Topic: Upgrading from 5.1.2 to 6.0

[dave_d]

Has anyone out there had experience of upgrading from 5.1.2 to 6.0?  If so, I would be glad to hear of your experience!!
I searched the forums for this topic but failed to find any reference.  However, if there's already a thread on this subject please point me to it and accept my apologies for being unobservant!

[briank]

From memory most people have been suggesting first upgrading to 5.5 then 6. However, because not all your contribs will work I would backup your 5.1 (maybe clone the hard drive as well) and start with a fresh install of 6. I have just done this and believe in the longrun it may be the quicker option.
Good luck
Brian Kirk

[sspfunk]

You can also kiss your VPN goodbye
anything after 5.5 is flakey at best.
I have tried several times to upgrade different servers and after the upgrade to 5.6 or 6 the VPN never works.

YMMV

steve

[dave_d]

Thanks Brian and Steve.

I must confess that I was already leaning towards the 'archive and start afresh' method espoused by Brian - I've always been a bit leery of global system updates (even the mighty Digital Corp with VAX/VMS dropped a few in this respect!).

As far as Steve's comment is concerned, do you mean that the VPN fails to work on 5.6 or 6.0 regardless of whether the system is a new install or the result of an upgrade, or do you mean that it only fails to work AFTER the update process? I ask because only one of the many servers I look after uses VPN and it's that one that's running 5.1.2 and needs to be upgraded!!

Regards,

Dave

[robwellesley]

As far as Steve's comment is concerned, do you mean that the VPN fails to work on 5.6 or 6.0
Dave

Hi Dave - if you are running an IPSEC FreesWAN "VPN" between two 5.1.2 servers then leave well enough alone. If you are using one of the servers to "VPN" into - i.e. PPTP then use a clean 6.final install.

rob

[sspfunk]

dave_d,
I have tried an upgrade and a fresh install and the PPTP vpn never works for me in 5.6 or 6.
As far as your upgrade situation, personally I like to back everything up, ghost the hard drive to another drive if you can, and then perform an upgrade on the newly ghosted drive. If it works, woohoo, you have a lot less configuring to do. If not, then you did not really lose anything. Just do a fresh install if the upgrade does not work.

I just upgraded a working 5.5 box to 6 and the vpn no workie no more.
Funny thing, I pulled out a HD that I had put 5.6 on about a year ago (one where the vpn would not work), booted up the machine, and then I could vpn in, go figure! Of course it did not last long, today it will connect but just hangs after that.
Oh well, I am really bummed that this problem is _still not fixed_,

steve