Hello, On my setup, the RPM are on a NFS share, so no problems! I would need to install a RHEL 6 server, install Spacewalk on it and restore the DB. I'm don't think that this is documented on the wiki. Do I need to create users before restoring and so on.
Pierre 2013/3/25 Cliff Perry <[email protected]> > On 25/03/13 15:41, Pierre Casenove wrote: > >> Hello, >> My spacewalk production server is only 2 years old. The upgrade patch >> implies to reintall from scratch and restore the postgresql dump. So I >> would need to buy a new server. I would probably get stuck on version >> 1.9 for a while if it was the last release for el5. >> >> And of course, we need to keep el5 client support! >> >> Pierre >> >> >> 2013/3/25 Lasher, Eric A <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> >> >> >> It's pretty critical we still support el5 clients... I'm assuming >> this is only the server side? >> >> On Mar 25, 2013, at 10:29 AM, "richard rigby" <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> > On 25/03/13 14:57, Cliff Perry wrote: >> > >> >> Hi folks, >> >> today we provide Spacewalk releases on EL5, EL6, and current >> Fedora >> >> versions. Due to the increasing differences of EL5 vs. the >> newest OSes, >> >> we are seriously considering not releasing Spacewalk on EL5 >> anymore, >> >> since it hinders our ability to do some other forward-looking >> changes we >> >> would like to do. >> >> >> >> If we make the current Spacewalk 1.9 the last release on EL5, will >> >> Spacewalk users find it hard to migrate to EL6? >> >> >> >> Feedback is appreciated and will be taken into consideration for >> how >> >> quickly we make this change. >> > >> > is this just talking about the server side, rather than clients? >> > >> > currently running spacewalk server on el5/32 bit (making use of >> old hardware), and all works well. >> > >> > if 1.9 were to be the last el5 release, it wouldn't be too much >> of a pain - we would just stick on this version until able to >> migrate the server to el6/64, which we should be able to do without >> too much trouble, though we may get a release or two behind before >> we have time to do the upgrade. again, not really a worry. >> > >> > as for client side, we will have some (quite a few) el5 clients >> for a while yet, so it would be nice if these could continue to be >> managed by spacewalk. >> > >> > hope that's of some use. >> > >> > thanks, >> > >> > richard >> > >> > ______________________________**_________________ >> > Spacewalk-list mailing list >> > [email protected] >> <mailto:Spacewalk-list@redhat.**com<[email protected]> >> > >> >> > >> https://www.redhat.com/**mailman/listinfo/spacewalk-**list<https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/spacewalk-list> >> >> >> ______________________________**_________________ >> Spacewalk-list mailing list >> [email protected] >> <mailto:Spacewalk-list@redhat.**com<[email protected]> >> > >> >> >> https://www.redhat.com/**mailman/listinfo/spacewalk-**list<https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/spacewalk-list> >> >> >> >> >> ______________________________**_________________ >> Spacewalk-list mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://www.redhat.com/**mailman/listinfo/spacewalk-**list<https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/spacewalk-list> >> >> > So, > yes, we will continue to EL5 clients to Spacewalk. I made a mistake in not > stating that, even though it was not the topic of my email :) > > As for an upgrade path, the general process for switching from EL5 to EL6, > would be to restore the database onto a EL6 based Spacewalk server and the > clients will continue to work. I do not know if we document this process > too well today [which this thread is high lighting]. > > Overview in general terms, is: > - Assuming no upgrade of Spacewalk, just moving from EL5 to EL6 > - Backup the files on disk (RPMs), config files, RPM's, database. > - Install (or re-install system) EL6 > - Install Spacewalk 1.9 > - Restore database files, files on disk (RPMs). > - Review old/new config files for differences (restore individual > settings) > - Run! > > Warning/note - this is not something I have personally tested recently for > Spacewalk, which is why my reply it is lacking specific details, but to > acknowledge it can be done and give a pointer in the right direction. > > You can combine an upgrade of Spacewalk, with switching of OS at the same > time, but that just adds another layer of changes to track. > > I appreciate feedback so far as it will help as we plan ahead. > > Regards, > Cliff > > > > -- > Clifford Perry > Manager, Satellite Engineering > Red Hat, Inc. > http://www.redhat.com/ > RHCA / RHCE# 805007680128201 > > > ______________________________**_________________ > Spacewalk-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.redhat.com/**mailman/listinfo/spacewalk-**list<https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/spacewalk-list> >
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