+1 Done this by myself. Less hassle.
On 13 okt 2012, at 20:28, Bryan Irvine <sparcta...@gmail.com> wrote: > You will need some planning. Pf syntax changed quite a bit a couple releases > back. > > I'd consider backing up the files converting pf.conf to the new syntax and > doing a clean install of 5.2 (out soon). > > > -Bryan > > On Oct 13, 2012, at 9:47 AM, Matt Morrow <cmorrow...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> After dealing with a number of issues due to an old 3.8 install which have >> been resolved in current releases, I think I'm going to do the individual >> release upgrades (3.8->3.9->4.0, etc etc) >> >> The 3.9 upgrade guide says: >> >> pfsync(4) <http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pfsync&sektion=4> > has >> changed format, so it can not keep state between a 3.8 and a 3.9 box. >> Mismatched systems will lose all connections when you switch which box is >> master, as states will not be transfered between systems. You can minimize >> the impact of this by upgrading your backup boxes first, so there is only >> one loss of active states. >> >> >> Can anyone explain what that means in terms of my existing pf configuration >> working as a simple router with a port forward? Does this simply mean that >> during the upgrade, if I had multiple servers running, that boxes would >> temporarily lose connectivity during the upgrade as they wouldnt switch >> over to a backup server automatically?