I don't know about GFS 6.1 (CentOS 4) but it is now possible to upgrade GFS 6.0 (CentOS 3) on a node in a cluster just using normal yum update & install. You don't have to do every node at the same time either.

I certainly recommend that you do some testing on a test cluster, at least till you know your update procedure works.

John.

Bowie Bailey wrote:

Now that the csgfs repo has been updated to support the new kernel, I'm looking at doing updates again. I just want to do it without breaking things (if possible). I can handle doing a bit of trial and error, but I figure that if you guys can point out any obvious pitfalls, that can save me quite a bit of time.

I'm looking at doing the following install/update:

============================================================================ = Package Arch Version Repository Size ============================================================================ = Installing: GFS-kernel-smp i686 2.6.9-45.0.2.centos4 csgfs 191 k cman-kernel-smp i686 2.6.9-41.0.2.centos4 csgfs 121 k dlm-kernel-smp i686 2.6.9-39.1.2.centos4 csgfs 119 k kernel i686 2.6.9-22.0.2.EL update 9.7 M kernel-devel i686 2.6.9-22.0.2.EL update 3.6 M kernel-smp i686 2.6.9-22.0.2.EL update 9.4 M Updating: GFS i386 6.1.3-0 csgfs 137 k cman i686 1.0.4-0 csgfs 27 k fence i686 1.32.10-0 csgfs 79 k magma i686 1.0.3-2 csgfs 33 k magma-plugins i386 1.0.5-0 csgfs 16 k

Should I update them all at once like this, or are there any other issues I should be aware of?