Re: [Fedora-directory-users] Question about upgrading

Rich Megginson
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:44:40 -0000

Ryan Manikowski wrote:
> Long time fedora-ds user here with a few questions about upgrading and
> hoping knowledgeable folks can provide some feedback.
>
> I am currently running Fedora DS on Centos 4.7 and Centos 5 servers. All
> servers run v1.0.1.
>
> 1) Can the Centos 4 machines running v1.0.1 upgrade to the latest v1.1.3
> without any problems?
>
Yes, but you''ll have to build it yourself - we do not have pre-built
binaries for el4
> 2) Is v1.1.3 even supported on Centos 4? Are there rpm''s for it?
>
There are no rpms for el4 - you''ll have to build it
yourself.
> 3) When upgrading Fedora DS versions, must they all be upgraded
> simultaneously?
>
No.  One at a time is fine.  Replication should just work regardless of
the version.
> 4) Say one server is running v1.0.1 and another server is running 1.1.3,
> can data be replicated from a v1.0.1 server to a v1.1.3 server? How
> about vice-a-versa?
>
Yes, no problems.
> 3 of our 4 Fedora DS servers can be upgraded to run Centos 5 w/ Fedora
> DS v1.1.3 but we''d like to keep one server running Centos 4.7 for
the
> time being due to legacy software requirements