Re: [Bes-admins] BPS - BES upgrade tips
Yes. That works for me as well, but not nearly as easy as configuring a CPU. On 01/14/2010 Kalnitsky, Yury wrote: Ironically, it is easier to reconfigure a CPU for a VM than change the size of a virtual hard disk. - Add extent to the drive you want to expand using properties and then try using gparted boot ISO to do the resizing. Work for me every time! http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php -- Art Alexion MIS/Central Office Support Resources for Human Development ___ Bes-Admins mailing list Bes-Admins@dataoutages.com http://www.dataoutages.com/mailman/listinfo/bes-admins http://www.dataoutages.com http://www.dataoutagenews.com RSS Feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/Bes-admins -
Re: [Bes-admins] BPS - BES upgrade tips
Not much to add except to take advantage of the VM and take a snapshot before you do the upgrade. You don't say where your database is stored but even so, you will be looking at a DB restore only if things go a bit wrong. Good luck :) -Original Message- From: bes-admins-boun...@dataoutages.com [mailto:bes-admins-boun...@dataoutages.com] On Behalf Of Art Alexion Sent: 14 January 2010 18:53 To: A list for BES Admin's to discuss issues, etc. Subject: [Bes-admins] BPS - BES upgrade tips Within the next week I plan to upgrade our current BPS 4.1 to BES 5.0. This is my first contact with BES as opposed to BPS. I understand that this is an in-place upgrade, and I don't have to create a new BES install. BES is currently installed on Win2003 server which is running as a virtual machine. It has ~20 GB C: drive and the OS and BPS are taking up just a bit less than 8 GB. I have links to documentation, but I am looking for tips, not instructions or steps. Stuff that may be hidden or non-existent in the documentation that any of you found through experience. I guess my first question is going to be whether 20 GB is big enough, probably ~50-60 users? It would be easier to add storage by adding a D: drive rather than expanding the C: drive. Can I move parts of BES to D:? Thanks for any suggestions. -- Art Alexion MIS/Central Office Support Resources for Human Development ___ Bes-Admins mailing list Bes-Admins@dataoutages.com http://www.dataoutages.com/mailman/listinfo/bes-admins http://www.dataoutages.com http://www.dataoutagenews.com RSS Feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/Bes-admins - ___ Bes-Admins mailing list Bes-Admins@dataoutages.com http://www.dataoutages.com/mailman/listinfo/bes-admins http://www.dataoutages.com http://www.dataoutagenews.com RSS Feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/Bes-admins -
Re: [Bes-admins] BPS - BES upgrade tips
You have your trade up key already I take it for BPS? BES 4 - BES 5 is free, BPS - BES 5 requires buying a license From: Sobey, Richard A r.so...@imperial.ac.uk To: A list for BES Admin's to discuss issues, etc. bes-admins@dataoutages.com Sent: Thu, January 14, 2010 2:43:54 PM Subject: Re: [Bes-admins] BPS - BES upgrade tips Not much to add except to take advantage of the VM and take a snapshot before you do the upgrade. You don't say where your database is stored but even so, you will be looking at a DB restore only if things go a bit wrong. Good luck :) -Original Message- From: bes-admins-boun...@dataoutages.com [mailto:bes-admins-boun...@dataoutages.com] On Behalf Of Art Alexion Sent: 14 January 2010 18:53 To: A list for BES Admin's to discuss issues, etc. Subject: [Bes-admins] BPS - BES upgrade tips Within the next week I plan to upgrade our current BPS 4.1 to BES 5.0. This is my first contact with BES as opposed to BPS. I understand that this is an in-place upgrade, and I don't have to create a new BES install. BES is currently installed on Win2003 server which is running as a virtual machine. It has ~20 GB C: drive and the OS and BPS are taking up just a bit less than 8 GB. I have links to documentation, but I am looking for tips, not instructions or steps. Stuff that may be hidden or non-existent in the documentation that any of you found through experience. I guess my first question is going to be whether 20 GB is big enough, probably ~50-60 users? It would be easier to add storage by adding a D: drive rather than expanding the C: drive. Can I move parts of BES to D:? Thanks for any suggestions. -- Art Alexion MIS/Central Office Support Resources for Human Development ___ Bes-Admins mailing list Bes-Admins@dataoutages.com http://www.dataoutages.com/mailman/listinfo/bes-admins http://www.dataoutages.com http://www.dataoutagenews.com RSS Feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/Bes-admins - ___ Bes-Admins mailing list Bes-Admins@dataoutages.com http://www.dataoutages.com/mailman/listinfo/bes-admins http://www.dataoutages.com http://www.dataoutagenews.com RSS Feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/Bes-admins -___ Bes-Admins mailing list Bes-Admins@dataoutages.com http://www.dataoutages.com/mailman/listinfo/bes-admins http://www.dataoutages.com http://www.dataoutagenews.com RSS Feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/Bes-admins -
Re: [Bes-admins] BPS - BES upgrade tips
I bought a license for BPS - BES and a support contract. The support contract is supposed to include a free BES 5 upgrade. Can I go from BPS 4 - BES 5, or do I need to go BPS 4 - BES 4 - BES 5. On 01/14/2010 steveaschett...@yahoo.com wrote: You have your trade up key already I take it for BPS? BES 4 - BES 5 is free, BPS - BES 5 requires buying a license -- Art Alexion MIS/Central Office Support Resources for Human Development ___ Bes-Admins mailing list Bes-Admins@dataoutages.com http://www.dataoutages.com/mailman/listinfo/bes-admins http://www.dataoutages.com http://www.dataoutagenews.com RSS Feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/Bes-admins -
Re: [Bes-admins] BPS - BES upgrade tips
Ironically, it is easier to reconfigure a CPU for a VM than change the size of a virtual hard disk. - Add extent to the drive you want to expand using properties and then try using gparted boot ISO to do the resizing. Work for me every time! http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php -Original Message- From: bes-admins-boun...@dataoutages.com [mailto:bes-admins-boun...@dataoutages.com] On Behalf Of Art Alexion Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2010 3:35 PM To: A list for BES Admin's to discuss issues, etc. Subject: Re: [Bes-admins] BPS - BES upgrade tips Yes. That's good news. Thanks. Ironically, it is easier to reconfigure a CPU for a VM than change the size of a virtual hard disk. On 01/14/2010 Pierre Duhamel wrote: I guess my first question is going to be whether 20 GB is big enough, probably ~50-60 users? It should be BUT that will depend on how far back you want to keep your log files. Can I move parts of BES to D:? Once D: is added, you can change the logfiles so that they output to D: instead of C: that alone will give C: plenty of breathing room. Not sure if you can change/move anything else tho (besides the logfiles) Hope this helps. -- Art Alexion MIS/Central Office Support Resources for Human Development ___ Bes-Admins mailing list Bes-Admins@dataoutages.com http://www.dataoutages.com/mailman/listinfo/bes-admins http://www.dataoutages.com http://www.dataoutagenews.com RSS Feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/Bes-admins - ___ Bes-Admins mailing list Bes-Admins@dataoutages.com http://www.dataoutages.com/mailman/listinfo/bes-admins http://www.dataoutages.com http://www.dataoutagenews.com RSS Feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/Bes-admins -
Re: [Bes-admins] BPS - BES upgrade tips
If your server is 2008 or 2008 R2 it's even easier, expand drive in vSphere client than in Windows go to disk management, right click the drive and expand. No rebooting or downtime required. Going down is size is a different story... -Original Message- From: bes-admins-boun...@dataoutages.com [mailto:bes-admins-boun...@dataoutages.com] On Behalf Of Kalnitsky, Yury Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2010 6:58 PM To: A list for BES Admin's to discuss issues, etc. Subject: Re: [Bes-admins] BPS - BES upgrade tips Ironically, it is easier to reconfigure a CPU for a VM than change the size of a virtual hard disk. - Add extent to the drive you want to expand using properties and then try using gparted boot ISO to do the resizing. Work for me every time! http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php -Original Message- From: bes-admins-boun...@dataoutages.com [mailto:bes-admins-boun...@dataoutages.com] On Behalf Of Art Alexion Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2010 3:35 PM To: A list for BES Admin's to discuss issues, etc. Subject: Re: [Bes-admins] BPS - BES upgrade tips Yes. That's good news. Thanks. Ironically, it is easier to reconfigure a CPU for a VM than change the size of a virtual hard disk. On 01/14/2010 Pierre Duhamel wrote: I guess my first question is going to be whether 20 GB is big enough, probably ~50-60 users? It should be BUT that will depend on how far back you want to keep your log files. Can I move parts of BES to D:? Once D: is added, you can change the logfiles so that they output to D: instead of C: that alone will give C: plenty of breathing room. Not sure if you can change/move anything else tho (besides the logfiles) Hope this helps. -- Art Alexion MIS/Central Office Support Resources for Human Development ___ Bes-Admins mailing list Bes-Admins@dataoutages.com http://www.dataoutages.com/mailman/listinfo/bes-admins http://www.dataoutages.com http://www.dataoutagenews.com RSS Feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/Bes-admins - ___ Bes-Admins mailing list Bes-Admins@dataoutages.com http://www.dataoutages.com/mailman/listinfo/bes-admins http://www.dataoutages.com http://www.dataoutagenews.com RSS Feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/Bes-admins - Consumer-voted Best Pizza Chain in America 2003-2009 ___ Bes-Admins mailing list Bes-Admins@dataoutages.com http://www.dataoutages.com/mailman/listinfo/bes-admins http://www.dataoutages.com http://www.dataoutagenews.com RSS Feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/Bes-admins -
