samba - Nov 2022 - Upgrade a self-compiled DC to a repository version

Hello Rowland thanks for your help.
So, at a certain point I'll have a mix of 4.16 and 4.13 DC's until both
DC's are upgraded and replicated. Is this safe to do online? Or do I need
to "stop the press"?

Best regards,
CJ


Rowland Penny via samba <samba at lists.samba.org> escreveu no dia sexta,
11/11/2022 ?(s) 13:14:
>
>
> On 11/11/2022 12:51, Carlos Jesus via samba wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > I think I've seen this addressed on the mailing list before, but I
can't
> > seem to find it so, any help will be appreciated.
> >
> > I have 2 DC's Debian Buster based with Samba-ad-dc self compiled
to
> version
> > 4.13.12. One is a physical machine the other is a VM on different
> hardware.
> > At that time (samba 4.4) self compiling seemed like a good idea, but
now
> > I'd like to move to a repository based version (it seems Van
Bell's repo
> is
> > not an option anymore, hope he's doing well). Buster backport it
is then.
> > The plan is to move to 4.14, then 4.15 then 4.16 on a weekly plan to
> check
> > all is well.
> >
> > The question is, how to do it?
> > * Just adding backports to sources.list and apt update/ apt install
samba
> > is most probably not an option.
> > * Running a full
> >
>
https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Setting_up_Samba_as_an_Active_Directory_Domain_Controller
> > is probably the safer path.
> > * Just keep self compiling stuff if nothing else works.
> >
> > Any clues/references?
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Carlos
>
> I would create a new DC running bullseye and samba from backports, join
> this to the domain and when you are sure everything is working correctly
> (replication etc), demote one of the old DC's. Repeat for all your
other
> existing DC's.
>
> Rowland
>
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Perfectly fine.

Andrew Bartlett

On Fri, 2022-11-11 at 14:49 +0000, Carlos Jesus via samba
wrote:
> Hello Rowland thanks for your help.So, at a certain point I'll have a
> mix of 4.16 and 4.13 DC's until bothDC's are upgraded and
replicated.
> Is this safe to do online? Or do I needto "stop the press"?
> Best regards,CJ
> 
> Rowland Penny via samba <samba at lists.samba.org> escreveu no dia
> sexta,11/11/2022 ?(s) 13:14:
> > On 11/11/2022 12:51, Carlos Jesus via samba wrote:
> > > Hi all,I think I've seen this addressed on the mailing list
> > > before, but I can'tseem to find it so, any help will be
> > > appreciated.
> > > I have 2 DC's Debian Buster based with Samba-ad-dc self
compiled
> > > to
> > version
> > > 4.13.12. One is a physical machine the other is a VM on different
> > hardware.
> > > At that time (samba 4.4) self compiling seemed like a good idea,
> > > but nowI'd like to move to a repository based version (it
seems
> > > Van Bell's repo
> > is
> > > not an option anymore, hope he's doing well). Buster backport
it
> > > is then.The plan is to move to 4.14, then 4.15 then 4.16 on a
> > > weekly plan to
> > check
> > > all is well.
> > > The question is, how to do it?* Just adding backports to
> > > sources.list and apt update/ apt install sambais most probably
> > > not an option.* Running a full
> >
https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Setting_up_Samba_as_an_Active_Directory_Domain_Controller
> > > is probably the safer path.* Just keep self compiling stuff if
> > > nothing else works.
> > > Any clues/references?
> > > Best regards,Carlos
> > 
> > I would create a new DC running bullseye and samba from backports,
> > jointhis to the domain and when you are sure everything is working
> > correctly(replication etc), demote one of the old DC's. Repeat for
> > all your otherexisting DC's.
> > Rowland
> > --To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read
> > theinstructions:  https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
> > 
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