[mythtv-users] Scared to upgrade to 0.25

mythtvuser mythtvuser at vandrosthagen.net
Wed Apr 11 14:43:23 UTC 2012


Thanks for the reply.. will get something setup to try the upgrade.. 

-----Original Message-----
From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
[mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Simon Hobson
Sent: 11 April, 2012 2:02 PM
To: Discussion about MythTV
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Scared to upgrade to 0.25

mythtvuser wrote:

>Because this machine is my main mythtv environment and my wife/kids are 
>shooting me if i break the environment again for 2 days..:P I would 
>love to hear if the iptv issues are solved (see ticket
>http://code.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/10493 for info) before i upgrade the 
>environment.
>
>Could somebody confirm there are no issues with iptv anymore?

I doubt anyone can give such an assurance.

In cases where it's "mission critical" then your answer is to have a test
system. Clone you live system to the test system, then test the upgrade
there. If your test system upgrade goes OK, then do the same on your live
system.

Obviously making sure you have a completely up to date clone of your live
system will allow you to revert to how you were if it all goes pear shaped.
That can be as simple as shutting down the backend and MySQL etc, then
cloning everything but your recordings to either spare space on your
recordings disk or to another disk. There are many tools to do this, my
personal favourite being rsync.

So the process is :
1) Determine what you are going to do, and how you are going to recover if
it goes wrong.
2) Test it on a test system - which should be as close as possible in setup
to your live system.
3) IFF that test goes OK, then upgrade your live system.
4) And if that goes wrong, revert to how you were.

This should be the minimum for any upgrade on anything that you don't want
to risk losing. Yes it can be a pain, but I suspect the pain in your ears if
you "break TV" can be worse !

--
Simon Hobson

Visit http://www.magpiesnestpublishing.co.uk/ for books by acclaimed author
Gladys Hobson. Novels - poetry - short stories - ideal as Christmas stocking
fillers. Some available as e-books.
_______________________________________________
mythtv-users mailing list
mythtv-users at mythtv.org
http://www.mythtv.org/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users




More information about the mythtv-users mailing list