Re: iTools upgrade strategy

[Terry Allen <hmag@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> At 2:27 PM -0700 4/26/04, cw@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > Greetings all,
> >
> > I have been prepping for a software upgrade, and before proceeding, 
> > I need help to come up with a strategy that will cause *no server 
> > down-time*. In the past, I would just build a drive at the office 
> > with the new software, migrated sites, test it, then swap the 
> > drives. I don't have a spare Xserve to test it off-line, I have 
> > mission-critical sites, and late-night access is not a good option 
> > in this case.
> >
> > Current Web server set-up:
> > [Co-located] Xserve Dual 1GB G4, 1GB RAM, OSXS 10.2.4, iTools 
> > 6.5.x, WebDNA 4.5.1, sendmail...
> >
> > [In case it's of use in the equation, the email is on a second 
> > Xserve on the same network - with extra IP's and drives available 
> > for testing.]
> >
> > -I have installed a new Xserve drive module, and installed Panther 
> > [*client*, updated it to 10.3.3],
>
> ...hmmm...surprised to know that Panther client actually works on Xserve.
>
> At any rate, you should be aware that it is important to upgrade 
> iTools 6.5 to iTools 7.x *before* moving to Panther, since iTools 
> 6.x doesn't run on Panther. Further, iTools 7 is designed to upgrade 
> from iTools 6.5 automatically.
>
> So step one would be to upgrade the existing 10.2 iTools 6.5 system 
> to iTools 7.3.
Hi again,
	Just a small addition to Anita's & Eric's posts, but a very 
important one - if you start on the upgrade with the new iTools 
package, make sure during the process that it gives you the option to 
upgrade - if it looks like it is going through to do a new install, 
DO NOT PROCEED & contact Tenon - you should get an option to upgrade. 
Hope this helps. Of course, make sure you have a backup as well.
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	Bye for now, Terry Allen 
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