[Fwd: Re: [DRBD-user] DRBD onto OpenSUSE 11.0 x86_64]

Johannes Thoma johannes.thoma at linbit.com
Wed Sep 24 17:06:54 CEST 2008

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


On Wednesday 24 September 2008 04:27:26 pm you wrote:

> Is there a way to mirror the two even if the versions are different with
> 0.7.14 as primary and 8.2.6 as secondary, or do they have to be
> identical versions?

> What is actually the best way to upgrade a mirrored system from 0.7.14
> to the newest version 8.2.6, when the volumes also change size.

0.7 will not sync with 8.2.6, so you'll need 8.2.6 on both nodes first.
For upgrading, you'll probably want to follow Florian's directions in his
blog:

http://fghaas.wordpress.com/2007/10/03/step-by-step-upgrade-from-drbd-07-to-drbd-8/

I would first upgrade and then resize the volumes, see 

http://www.drbd.org/users-guide/s-resizing.html

HTH, good luck, 

;) 

- Johannes


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