samba - Aug 2024 - Need to upgrade to latest samba -> Any caveats?"

On Mon, 26 Aug 2024 11:08:32 -0400
Marco Shmerykowsky PE via samba <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:
> both
> 
In a situation like this, I would create new DCs and then demote and
remove the old ones.

The Unix domain members could be treated in the same way, but I suppose
you will want to retain the original hostnames & ipaddresses. Before you
do anything, I would back up any data, permissions and the smb.conf,
that is all you need to recreate a Unix domain member. At this point
you could attempt the dist-upgrade (having removed the backports line),
it should work, but if it doesn't, you have the backup to fall back on
;-)

Rowland

On 8/26/2024 11:20 AM, Rowland Penny via samba wrote:
> On Mon, 26 Aug 2024 11:08:32 -0400
> Marco Shmerykowsky PE via samba <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:
> 
>> both
>>
> 
> In a situation like this, I would create new DCs and then demote and
> remove the old ones.
When I went from Buster to Bullseye & did a large leap in Samba 
versions, I upgraded in place.  Aside from having to install some
missed packages, it went fairly smoothly.

If I understand you correctly, you're suggesting setting up an
entirely new physical machine.

Did I just lucky with my past upgrade?
> The Unix domain members could be treated in the same way, but I suppose
> you will want to retain the original hostnames & ipaddresses. Before
you
> do anything, I would back up any data, permissions and the smb.conf,
> that is all you need to recreate a Unix domain member. At this point
> you could attempt the dist-upgrade (having removed the backports line),
> it should work, but if it doesn't, you have the backup to fall back on
> ;-)
> 
> Rowland
>