[PVFS-users] Fwd: Re: upgrade

[Nathan Poznick]

Thus spake Phil Carns:
> I have been looking for information on how to upgrade from pvfs-1.5.8 to
> pvfs-1.6.2.  Do I have to wipe out everything and start fresh or can the
> configuration files be left alone as well as the data on the /pvfs partition?
> 
> I have downloaded the files, done the configure and make, but not a
> make install.

Others may correct me, but I don't believe there were any metadata
format changes between 1.5.8 and 1.6.2.  Going from 1.6.2 to 1.6.3 (when
it is released) will require a metadata migration program to be run
(migrate-1.6.2-to-1.6.3), but you should be fine with those versions.

-- 
Nathan Poznick <poznick at conwaycorp.net>

Dreaming permits each and every one of us to be quietly and safely
insane every night of our lives. - Charles William Dement

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