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Questions tagged [upgrade]

Upgrading is the process of changing a system to a different, higher/newer version. It is similar to patching or updating (and for some software, may even be as simple as applying patches or updates, but is generally more involved and more comprehensive than the process for installing patches or updates.

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In a Server migration / move, Do I need to rename my Windows Server name if I change the Server name to Alias (CNAME) my new Server?

Hi I have an existing and new server that are part of a windows domain. I want to redirect network traffic to the new server and keep the existing one online short-term then offline it after a few weeks. There will be no IP changes of hosts, and I…
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No network after Windows Server upgrade

Last night I started upgrading a server from Windows Server 2008 R2 to Windows Server 2012 R2. This morning checking if everything went well, the network card says "unidentified network" and "no Internet access". DHCP does not work, and neither does…
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What's the correct way to force RPM erase & Install instead of upgrade?

I have an RPM whose software recently had its database schema completely redesigned. The current version (We'll call it B.0) is incompatible with older versions of the database schema. Fortunately it's still in beta, and since it's not officially…
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WSUS and issues pushing Win 10 1703 Update and Win 7 Upgrades

I am in the process of testing roll outs of Windows 7 to Windows 10 upgrades using WSUS, as well as rolling out the creators update to our Windows 10 machines. I am testing with three machines - a Dell Desktop running Windows 7 Pro, a VirtualBox VM…
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Minimal upgrade from one minor CentOS version to the next

I would like to update our remote systems from CentOS 7.2 to 7.3. Is there an option that would only install the minimum number of packages required? The standard upgrade would involve downloading almost 800MB of packages.
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In-place Upgrade of Windows Server 2008 to R2

I would like to make an in-place upgrade from Windows Server 2008 to R2. If you have done this: a) Was it a boring no-brainer, or was it a fly by the seat of the pants journey of excitement? b) When the upgrade was over did you find any stuff that…
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Determining if upgrading to a fast PCIe SSD drive is worthwhile on a dual Xeon Nehalem system with PCIe v2.0

I am considering upgrading my workstation (almost a server) with a bootable PCIe drive, the 2TB version of the Samsung 960 Pro. But having a system with PCI v2, SATA II I am not sure if this makes sense as I am afraid of over-saturating the…
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After upgradeing gitlab - GUI / Inteface broken - not working correctly

we have a big problem. Since we updated gitlab from version 8.11.7-ce.0 to 8.12.1-ce.0 our webgui is broken: gitlab - broken gui view we currently don't know why this happened. we are using Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Does someone have the same issue or an…
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How to upgrade Ubuntu to 16.04 LTS and not lose network access

When I upgraded one of my servers to 16.04 LTS I had to adjust network configuration (I use interfaces file) and use the new network interface name. I was lucky that the server runs in a VM and I could access it via the virtual management console.…
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samba classicupgrade from samba3 to samba4

I'm very confused with doing samba upgrade from samba 3.5 (debian squezze) to samba 4.1 (ubuntu 14.04 lts) What i'm done now? all from official samba…
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Depends: gcc-4.9-base (= 4.9.1-16ubuntu6) but it is not installed

I came along this problem when i tried to install php5-curl on my Ubuntu 14.04. I ran: sudo apt-get install php5-curl and got: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done You might want to run 'apt-get -f…
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PERC 5/i firmware on DELL PowerEdge 2950 cannot be updated

My DELL PowerEdge 2950 (Windows Server 2008 R2) OpenManage shows this warning. Firmware version is out of date. Firmware Version 5.0.2-0003 Minimum Required Firmware Version 5.2.2-0072 I installed this Windows update package from DELL. It…
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How should I go about upgrading mysql server from 5.0.67 to latest?

The current version of mysql I have on my server is 5.0.67. I would like to upgrade to the latest version. Based on what I have read here: https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/upgrading.html, this is my plan: Kill connections to database (stop…
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Upgrading Windows Server 2012 from evaluation to standard edition

So I have a server running Windows Server 2012 that I want to upgrade from the evaluation version, to full. Going through the process of using Powershell to find the current and target editions, and then applying DISM /online /Set-Edition:
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After upgrade to Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS, MOTD always says 0 new packages can be updated

I'm not a server expert and so I'm experiencing some upgrade issues with Ubuntu. A little history: my Digital Ocean droplet was running Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, then a few months ago I upgraded to a newer HWE to continue to receive security updates for the…
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