[OpenAFS] Moving AFS server processes

[Neulinger, Nathan]

Format would be incompatible for file server data, the database server
you should be able to move without a problem.

-- Nathan

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Nathan Neulinger                       EMail:  nneul@umr.edu
University of Missouri - Rolla         Phone: (573) 341-4841
Computing Services                       Fax: (573) 341-4216


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nuno Miguel Neves [mailto:nneves@di.fc.ul.pt]=20
> Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 6:57 AM
> To: Derrick J Brashear
> Cc: openafs
> Subject: Re: [OpenAFS] Moving AFS server processes
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> Sorry for taking so long, but I wasn't able to answer sooner.
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> Upgrading the old server to AFS 3.5 would be difficult (I=20
> don't have the software).
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> Is it possible to just=20
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> - stop all db server on OLD
> - make backup copies of /usr/afs/db/*
> - copy the backup to the NEW OAFS Server
> - Start the new server.
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> to note that the NEW server will have the exact same IP=20
> Configuration than the OLD. Or are the format incompatible?
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> Thanks,
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> Derrick J Brashear wrote:
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> > On Fri, 15 Feb 2002, Nuno Miguel Neves wrote:
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> > > Hello.
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> > > I will be making this move also, but my old server has=20
> Transarc AFS 3.4a running on a SUN, and the new one will be=20
> OAFS on Linux.
> > > Does the same method apply? Or the version change=20
> requires some other technique?
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> > Not all version changes do, but for this one you should stop your db
> > servers on your old machine, make backup copies of=20
> /usr/afs/db/*, and
> > update the vlserver/ptserver/kaserver binaries to at least AFS 3.5
> > versions, then restart. If you have multiple db servers,=20
> you *must stop
> > all of them* before doing this update, then restart them.=20
> If you don't,
> > you risk damage.
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> > Then, you can proceed as my last email said.
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> > -D
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