Task #1315
closed 
  Bare Metal Debian 8 migration
20%
Description
Our current virtualization hosts need to be upgraded from Debian 7 to Debian 8, to benefit from newer KVM tools and other updates.
This affects:- dauntless
- excelsior
- falco
- website host (possibly not before Q4)-> no need, see #1465
- galaxy (possibly not before Q4) -> no need as we have new backup servers in place already
       Updated by Florian Effenberger over 10 years ago
      Updated by Florian Effenberger over 10 years ago
      
      
    
    - Blocks Task #1316: Gluster setup added
       Updated by Florian Effenberger over 10 years ago
      Updated by Florian Effenberger over 10 years ago
      
      
    
    - Blocked by Bug #1197: network performance problems on VM hosts added
       Updated by Florian Effenberger over 10 years ago
      Updated by Florian Effenberger over 10 years ago
      
      
    
    - Blocks Task #824: migration of kermit to VM platform added
       Updated by Florian Effenberger over 10 years ago
      Updated by Florian Effenberger over 10 years ago
      
      
    
    - Blocks Task #825: migration of bilbo to VM platform added
       Updated by Alexander Werner over 10 years ago
      Updated by Alexander Werner over 10 years ago
      
      
    
    - Status changed from New to In Progress
Dauntless was migrated.
Note:
update-grub and grub-install have to be executed before rebooting despite the note that this happens automatically during the upgrade.
       Updated by Florian Effenberger about 10 years ago
      Updated by Florian Effenberger about 10 years ago
      
      
    
    - Blocked by deleted (Bug #1197: network performance problems on VM hosts)
       Updated by Florian Effenberger about 10 years ago
      Updated by Florian Effenberger about 10 years ago
      
      
    
    - Subject changed from migrate to Debian 8 to Debian 8 migration
- Description updated (diff)
- Priority changed from High to Normal
- % Done changed from 0 to 20
       Updated by Florian Effenberger about 10 years ago
      Updated by Florian Effenberger about 10 years ago
      
      
    
    - Target version changed from Q3/2015 to Q4/2015
       Updated by Florian Effenberger about 10 years ago
      Updated by Florian Effenberger about 10 years ago
      
      
    
    - Blocks Task #108: document changes in /etc/cron.d/php on kermit added
       Updated by Alexander Werner almost 10 years ago
      Updated by Alexander Werner almost 10 years ago
      
      
    
    - Description updated (diff)
excelsior and falco were successfully migrated
       Updated by Florian Effenberger almost 10 years ago
      Updated by Florian Effenberger almost 10 years ago
      
      
    
    - Target version changed from Q4/2015 to Q1/2016
Deferred due to new backup server taking higher priority, and we run out of maintenance windows this years
       Updated by Florian Effenberger almost 10 years ago
      Updated by Florian Effenberger almost 10 years ago
      
      
    
    - Target version changed from Q1/2016 to Qlater
       Updated by Florian Effenberger over 9 years ago
      Updated by Florian Effenberger over 9 years ago
      
      
    
    - Description updated (diff)
Do we have a list of machines that still need updating?
For the server migrations, the new systems will run Debian 8 right from the start
How many existing VMs still need an upgrade?
What's the plan with Ubuntu 14.04 machines - keeping it that way until EOL, or reinstalling, as a direct upgrade from Ubuntu to Debian won't work?
       Updated by Alexander Werner over 9 years ago
      Updated by Alexander Werner over 9 years ago
      
      
    
    - Subject changed from Debian 8 migration to Bare Metal Debian 8 migration
- Status changed from In Progress to Closed
       Updated by Alexander Werner over 9 years ago
      Updated by Alexander Werner over 9 years ago
      
      
    
    Resolved for Bare Metal Machines. Will create a new ticket for VMs.
       Updated by Florian Effenberger over 8 years ago
      Updated by Florian Effenberger over 8 years ago
      
      
    
    - Blocks deleted (Task #824: migration of kermit to VM platform)
       Updated by Florian Effenberger over 8 years ago
      Updated by Florian Effenberger over 8 years ago
      
      
    
    - Blocks deleted (Task #825: migration of bilbo to VM platform)