I am not on the VMWare, I installed on my own SuSE server, I assume the procedure would be the same though?
>>> On Tue, Sep 19, 2006 at 1:41 PM, in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi Dave, > > We are still working on a strategy for updating the VMWare images. We > made a major switch with this release to the RPath virtual appliance to > create our VMWare images. > > The following procedure will move your configuration from a running > zenoss to the new image. > > 1. On the old install, create a backup of your var and perf directories: > > $ zenoss stop > $ cd $ZENHOME > $ tar - czvf backup.tar.gz var perf > > 2. Copy the tarball over to the new image. In the new image, do the > following: > > $ zenoss stop > $ cd $ZENHOME > $ rm - rf var perf > $ tar - xzvf backup.tar.gz > > Copying the file to the new image is not trivial. > You can use scp on the command line to copy it across. > You will need to set the root password on the destination image for > scp to work. > > 3. Note that mysql on the new image uses the username and password > 'zenoss'. > You may have to update your configuration to use these values: > > Start Zope: > $ zopectl start > > Point your browser at the new image and use the following URL to > change the username and password: > > > http://new- image- ip- address:8080/zport/dmd/ZenEventManager/manage_propertiesFor > m > > 4. Whenever you upgrade Zenoss, you should run the migration script: > > $ zenmigrate run > > If that succeeds, run it again and commit the changes: > > $ zenmigrate run -- commit > > Let me know how you make out; this will be easier in the future. > > - Eric > > DAVE CUSHING wrote: >> Once I download the new version, how do I upgrade without losing any of >> my existing data? Just the regular install? (I haven't done an upgrade >> thus far, and I couldn't find anything in the admin docs). >> >> >>>>> On Tue, Sep 19, 2006 at 8:28 AM, in message >>>>> >> <3C1E4532- 08AD- 40EA- 9437- [EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> wrote: >> >>> 09- 18- 2006 >>> >>> Announcing Zenoss Version 0.22.3 >>> >>> All, >>> >>> Version 0.22.3 of Zenoss is available for download. Version 0.22.3 is >>> >> >> >>> a dot release of version 0.22.0, which added several new features, >>> including: >>> >>> * Support for Nagios Plugins (zenagios) >>> * Addition of a GUI for the selection of Alerting Rules >>> * Adds Email alerts with configurable body text >>> * Automated maintenance windows >>> * Allows the assignment of users to the systems they manage >>> >>> Zenoss Version 0.22.3 provides several minor bug fixes and >>> enhancements, including: >>> >>> * Use of latin- 1 encoding when calling xml- rpc >>> * Improved handling of Unicode items >>> * Repaired bad zenagios heartbeat timeout >>> * Corrected zenagios unpack of config (component and eventKey were >>> backward) >>> * Take off newline when reading configfile values >>> * Fixed additional date- time zone problems >>> >>> Download Links: >>> * Source: http://www.zenoss.org/download/latest/src >>> * Zenwin: http://www.zenoss.org/download/latest/zenwin >>> * Documentation: http://www.zenoss.org/download/latest/docs >>> * Release Notes: http://www.zenoss.org/download/latest/relnotes >>> >>> >>> Enjoy, >>> >>> Drew >>> Project Zenoss >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> _______________________________________________ >>> > > _______________________________________________ > zenoss- users mailing list > zenoss- [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.zenoss.org/mailman/listinfo/zenoss- users _______________________________________________ zenoss-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.zenoss.org/mailman/listinfo/zenoss-users
