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Proper method to upgrade

list Mike Burger
Wed, 5 Feb 2014 16:13:18 -0500 (EST)
Message-Id: <user-6ffadf30af2e@xymon.invalid>

On Wed, February 5, 2014 10:11 am, Michael Resnick wrote:
I have Xymon 4.3.11 installed and would like to move to 4.3.15, but I do
not see any upgrade doc.
What is the proper method to do an upgrade from source ?

Do I uninstall the previous and install the new version?
Should I just install the new over the old version, using the same
config
options ?

Best practices would be appreciated, since this is a Production
environment.  Centos 5.4 64 bit.
If it's EL5 you're using the RPMs on Terabithia, it's safe to do an update
using rpm -U (or yum update). If it was a custom compile/tarball, I'd
suggest a backup copy of your server directory and then a diff of the
relevant config files to note any new/missing defaults (eg, the IMAGETYPE
variables for non-gif icons).

Your data directories wouldn't need any modifications between 4.3.11 and
4.3.15 I don't think.


HTH,

-jc
Just wondering...when can/should we start looking for 4.3.15 packages on
terabithia.org? The latest that I see, to this point, are for 4.3.13.

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