RE: {bb} Upgrading from bb1.9c to bb1.9h

["Esquivel, Vicente" <Esquivelv@uhd.edu>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-bb@bb4.com [mailto:owner-bb@bb4.com] On Behalf Of 
> Philip Clark
> Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2005 1:12 AM
> To: bb@bb4.com
> Subject: Re: {bb} Upgrading from bb1.9c to bb1.9h
> 
> On Mon, 2005-12-05 at 17:51, Isabel Robin wrote:
> > Thank you Phil,
> >   
> > I have one question regarding your response, do i need to 
> install both  
> > the client and server software on the  BB server 
> > (BBCLT-bbc1.9h-btf.tar and BBSVR-bb1.9h-btf.tar) for the upgrade?
> > Did i understand that correctly?
> 
> In short, yes. It should be possible to retain the older BB 
> installation and modify it to run as a client, but I wouldn't 
> recommend doing that.
> Once you've installed the new server part, adding the 
> matching new client part shouldn't give you any problem.
> 
> > Let me present the steps (in a nutshell)  i am planning to 
> follow to 
> > upgrade my server ONLY from 1.9c to 1.9h (the clients will 
> be upgraded 
> > later).
> > 1. Keep the current directory where 1.9c is installed (i.e.
> > /usr/local/BB) to keep the old bbvar (for the new installation) 2. 
> > STOP the current 1.9c BB server process (i.e. 
> /usr/local/BB/bb, which 
> > points to bb1.9c) 3. Install the 1.9h in a separate 
> subdirectory under  
> > /usr/local/BB.
> > The following subdirectories will be under  /usr/local/BB:
> >   
> >   lrwxrwxrwx   1 bb        bb              5 Nov 1 12:52 bb -> bb19c
> >   drwxr-xr-x  11 bb        bb           512  Dec  2 12:51 bb1.9h
> >   drwxr-xr-x  11 bb        bb           512  Jun  2 17:30 bb1.9c
> >   drwxr-xr-x   9 bb        300          512 Mar  8  2004 bbvar
> >   
> > 4. Copy the appropriate files: bb-hosts, bbdef.sh ???, 
> > bbwarnsetup.cfg, bb-exttab, and bbwarnrules.cfg, from the 
> previous BB etc (i.e.
> > /usr/local/BB/bb1.9c/etc) to the new BB directory  
> (/usr/local/BB/bb1.9h).  
> >   
> > 5. Copy the appropriate external scripts over to the new 
> ext directory.     
> >   
> > 6. Start the new BB server version (1.9h)
> >   
> > 7. Troubleshoot as needed
> >   
> > 8. Archive the old BB (1.9c) server installation
> >   
> > Please share your thoughts i thought i didn't need to install the 
> > client software on the server.
> 
> That looks like a good plan. The client-side tests are no 
> longer included within the server software, so you will need 
> to install the client software to get those. You can wait 
> until your happy with the operation of the new server, but 
> the local client tests will evetually turn "purple" unless 
> you tidy them up.
> 
> Cheers, Phil.
> 
> 
> 
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This is great information!

I do have one question and it pertains to all the logs under bbvar, when
we upgrade do we just simply move the logs back over to the new install
or do we just lose all that historical data?

Thanks
Vince

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