[ngw] next release of GW

[Matt Weisberg]

Yes, it's harder with OES2 and NSS volumes, but still doable.

Matt


On Apr 14, 2010, at 10:58 AM, Joseph Marton 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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