Re: Upgrading Standing Systems from 6.3 to 8.0

2010-01-10 Thread Martin McCormick
Robert Huff writes: Hot swap would be great, but I was referring to regular swap: human being with a screwdriver and a clue. Reliable outside contractor, if you absolutely can't send someone in-house. You actually gave me a really good idea. We've got people who I do trust to

Re: Upgrading Standing Systems from 6.3 to 8.0

2010-01-09 Thread Martin McCormick
Robert Huff writes: Is it possible to have someone swap the hard disks of those machines? Because not only are you going to have to upgrade the OS twice, you're going to have to re-install all the ports. (OK, you may not _have_ to reinstall - compatibility libraries exist -

Re: Upgrading Standing Systems from 6.3 to 8.0

2010-01-09 Thread Robert Huff
Martin McCormick writes: Robert Huff writes: Is it possible to have someone swap the hard disks of those machines? I pushed for hot-swappable drives back when we ordered these systems which are Dell 2950's, but I didn't get anywhere at all with that

Upgrading Standing Systems from 6.3 to 8.0

2010-01-08 Thread Martin McCormick
Can one upgrade a standing system from 6.3 to 8.0? We do have a few sacrificial systems to try the big upgrade on, but the actual systems are scattered through 3 towns over 200 miles. Not a one is just down the hall so it is all going to have to be done remotely. I am

Re: Upgrading Standing Systems from 6.3 to 8.0

2010-01-08 Thread Bryant Eadon
Have you tried a test system with this configuration, then upgraded it to 7.x followed by the jump to 8.0? Run this for a week in advance and see if anything pops up, maybe even stress test it? Bryant On Jan 8, 2010 4:47 PM, Martin McCormick mar...@dc.cis.okstate.edu wrote: Can one

Re: Upgrading Standing Systems from 6.3 to 8.0

2010-01-08 Thread Martin McCormick
Bryant Eadon writes: Have you tried a test system with this configuration, then upgraded it to 7.x followed by the jump to 8.0? Run this for a week in advance and see That sounds like an excellent idea. I was afraid I might have to increment through all the 6.x branches which would

Upgrading Standing Systems from 6.3 to 8.0

2010-01-08 Thread Robert Huff
Martin McCormick writes: Can one upgrade a standing system from 6.3 to 8.0? We do have a few sacrificial systems to try the big upgrade on, but the actual systems are scattered through 3 towns over 200 miles. Not a one is just down the hall so it is all going to have to be