Thank you for prompt response. I appreciate it.
The server installation went fine; however, since i didn't have the client software installed all of my client tests turned purple (as you stated). I will install the client software and troubleshoot as needed to make this part work.
If i understand correctly, now that the new BB version (in my case bb1.h) requires to have both the server and the client software installed on the same box (for the client tests to work) we will have both the bbd and the bb daemons running in parallel. Is this correct?
I have another question once i am ready to add new clients, how will I create the client tarball? In bb1.9c i used to run the /usr/local/bigbrother/bb/install/bbclient client_name. For 1.9h do we use the original client software (i.e. BBCLT-bbc1.9h-btf.tar) or do we use a different mechanism? Let me know.
Thank
you!
Philip Clark <bblist@cannae.uklinux.net> wrote:
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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