[OpenAFS] AFS related problem with firefox

[Steve Roseman]

Juha J=C3=A4ykk=C3=A4 wrote:
>> No, actually, it's "if you want to run old servers, have fun"
>=20
> Ok. I am now moving to 1.4.1 clients, but the servers need a little mor=
e
> care. Is the procedure as simple as one would wish:=20
> 1) shut down *one* server (file or db)
> 2) install new version on it
> 3) restart
> 4) repeat steps 1-3 for every server, one at a time?
>=20
> If it's as simple as that and there is guaranteed (sic!) to be no data
> loss, I'll take that path probably even before the new server arrives.

	Can't guarantee anything in this business (*)

	But I have done it several times now.  Three servers, 1.2.11 -> 1.4.0,=20
and then later 1.4.0 -> 1.4.1.  In the first case, the servers were done=20
several months apart.

	I tried to minimize the impact by migrating most of the volumes off the=20
server before each upgrade, so users were not impacted at all.=20
Obviously, that requires having sufficient free space and time to move=20
the data around between upgrades.

Steve

(*) I did one server from home late on Saturday, but because I was also=20
upgrading the kernel at the same time, rebooted after putting the new=20
version in place.  The system never returned!  I had to come into work=20
the next day just to hit F5 to acknowledge the RAID controller's=20
complaint about a failing disk in the RAID-5 array.  Good thing I moved=20
the users' volumes off first.

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Stephen G. Roseman
Lehigh University
sgr0@lehigh.edu