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RE: [Xen-users] Upgrade Proceedure
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ian Tobin [mailto:itobin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 14 May 2007 10:40
> To: Petersson, Mats; xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [Xen-users] Upgrade Proceedure
>
> What happens if you don't have an initrd :)
>
> The reason i say that is ive compiled everything into the
> kernel not as
> modules
Then you don't need this step, dist/install.sh will copy the kernel
image to /boot.
Depending on how you've set your grub.conf up, you may also need to
modify/add the Xen boot entry to match the new version.
--
Mats
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Petersson, Mats [mailto:Mats.Petersson@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 14 May 2007 10:31
> To: Ian Tobin; xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [Xen-users] Upgrade Proceedure
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ian Tobin [mailto:itobin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: 14 May 2007 10:27
> > To: Petersson, Mats; xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: RE: [Xen-users] Upgrade Proceedure
> >
> > Oh ok seems straight forward, I assume the kernel config remains the
> > same? i.e kernel drivers specified on first install are still in the
> > config.
>
> Ah, good point. If you have a "major" change, e.g. the kernel
> jumps from
> 2.6.16 to 2.6.18 or some such, then you also need to do (on target
> system):
> # depmod
> # mkinitrd /boot/initrd-2.6.18-xen 2.6.18-xen
> (Adjust version as applicable of course)
>
> For very minor upgrades, it's often enough to copy just the xen.gz to
> /boot on the target system - but that's if you know exactly what's
> changed!
>
> --
> Mats
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Petersson, Mats [mailto:Mats.Petersson@xxxxxxx]
> > Sent: 14 May 2007 10:21
> > To: Ian Tobin; xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: RE: [Xen-users] Upgrade Proceedure
> >
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Ian Tobin [mailto:itobin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > > Sent: 14 May 2007 10:13
> > > To: Petersson, Mats; xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Subject: RE: [Xen-users] Upgrade Proceedure
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Is there an uninstall script?
> >
> > You can do "make uninstall", but you need to have the "old"
> version of
> > source-code on the target machine to do this. [Which is great for
> > developers that use the a single machine for Xen-development and
> > testing].
> >
> >
> > > And when you say tar up the
> > > dist directory
> > > is that from one of the servers that is running the latest release
> > > already?
> >
> > I meant from the machine you build Xen from Sources on - if
> that's one
> > of your servers or some other machine, I can't say.
> >
> > This is what I do:
> > # cd $XEN_ROOT
> > # make dist
> > # tar cjf dist.tar.bz2 dist
> > # scp dist.tar.bz2 some_machine:/tmp
> > # ssh some_machine
> > # cd tmp
> > # rm -rf dist ## Remove the OLD dist directory, if there is one.
> > # tar xjf dist.tar.bz2
> > # ./dist/install.sh
> > # reboot
> > # exit
> >
> >
> >
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > Ian
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Petersson, Mats [mailto:Mats.Petersson@xxxxxxx]
> > > Sent: 14 May 2007 10:10
> > > To: Ian Tobin; xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Subject: RE: [Xen-users] Upgrade Proceedure
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > [mailto:xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> > > Ian Tobin
> > > > Sent: 14 May 2007 09:27
> > > > To: xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > Subject: [Xen-users] Upgrade Proceedure
> > > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > We are looking to getting all our XEN boxes up to the latest
> > > > release. The lowest version we have is 3.0.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I was wondering what the best way to do an upgrade is, we
> > > > have built all the XEN boxes from source.
> > >
> > >
> > > Tar up the "dist" directory and copy it to each of the
> new machines,
> > > untar and run "dist/install.sh"?
> > >
> > > Only problem is if you need to uninstall first - because
> there's no
> > > uninstall script... Usually you don't need to uninstall,
> > but sometimes
> > > you do (because some residual file means that the wrong version of
> > > library is used, or some such).
> > >
> > > --
> > > Mats
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> > > > Thanks
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