X-Original-To: pgsql-www-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.2]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3885ED1B4DE; Fri, 27 Feb 2004 21:09:11 +0000 (GMT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (neptune.hub.org [200.46.204.2]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 23461-07; Fri, 27 Feb 2004 17:09:08 -0400 (AST) Received: from bramble.mmrd.com (unknown [65.217.53.66]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 317EDD1B9BC; Fri, 27 Feb 2004 17:09:04 -0400 (AST) Received: from thorn.mmrd.com (thorn.mmrd.com [172.25.10.100]) by bramble.mmrd.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id i1RKdLcM029682; Fri, 27 Feb 2004 15:39:21 -0500 Received: from gnvex001.mmrd.com (gnvex001.mmrd.com [192.168.3.55]) by thorn.mmrd.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id i1RL94l30062; Fri, 27 Feb 2004 16:09:04 -0500 Received: from camel.mmrd.com ([172.25.5.213]) by gnvex001.mmrd.com with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.2657.72) id FVMA4X8X; Fri, 27 Feb 2004 16:09:02 -0500 Subject: Re: Short notice, but ... From: Robert Treat To: "Marc G. Fournier" Cc: pgsql-www@postgresql.org In-Reply-To: <20040227165337.S82441@ganymede.hub.org> References: <20040227145325.J82441@ganymede.hub.org> <1077910882.3204.41.camel@camel> <20040227165337.S82441@ganymede.hub.org> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.8 Date: 27 Feb 2004 16:09:03 -0500 Message-Id: <1077916144.2753.43.camel@camel> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at postgresql.org X-Archive-Number: 200402/231 X-Sequence-Number: 3796 Sorry, let me be more clear.... Acknowledged :-) Robert Treat On Fri, 2004-02-27 at 15:56, Marc G. Fournier wrote: > On Fri, 27 Feb 2004, Robert Treat wrote: > > > ACK > > Why ACK? I can hold off until Monday if it makes your life easier ... as > I said, it should be totally transparent ... none of the configs are > changing, and unless there is a software package missing on the new > template (its our standard one now, so most should already be installed), > the versions of software are all the same ... > > The way the VMs are setup, in case you are not aware, is a layer of two > file systems ... the upper layer contains all of the stuff that has > changed specific to that VM (ie. httpd config files, password files, etc) > while the lower layer just contains the applications ... it is the lower > layer that I'm going to be swapping, the upper will not be touched ... > > > > > > On Fri, 2004-02-27 at 13:56, Marc G. Fournier wrote: > > > > > > I'm going to shut down and upgrade the VM that www.postgresql.org is on > > > this weekend, to deal with several issues (namely, to clean up a mess that > > > is affecting Alexey's work) ... > > > > > > The downtime should take <5 minutes, as it is merely a matter of unmounted > > > one template and mounting the newer one ... and, to date, the only issues > > > we've experience with clients that we've done this for have been email > > > related, so we don't anticipate any problems, but ... just wanted ppl to > > > be aware ... > > > > > > Robert, if you happen to be around today/this evening, I can do it up > > > today and get it out of the way, just want to make sure that at least > > > someone acknowledges/reads this before I do it, that's all ... > > > > > > ---- > > > Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org) > > > Email: scrappy@hub.org Yahoo!: yscrappy ICQ: 7615664 > > > > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > > > TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster > > > > > > > -- > > Build A Brighter Lamp :: Linux Apache {middleware} PostgreSQL > > > > > > ---- > Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org) > Email: scrappy@hub.org Yahoo!: yscrappy ICQ: 7615664 > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to majordomo@postgresql.org -- Build A Brighter Lamp :: Linux Apache {middleware} PostgreSQL