lustre file system."</div>
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which seems contradictory. Could I update one oss in a lustre file system from (say) 2.12.1 to 2.12.8, and leave the rest of the file system alone?</div>
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<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: monospace; font-size: 14.16px;">System Administrator: Lustre, HPC</span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: monospace; font-size: 14.16px;">
<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: monospace; font-size: 14.16px;">Scientific Computing Group, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility</span><span id="ms-rterangepaste-end"></span><br>
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