On Fri, 2002-07-05 at 16:45, Ian wrote: > Hello. I have RH 7.2 installed on a system that is used primarily as an > internet webserver. It hosts a number of websites, as well as other internet > functions. I'm thinking about upgrading to 7.3, but I don't want any > problems or difficulties during or after the process. I know the webserver > will be down during the duration of the upgrade, but will I have major > problems after the upgrade?
Downtime and problems are avoidable. To minimize problems, I recommend that you duplicate your server on another machine and run the upgrade once or twice, noting problems and testing the upgrade where it won't impact your customers. Depending on your execution, you can probably even reduce downtime to a matter of *seconds*. I use "apt" to upgrade servers live, and unless I feel that I need to reboot to use the latest kernel, each service can be restarted after I update the software, and downtime is only the amount of time it takes the server to stop and then start. If you can duplicate your server on a secondary machine, I recommend trying an apt upgrade. Install apt from freshrpms.net, update /etc/apt/sources.list and run "apt-get update; apt-get dist-upgrade". _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
