[OpenAFS] dbservers version

[Jean-Marc Choulet]

Le 12/12/2016 à 17:40, Benjamin Kaduk a écrit :
> On Mon, Dec 12, 2016 at 04:26:52PM +0100, Jean-Marc Choulet wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> At work, we have only one dbserver in version 1.6.1 (Debian 6). We want
>> to add another dbserver but in a different version : v1.6.9 (Debian 8).
>> Is it possible without upgrade the first dbserver ?
> Yes, the database format is unchanged within the major release, so
> they remain compatible at runtime.  (I am not sure I would say it is "safe"
> to run them, though, as the Debian 6 version is rather old and has several
> unpatched bugs that can cause problems in various situations...)
>
> -Ben
Thanks for your advice.

It's possible for us to upgrade the first dbserver to 1.6.9. If we 
install a new server with a dbserver version 1.6.9 (same ip of course), 
is it possible to copy all database files from the old ?

Jean-Marc