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From: "Michał Górny" <mgorny@gentoo.org>
To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org
Cc: tomjbe@gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] rfc: news item for app-backup/bacula
Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2011 10:11:58 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20111230101158.7ef6e723@pomiocik.lan> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20111230095633.18c4316d@ham>

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On Fri, 30 Dec 2011 09:56:33 +0100
Thomas Beierlein <tomjbe@gentoo.org> wrote:

> The 5.2.x release series of Bacula uses a new database catalog format.
                                     ^^^ use (singular)
> If you're upgrading from a 3.x.x or 5.0.x release, you must upgrade
> your bacula catalog database.  
> 
> Please read the manual chapter for how to upgrade your database.

Link would be useful.

> You
> can find database upgrade scripts in /usr/libexec/bacula/updatedb/.
> 
> It is strongly recommended that you save a copy of your existing
> database before upgrading.

More details or even a script to do that would be great for users.

> The simplest way to upgrade the database:
> 
> 1. Stop Bacula from running (at least director and storage daemon).
                                       ^ the                       ^-s
> 2. Save a copy of your existing database.
> 3. Emerge new version of Bacula.
           ^ (probably) the
> 4. Run the appropriate upgrade script
> from /usr/libexec/bacula/updatedb/.
> 7. Start the new Bacula.

It saved us two steps!

-- 
Best regards,
Michał Górny

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  reply	other threads:[~2011-12-30  9:11 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-12-30  8:56 [gentoo-dev] rfc: news item for app-backup/bacula Thomas Beierlein
2011-12-30  9:11 ` Michał Górny [this message]
2011-12-30  9:43   ` Thomas Beierlein
2011-12-30 10:44     ` Michał Górny
2011-12-30 11:09       ` Thomas Beierlein
2011-12-30 17:02         ` [gentoo-dev] " Jonathan Callen
2011-12-31 10:51           ` Thomas Beierlein
2011-12-31 14:56   ` [gentoo-dev] " William Hubbs
2011-12-31 15:54     ` Alexandre Rostovtsev
2012-01-01 19:54     ` Thomas Beierlein

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