[BUGS] question on up keeping of a production server

[Edwin Groothuis]

On Wed, Jun 04, 2008 at 10:19:54PM -1000, goku - wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I have a question on production server upkeep.
> 
> In my supfile I am tracking freebsd 7 stable
> 
> *default tag=RELENG_7
> 
> Now here is my question.  I've read that a safe method of updating the
> system's binaries is using a utility called freebsd-update.  I have read
> that it does not update ?STABLE .  It only tracks the release tag.  So do I
> change the RELENG_7 to RELENG_7_0_0_RELEASE ?  also when freebsd 7.1R
> becomes available and I decide not to upgrade.  Will the freebsd-update
> still update the system's binaries? Or do I have to upgrade to freebsd 7.1R
> and change the RELENG_7_0_0_RELEASE  to RELENG_7_1_0_RELEASE

freebsd-update is a binary update, not a safe update. Well it's
safe but not sold as being safe.
(The rest is too confusing for me)

> Another question.  Since the server that I am learning on will become a
> production server.  Is there a way to upgrade from freebsd 7 to 7.1(when it
> come available) without having the server go off line.

You always will need a reboot for the kernel upgrade.

Edwin

-- 
Edwin Groothuis      |            Personal website: http://www.mavetju.org
edwin at mavetju.org    |              Weblog: http://www.mavetju.org/weblog/