On 2018-01-27 at 23:49:38 Charles Senior wrote: > Hi Erik, > > I was in the same position running bacula on fedora using mysql. > > The issues I had were concerning : > > 1) Mariadb required a database upgrade := Just follow the instructions > > 2) Bacula upgrade requires a database layout change :- > > Ran the mysql upgrade routine in /usr/bacula/libexec > > Still had problems (the upgrade routine removed the "default is > Null" on various date/time fields but then couldn't create records 'cos > there was no default specified. Resolved by exporting the d/base as per > the backup catalog; deleting and recreating the tables via the routines > in /usr/libexec/bacula and then importing the data. > > Now these issues might have been resolved since I upgraded but if not > this is how I got over them.
Thank you. I plan to do the upgrade next Saturday and it's good to be prepared for such issue. -- Erik > > > Charles > > > > On 27/01/18 14:23, Erik P. Olsen wrote: > > I am running fedora 26 with bacula-7.4.7 and if I upgrade to fedora 27 > > bacula will be upgraded to 9.0.6. I understand that the database structure > > is changed so that I need to run an upgrade script to the old database. Is > > there anything else that needs to be changed? For example to the > > various .conf files? > > > > I am asking because I want to do the upgrade with as few changes as > > possible. Any refinements and use of new features could then be introduced > > at a later stage. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
