[ngw] next release of GW

[Simon Shilton]

Matt, Joe
 
indeed, I have also done it with general Linux boxes, but not with OES
services on top, and not with NSS volumes to be re-mounted
 
I think it will need a solution if the GW admins (or more importantly
there bosses) are to be kept onside, otherwise it becomes something of a
"you need new hardware for the upgrade" approach, which sounds more akin
to another email suite whose name keeps cropping up around here :-)
 
Simon

>>> On 14 April 2010 at 15:58, in message
<s2q859ece291004140758xa563d28am5b58a2306b12c71c at mail.gmail.com>, Joseph
Marton <jmmarton at gmail.com> wrote:

Yes, but rebuilding plain SLES is different from rebuilding OES2...
you wouldn't just wipe out a NetWare server and rebuild, would you,
even though the data volumes were untouched?  Of course not.

Joe

On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 9:48 AM, Matt Weisberg <matt at weisberg.net>
wrote:
>
> This is actually a common practice in the Linux world.  Put all the
data on a separate volume so you can scratch the OS and rebuild it. 
I've always build my Linux hosts this way. I actually just did this on
one of my boxes where the OS got screwed up beyond repair.  I just wiped
it, reloaded SLES, and mounted my data volumes, not a thing lost.
>
> Matt
>
>
> On Apr 14, 2010, at 10:31 AM, Simon Shilton wrote:
>
>> I am no expert on NSS on OES2, but my understanding is that NSS
partitions/volumes are to be on separate partitions/LUNS/disks from the
Linux system, and that it is possible to mount NW NSS volumes on a Linux
server.....
>>
>> so, would it be possible to hose the 32bit OES2 Linux system,
install the 64bit OES in the same space, and mount the NSS volumes?
>> or is this just a disaster waiting to happen?
>>
>> Simon
>>
>>
>>
>> >>> On 14 April 2010 at 15:26, in message
<j2x859ece291004140726t4126ac6ap6a07b13119f34560 at mail.gmail.com>, Joseph
Marton <jmmarton at gmail.com> wrote:
>> In-place from 32- to 64-bit?  Probably not going to happen.
>>
>> Joe
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 9:17 AM, Mary Matthews <mlm23 at calvin.edu>
wrote:
>> > I need an in-place upgrade method for going from 32-bit to 64-bit
SLES and OES2
>> > using NSS.  We won't be buying new hardware and my downtime window
for GW is
>> > limited to the day after Christmas.  Not enough time for a wipe,
reinstall, and
>> > restore process for 5 servers.
>> >
>> >>>> Danita Zanre <dzanre.ngwlist at gmail.com> 4/13/2010 8:39 AM >>>
>> > Personally my only annoyance in this is that I rebuilt my own GW
system VM
>> > in January and left it at 32 bit SLES 11.  So now I'll have to
redo it again
>> > <g>.
>> >
>> > Danita
>> >
>> >
>> > On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 4:25 AM, Neil Stansbury <
>> > neil.stansbury at redbacksystems.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >>
>> >> > Ascot will be 64-bit ONLY. We are talking about
servers/agents.
>> >> This is also great and IMO shows Novell's long term commitment to
GW.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> --
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