[DRBD-user] OS update version upgrade

Mark Watts m.watts at eris.qinetiq.com
Fri Jun 26 10:37:37 CEST 2009

Note: "permalinks" may not be as permanent as we would like,
direct links of old sources may well be a few messages off.


On Fri, 2009-06-26 at 15:40 +0900, Deepak.Mantri at shinsei-it.com wrote:
> Hi friends,
> 
>  
> 
> We are planning for OS version upgrade from RHEL 4.5 to RHEL 4.8.It
> has HA/DRBD (Active/Passive) setup on it.
> 
> The data partitions are on an a storage (DAS).haresources file has
> iscsitarget and DRBD as resources. I wanted to know 
> 
> Will an OS Update upgrade initiate a full sync? Are there any special
> steps I have to take before starting the upgrade in regards to DRBD?

Since RedHat doesn't come with DRBD, I assume you've built it yourself
against your current running kernel?
You'll have to rebuild the kernel module against the new kernel, but you
shouldn't need to rebuild your drbd userland tools, and you shouldn't
need a resync.

Mark.

-- 
Mark Watts BSc RHCE MBCS
Senior Systems Engineer
QinetiQ Applied Technologies
GPG Key: http://www.linux-corner.info/mwatts.gpg
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: not available
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 197 bytes
Desc: This is a digitally signed message part
URL: <http://lists.linbit.com/pipermail/drbd-user/attachments/20090626/6fc26222/attachment.pgp>


More information about the drbd-user mailing list