[BlueOnyx:23352] Re: Aventurin{e} - upgrade 6108R to 6109R

[Colin Jack]

Thanks Michael,

> > How easy is it to upgrade Aventurin{e} nodes from 6108R to 6109R?
> 
> It's a bit of an effort. The complication is that you can't do an in place upgrade
> and that "vzmigrate" between OpenVZ 6 and OpenVZ 7 doesn't work.

That was what I suspected. :-/

> The usual procedure is: Set up a fresh 6109R and then use ovztransfer.sh to
> move the VPS's from 6108R to 6109R. That handles both the transfer and
> conversion of the VPS's to the new format. It's just one command per VPS and
> involves a bit of downtime during the transition.
> 
> It's explained here:
> 
> https://www.aventurin.net/index.php?page=upgrade-to-6109r
> 
> > Nodes are hosted by Virtbiz …
> 
> Good choice! Speak to Chris and see if he can set up a temporary node for you
> to handle the migration or what other options you two might be able to work
> out.

I will liaise with Chris and see what we can do. 

Kind regards

Colin