Re: [sysadmins] Two upgrades this weekend ...

Please try now ...

On Sun, 24 May 2009, Marc G. Fournier wrote:

>
> Fixing, will advise when completed ...
>
> On Sun, 24 May 2009, Tatsuo Ishii wrote:
>
>> Marc,
>>
>> I got an error when committing a file. Could you take a look at?
>>
>> /cvsroot/pgpool/pgpool-II/sql/pgpool-recovery/Makefile,v <-- Makefile
>> new revision: 1.2; previous revision: 1.1
>> done
>> Can't locate URI/Escape.pm in @INC (@INC contains:
>> /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.9/BSDPAN /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.9/mach
>> /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.9 /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.9/mach
>> /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.9 .) at /usr/local/bin/activitymail line 52.
>>
>>> Okay, everything *appears* to be fine ... only concern I have is mailman,
>>> as I don't know how to test that, but it *looks* like postfix is
>>> processing emails properly ...
>>>
>>> Please go through and let me know, as I said, worst case, we have to
>>> revert back to the 6.x format, but would prefer to resolve any issues vs
>>> just switch back ...
>>>
>>> On Sat, 23 May 2009, Marc G. Fournier wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> I am starting this on pgfoundry.org right now ... the procedure is very
>>>> simple (but longish):
>>>>
>>>> shutdown VPS
>>>> use rsync to create a duplicate
>>>> upgrade OS to 7.x
>>>> restart VPS
>>>> upgrade all ports to 7.x
>>>> restart VPS to ensure all services restart
>>>>
>>>> I won't be going to bed until it is finished, so there will be no delays
>>>> for
>>>> rebuilding the ports themselves ...
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, 23 May 2009, Marc G. Fournier wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Sat, 23 May 2009, Stefan Kaltenbrunner wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Robert Treat wrote:
>>>>>>> On Saturday 23 May 2009 00:35:05 Marc G. Fournier wrote:
>>>>>>>> I need to perform two upgrades this weekend:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> pgfoundry.org
>>>>>>>> pugs.postgresql.org
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> We've been having an odd issue with our 64bit servers of late, and
>>>>>>>> we've
>>>>>>>> been slowly eliminating potential problems. Right now, I am working
>>>>>>>> on
>>>>>>>> eliminating a potential issue with running FreeBSD 6.x VPS/libraries
>>>>>>>> on
>>>>>>>> the FreeBSD 7.x servers, something that all three of our current
>>>>>>>> 64bit
>>>>>>>> servers have in varying degrees.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Both pgfoundry.org and pugs.postgresql.org are running FreeBSD 6.x
>>>>>>>> ports
>>>>>>>> / libraries, so I will be upgrade them to proper 7.x VPSs.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The downtime tends to vary, but will be at least 2hrs each, and I
>>>>>>>> will
>>>>>>>> do them sequentially .
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> No config files will be changed, only the binaries upgraded /
>>>>>>>> recompiled
>>>>>>>> to be proper "native 7.x binaries" ...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks for the heads up... any chance you can email pgsql-www when the
>>>>>>> downtime begins (and optionally when it is done) ?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> it might also be important to mention that depending on what the
>>>>>> definition of "binaries upgraded" is that our version of gforge might
>>>>>> not
>>>>>> work with certain newer stuff...
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm going to duplicate pgfoundry *before* do the upgrade, so that if it
>>>>> does fail completely, I can revert back to the 6.x version quickly ...
>>>>>
>>>>> And yes, will send out a notice both before, and when completed ...
>>>>>
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