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Upgrade steps

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list Ben Poppy · Wed, 18 Apr 2012 00:56:55 +0000 ·
I see that there are some pretty clear upgrade steps when moving from Hobbit 4.2.x to Xymon 4.3.x, but are there any upgrade steps when moving from Xymon 4.3.4 to 4.3.7 by chance?

Or will the make install not overwrite the customized configuration files (hosts.cfg, analysys.cfg, etc)?

Thanks,
-Ben

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list Henrik Størner · Wed, 18 Apr 2012 11:52:28 +0200 ·
On Wed, 18 Apr 2012 00:56:55 +0000, "Poppy, Ben"
quoted from Ben Poppy
<user-1ce99a2a9ef8@xymon.invalid> wrote:
I see that there are some pretty clear upgrade steps when moving from
Hobbit 4.2.x to Xymon 4.3.x, but are there any upgrade steps when moving
from Xymon 4.3.4 to 4.3.7 by chance?

Or will the make install not overwrite the customized configuration
files
(hosts.cfg, analysys.cfg, etc)?
Running "make install" is intended to keep your current configuration
files. (But I'd always make a copy of them, just in case I bungled
something).

Regards,
Henrik
list Andrey Chervonets · Wed, 18 Apr 2012 14:16:39 +0300 ·
I use the following approach:

1. Install each version of Xymon to separate directory, for example:
/u01/app/xymon/product/xymon.4.3.4
/u01/app/xymon/product/xymon.4.3.7

2. Make symb link
/u01/app/xymon/product/xymon -> /u01/app/xymon/product/xymon.4.3.4

and use /u01/app/xymon/product/xymon  -  path where needed (web-server 
config, custom scripts, etc)

3. After new version is installed - just compare (if need) changes in 
config files (ne woptions, settings, etc), copy  your config, copy or 
move rrd, etc. to new path, update ports (if non-stanmdard used), etc.
Then just stop old one, start new one. This will also minimize downtime.


Best regards,

Andrey Chervonets
http://www.cominder.eu/
quoted from Henrik Størner


On 18.04.2012 13:00, xymon-request at xymon.com wrote:
On Wed, 18 Apr 2012 00:56:55 +0000, "Poppy, Ben"
<user-1ce99a2a9ef8@xymon.invalid>  wrote:
 I see that there are some pretty clear upgrade steps when moving from
 Hobbit 4.2.x to Xymon 4.3.x, but are there any upgrade steps when moving
 from Xymon 4.3.4 to 4.3.7 by chance?
 
 Or will the make install not overwrite the customized configuration
files
 (hosts.cfg, analysys.cfg, etc)?
Running "make install" is intended to keep your current configuration
files. (But I'd always make a copy of them, just in case I bungled
something).

Regards,
Henrik
list Ben Poppy · Fri, 20 Apr 2012 21:12:57 +0000 ·
Thanks, worked perfectly!
quoted from Andrey Chervonets

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On Wed, 18 Apr 2012 00:56:55 +0000, "Poppy, Ben"
<user-1ce99a2a9ef8@xymon.invalid> wrote:
I see that there are some pretty clear upgrade steps when moving from 
Hobbit 4.2.x to Xymon 4.3.x, but are there any upgrade steps when 
moving from Xymon 4.3.4 to 4.3.7 by chance?

Or will the make install not overwrite the customized configuration
files
(hosts.cfg, analysys.cfg, etc)?
Running "make install" is intended to keep your current configuration files. (But I'd always make a copy of them, just in case I bungled something).

Regards,
Henrik


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