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 0635ED1D5C7 for ; Fri, 27 Feb 2004 21:01:20 +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 27257-03 for ; Fri, 27 Feb 2004 17:01:16 -0400 (AST) Received: from ganymede.hub.org (u46n208.hfx.eastlink.ca [24.222.46.208]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E9FFED1D55A for ; Fri, 27 Feb 2004 17:01:14 -0400 (AST) Received: by ganymede.hub.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id D34F53900D; Fri, 27 Feb 2004 16:56:07 -0400 (AST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ganymede.hub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D277838FDF; Fri, 27 Feb 2004 16:56:07 -0400 (AST) Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 16:56:07 -0400 (AST) From: "Marc G. Fournier" X-X-Sender: scrappy@ganymede.hub.org To: Robert Treat Cc: pgsql-www@postgresql.org Subject: Re: Short notice, but ... In-Reply-To: <1077910882.3204.41.camel@camel> Message-ID: <20040227165337.S82441@ganymede.hub.org> References: <20040227145325.J82441@ganymede.hub.org> <1077910882.3204.41.camel@camel> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at postgresql.org X-Archive-Number: 200402/230 X-Sequence-Number: 3795 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