Thanks Eric, much appreciated.
On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 2:56 PM, Eric Newton <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes, 1.4.5 should be completely compatible with 1.4.2. You can use your > 1.4.2 configuration files. > > -Eric > > > > On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 3:11 PM, Terry P. <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Greetings all, >> Accumulo 1.4.2 has been serving us decently well now that the ISP our >> virtual machines reside on has finally stabilized for the most part. I say >> "decently well" because one of the biggest issues we saw was when Zookeeper >> connectivity was lost -- things went south pretty quickly whenever that >> happened, and I now believe we have been hitting some of the Zookeeper >> related bugs that exist in 1.4.2. >> >> We're now tasked with doing whatever we can to insulate against stability >> issues on the part of our ISP, and I see that going from 1.4.2 to 1.4.5 >> will fix 2 Critical and 3 Major bugs related to Zookeeper connectivity. >> >> I've downloaded 1.4.5 and have gone through the tarfile. I've read both >> the CHANGES and README files, but neither mention "upgrading", nor does the >> User Manual PDF dated March 31, 2014. >> >> I *assume* that what I need to do is: >> >> 1. shutdown all of Accumulo >> 2. move the accumulo directory to accumulo-1.4.2 or similar >> 3. lay down the new 1.4.5 accumulo directory >> 4. apply edits for Hadoop location, Java, memory sizing, etc. to >> accumulo-env.sh and accumulo-site.xml specific to your installation >> 5. start Accumulo. >> >> I'd like to be sure there is nothing else I need to do before I embark on >> updating our first environment. >> >> I see accumulo-env.sh has some changes, but they look like quick and easy >> edits to define the paths for Hadoop and Java etc., so no worries there. >> I'll check accumulo-site.xml more later, but want to get this in front of >> the experts first to see what else I need to consider for an upgrade. >> >> Many thanks in advance to all for your insights, >> Terry >> > >
