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basselope

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Can I upgrade 5.1 -> 6.0 my additional domain controller first?
« on: January 29, 2019, 12:42:11 pm »
Hello,

Small business, about 35 computers.
Single domain, no Windows servers, only 2 Zentyal controllers on 5.1.3
Main domain controller is a dedicated physical server, additional domain controller is a virtual machine.

I was wondering if I can update the additional controller first, and if there's any special procedure.
The idea is that if anything goes wrong I can simply reinstall the VM, and if the upgrade works smoothly I can proceed to updating the main controller.

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Re: Can I upgrade 5.1 -> 6.0 my additional domain controller first?
« Reply #1 on: January 30, 2019, 03:56:17 pm »
In the process of this right now. Stuck at setting up zentyal-dns (6.0)....
Been like this and running for around 13 hours now. I do remember when the ADC synchronized the first time around after the initial config, it took a long time - like a day to complete the sync. But this is a little too long in my opinion and may be an issue with packages that didn't get completely installed in previous updates (OR) it could be that I should have updated my PDC first. But I'm like you and didn't want to risk bricking my production PDC on a busted upgrade. In the end, I have a feeling I may have to fresh install and restore from a configuration backup. Undecided as of now and will give it another day. I've heard of the process taking up to a day for some upgrades from 5.13-->6.0 . If you do decide to go in this direction, I hope you have better luck than me. I'm no Linux expert and rely heavily on the forums for debugging and troubleshooting via SSH terminal. That puts me out a little due to the lack of open activity in forums like this one. I would only suggest that you take a snapshot of your VM before you pull the trigger just in case you hit a problem and make a config backup also to your local device. Let me know if you get success or have similar issues please as I believe we are in a similar boat.

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Re: Can I upgrade 5.1 -> 6.0 my additional domain controller first?
« Reply #2 on: February 28, 2019, 04:08:16 pm »
I have not been able to proceed, but have taken an intermediate step.

I have installed a new Zentyal 6 VM and added it to my present 5.1 domain as additional controller.

This worked correctly, users and computers synchronized with the main controller.

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Re: Can I upgrade 5.1 -> 6.0 my additional domain controller first?
« Reply #3 on: March 06, 2019, 03:10:47 pm »
Yeah,
I had to back out also. I got my ADC working on 6.0.1 after quite a bit of work. But I couldn't get my PDC to take it. I just decided to restore my ADC back to downgraded 5.1.3 and keep both DC's on the same version. Looks like I will remain on 5.1.3 for the duration or until I decide to install fresh on a new VM at some point and restore from a backup + migrate home folder contents + samba share volumes. I'm just not going to rush anything as long as it all seems to keep rolling on 5.1.3. So far, still trucking.