> On 4 Oct 2019, at 03:53, Fernando Fuentes <ffuen...@aasteel.com> wrote:
> 
> I run 389ds 1.3.8 and there is an update to 1.3.9. Is it safe to update?

Yes! We have a great QE team and they test our updates to make sure they are 
safe.

If you have concerns, before you start the upgrade take a VM/LVM snapshot, and 
also be sure to run "db2bak". 

We support replication between major releases normally (IE 1.2.x to 1.3.x OR  
1.3.x to 1.4.x). This can be run for a while, but generally we don't advise 
more than a few months, as it's always better to keep your topology on the same 
versions. 

> 
> Also if I have a Replication server with a Master and read only slave, what 
> is the procedure or best practice to update?
> Thanks!

It's really up to you. Having a plan, including backout strategy is always 
wise. 

If this was my environment I would probably make my plan something like:

* backup (db2bak) read only replica (avoid use of the word slave these days :) 
) 
* snapshot the read only replica (vm/lvm) if possible
* perform the upgrade on the replica
* run a sanity/acceptance test - do client applications still work, can you 
search for users, etc.
* wait a few days

Now do the same on the read-write server.

The backout plan is:

* If the acceptance test fails, revert the snapshot. You may need to perform a 
nsds5startreplicarefresh to reset the read-only replication information as this 
may cause a replication desync.
* If the snapshot roll back fails in some way, destroy the host and rebuild a 
new ro/rw replica with the content from db2bak/dse.ldif etc.


Hope that helps, 


> 
> Regards,
> 
> -- 
> 
> Fernando Fuentes
> Supervisor & Senior Systems Administrator
> Email: ffuen...@aasteel.com
> American Alloy Steel, Inc.
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William Brown

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