Topic: Update problems

[groyk]

Hi

I am receiving an email every day from my server regarding updates available. But when I access the server manager to update. I get the message that system is updated!

Why is that?

[cactus]

Hi

I am receiving an email every day from my server regarding updates available. But when I access the server manager to update. I get the message that system is updated!

Why is that?

What is your server version?

[groyk]

My server version is 7,3

Here is the email I am getting

===
=== yum reports available updates:
===

php.i386                                 4.3.9-3.22.12          updates         
php-domxml.i386                          4.3.9-3.22.12          updates         
php-gd.i386                              4.3.9-3.22.12          updates         
php-imap.i386                            4.3.9-3.22.12          updates         
php-ldap.i386                            4.3.9-3.22.12          updates         
php-mbstring.i386                        4.3.9-3.22.12          updates         
php-mysql.i386                           4.3.9-3.22.12          updates         
php-pear.i386                            4.3.9-3.22.12          updates         
php-pgsql.i386                           4.3.9-3.22.12          updates

[cactus]

My server version is 7,3

Did you reconfigure after updating?

[groyk]

Hi Cactus

Thank you for your help, I am sure that I did the reconfigure on last update. But I tried to restart the server and now it works. Thank you.

By the way. In the manual is written that you should take backup before any major upgrade.

What is major upgrade? Is it
5 packets or more?
Upgrade to new core system?
Or else?

[cactus]

Hi Cactus

Thank you for your help, I am sure that I did the reconfigure on last update. But I tried to restart the server and now it works. Thank you.

By the way. In the manual is written that you should take backup before any major upgrade.

What is major upgrade? Is it
5 packets or more?
Upgrade to new core system?
Or else?

I think that should read (major) upgrade. It is for every system administrator to decide on it's own backup strategy there is no general rule for it.
The higher the penalty off data loss the better your backup routines should be made (and tested as well). I can not tell what is considered a major upgrade, but I am sure I make a backup before upgrading from a .x to a .x+1 release.

Different data has a different backup scheme, for instance (some of) our patient data in the clinic I work in is backed-up on daily basis, others multiple times a day, based on many considerations as penalty when not available, ease of recovery after a crash, down time due to data loss and it's penalty on subsequent processes determining on this data.