On Wed, May 09, 2007 at 09:38:20PM -0400, Guy Dallaire wrote: > Replying to myself: > > It's my second attempt at trying to get any input as to how difficult it may > be to upgrade amanda. I have not received any reply on both occasions. > > Are my questions too dumb ? I would like to read some sort of upgrade > guide, but I can't find anything useful in the doc or in the amanda wiki. > > 2.5 seems pretty scary. I see a lot of problems on the list. Is it stable, > or is it experimental ? > > Thanks > > 2007/5/7, Guy Dallaire <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > >I understand that amanda 2.5 is compatible with amanda 2.4 clients. This > >means I could upgrade my server and do the clients later ? I would like to > >upgrade to 2.5.2 for security reason (ability to encrypt backups, ssh)
Being compatible does not mean that the clients gain the new features of the upgraded server. If the client could not do encryption or ssh before, upgrading the server will not change the client. -- Jon H. LaBadie [EMAIL PROTECTED] JG Computing 4455 Province Line Road (609) 252-0159 Princeton, NJ 08540-4322 (609) 683-7220 (fax)
