I don't know about GFS 6.1 (CentOS 4) but it is now possible to upgrade
GFS 6.0 (CentOS 3) on a node in a cluster just using normal yum update &
install. You don't have to do every node at the same time either.
I certainly recommend that you do some testing on a test cluster, at
least till you know your update procedure works.
John.
Bowie Bailey wrote:
> Now that the csgfs repo has been updated to support the new kernel, I'm
> looking at doing updates again. I just want to do it without breaking
> things (if possible). I can handle doing a bit of trial and error, but I
> figure that if you guys can point out any obvious pitfalls, that can save me
> quite a bit of time.
>
> I'm looking at doing the following install/update:
>
> ============================================================================
> =
> Package Arch Version Repository Size
> ============================================================================
> =
> Installing:
> GFS-kernel-smp i686 2.6.9-45.0.2.centos4 csgfs
> 191 k
> cman-kernel-smp i686 2.6.9-41.0.2.centos4 csgfs
> 121 k
> dlm-kernel-smp i686 2.6.9-39.1.2.centos4 csgfs
> 119 k
> kernel i686 2.6.9-22.0.2.EL update 9.7 M
> kernel-devel i686 2.6.9-22.0.2.EL update 3.6 M
> kernel-smp i686 2.6.9-22.0.2.EL update 9.4 M
> Updating:
> GFS i386 6.1.3-0 csgfs 137 k
> cman i686 1.0.4-0 csgfs 27 k
> fence i686 1.32.10-0 csgfs 79 k
> magma i686 1.0.3-2 csgfs 33 k
> magma-plugins i386 1.0.5-0 csgfs 16 k
>
> Should I update them all at once like this, or are there any other issues I
> should be aware of?
>
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John Newbigin
Computer Systems Officer
Faculty of Information and Communication Technologies
Swinburne University of Technology
Melbourne, Australia
http://www.ict.swin.edu.au/staff/jnewbigin
