[OpenAFS] Procedure for changing database server IP addresses

2017-01-17 Thread Stephen Joyce
I know the current best-practice for changing the IP addresses of AFS database servers is don't do it. But assuming that I want/need to change IPs and have available hardware, is the use of clone dbservers the preferred method? I can tolerate short service interruptions of up to a few minutes

Re: [OpenAFS] Procedure for changing database server IP addresses

2017-01-17 Thread Jeffrey Altman
On 1/17/2017 3:45 PM, Stephen Joyce wrote: > I know the current best-practice for changing the IP addresses of AFS > database servers is don't do it. > > But assuming that I want/need to change IPs and have available hardware, > is the use of clone dbservers the preferred method? I can tolerate sh

Re: [OpenAFS] Procedure for changing database server IP addresses

2017-01-18 Thread Stephen Joyce
On Wed, 18 Jan 2017, Jeffrey Altman wrote: You will also need to update the configuration and restart the fileservers. The fileservers are clients of the PT and VL servers but use the server CellServDB file for their server info. THANK YOU. I knew there was something I was forgetting, and thi

Re: [OpenAFS] Procedure for changing database server IP addresses

2017-02-03 Thread Jason Edgecombe
On 01/17/2017 03:45 PM, Stephen Joyce wrote: I know the current best-practice for changing the IP addresses of AFS database servers is don't do it. But assuming that I want/need to change IPs and have available hardware, is the use of clone dbservers the preferred method? I can tolerate short