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Line 1: − + + + + + + − SME Server Version 8 will be the next major version of SME Server, and will involve upgrading the base to CentOS 5. We are just in the early stages of development, but so far things look good. SME Server 8.0beta1 is based on CentOS 5.1.+ − See the [http://forums.contribs.org/index.php?topic=39499.0 Release Announcement for Beta1].+ − + + + + + + + + + + + + + + − + − {{Note box|Since SME Server 8.0 is still beta no contribs will be released. Once the Release Candidate status is reached contribs will be released for contrib owners to check if their packages need updating.}}+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + − Upgrading from CD should work fine. If not {{BugzillaFileBug|product=SME%20Server%20Release%208.X|component=|comment=|summary=|title=file a bug here}}.+ + + + + + + + − + − Setup with the following yum repositories...+ − /sbin/e-smith/db yum_repositories set sme8os repository \ + − Name 'SME Server 8 - smeos' \ + − BaseURL 'http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/smeserver/releases/testing/8/smeos/i386/' \+ − EnableGroups yes \+ − GPGCheck no \+ − Visible yes \ − status enabled − expand-template /etc/yum.conf + − + − If you are running a fresh installation of SME Server 7.3 your upgrade should run problem free, if not please {{BugzillaFileBug|product=SME%20Server%20Release%208.X|component=|comment=|summary=|title=file a bug here}}.+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + − You can upgrade your clean SME Server 7.3 server by following these steps:+ + + + − + − yum upgrade --disablerepo=* --enablerepo=sme8os + − + − signal-event post-upgrade; signal-event reboot + + + + + + + − =====SME Server 7.0, 7.1.x or 7.2=====+ − {{Note box|You are advised to only upgrade clean machines, e.g. without contribs or other modifications.}} − − − --> Running transaction check − --> Processing Dependency: libstartup-notification-1.so.0 for package: libwnck − --> Processing Dependency: yum-metadata-parser for package: yum − --> Processing Dependency: startup-notification >= 0.5 for package: libwnck − --> Restarting Dependency Resolution with new changes. − --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait. − ---> Downloading header for startup-notification to pack into transaction set. − startup-notification-0.8- 100% |=========================| 5.0 kB 00:00 − ---> Package startup-notification.i386 0:0.8-4.1 set to be updated − --> Running transaction check − --> Processing Dependency: yum-metadata-parser for package: yum − + − No new rpms were installed. No additional commands are required.+ − ================================================================ + − [root@example ~]# + + + + + + + + + + + + − You can solve this using the following steps:+ − <ol></li><li>You will need to download the yum-metadata-parser package from the SME Server 7.3 repository: − wget <nowiki>http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/releases/7.3/smeos/i386/SME/RPMS/yum-metadata-parser-1.0-8.el4.centos.i386.rpm</nowiki> − </li><li>Manually install the package as below: − rpm -Uvh --oldpackage yum-metadata-parser-1.0-8.el4.centos.i386.rpm − </li><li>Then type from command line: − yum clean all + − </li><li>After that you should be able to upgrade with the following command:+ − yum upgrade --disablerepo=* --enablerepo=sme8os + − </li><li>Once completed issue+ − signal-event post-upgrade;signal-event reboot + − </li></ol>+ + + + + + + + + + + + − + + − * CentOS 5 has dropped support for i586 and therefore SME Server 8 will not work on i586 hardware. See [[bugzilla:2845]]. i586 hardware means processors before and including Intel Pentium, Pentium MMX; AMD K5, K6, K6-II, K6-III and Via C3. i686 architecture processors are Intel Pentium Pro, Pentium II, Pentium III; AMD Athlon, Athlon XP and later.+ +
SME 8 is discontinued
===Status: Beta===
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<center>
<span style="font-size:150%;">Announcing '''Koozali SME Server 8 series is discontinued'''</span><br>
The Koozali SME Server development team is announcing the discontinuation of the Koozali SME Server 8.x series as per <br>'''March 31, 2017'''.<br>
Please see [https://forums.contribs.org/index.php/topic,52058.0.html this post] for more information.</center></blockquote>
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===Status: Final Release===
SME Server Version 8.0 is the current major version of SME Server, and is based on CentOS 5.8. http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server:About
A copy of the CD image can be downloaded [http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/releases/testing/8.0/iso/i386/ here].
See the [http://forums.contribs.org/index.php/topic,48671.0.html Release Announcement for 8.0 Final].
A copy of the latest CD image can be downloaded [http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/releases/8/iso/i386/ here].
===SME Server 8.1beta2===
Due to the large number and size of updates for SME 8.0, we are working on a new installer ISO to include all updates of CentOS 5.9 in SME Server 8.1. Please, use only for test purpose to help with development. You should read these [[SME_Server:8.1|notes]] to be aware of any and all new features.
See this [[SME_Server:Download#Testing_release|wiki page]] to download the ISO.
===Testing===
All users are encouraged to test, see our draft quality assurance testing page for tasks [[SME8.0 QA]]
All testing should be based on the released version plus updates from smeupdates-testing.
===Considerations before installing===
===Considerations before installing===
Please, please any issues report to our bug tracker under the SME Server 8 section (especially with SME Server 8.0beta1 as this is an early beta release). This way all problems can be fixed as quickly, early and efficiently as possible by the development team.
{{Note box|After installing the 8.0 final release, users should ensure that smeupdates-testing repo is disabled in the server-manager panel, if it was previously enabled during beta testing.}}
{{Note box|You are advised to only upgrade clean machines, e.g. without contribs or other modifications. If any contribs is installed you must remove them; you may re-install contribs after upgrade. All contribs settings are saved in /etc/e-smith/templates or /etc/e-smith/templates-custom so when you re-install any contrib settings will be retrieved.}}
See [[Bugzilla: 6732]] and [[Bugzilla: 7056]]
{{Note box|Before performing an upgrade to SME 8 from version 7.xx you need to fully update the installation of version 7.xx before attempting the upgrade.}}
Please report any issues to our bug tracker under the SME Server 8 section only if you have installed all current updates.
This way all problems can be fixed as quickly, early and efficiently as possible by the development team.
Contrib owners/maintainers should check their packages for compatibility on SME Server 8.0 final and update them if necessary.
For comments regarding contrib test results on previous SME8beta releases see [[SME8.0 Contribs QA]]
===Upgrade paths===
===Upgrade paths===
Check for rpms installed from outside the standard yum repositories and remove at least all contribs:
/sbin/e-smith/audittools/newrpms
====CD====
====CD====
This is the most affordable way to get a clean and secure upgrade. During the upgrade process the existing installation is detected and the option to upgrade the existing system is displayed.
If upgrading with less than SME Server 8.0 Beta 6, reset repositories to SME 8, see below, bug [[bugzilla:5705]]. This is fixed for SME Server 8.0 Beta 6
====Yum====
====Yum====
Even if possible and tested the yum upgrade must be performed only with stable internet connections and, above all, not remotely. Loosing connection may leave your system in an unknown state.
Check for known issues, here [[SME8.0 QA]] and at open bugs for SME 8 in bugzilla.
'''Note especially [[bugzilla:5316]], detach all USB drives, ie your backup'''
=====Setting up your SME Server 8 repository=====
=====Pointing repositories to SME 8=====
Update the MirrorList property to point to the sme8 lists...
db yum_repositories print | grep '^sme' | cut -d= -f1 | while read repo
do
db yum_repositories setprop $repo MirrorList \
<nowiki>http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/smeserver/mirrorlist/$repo-8</nowiki>
done
Expand your yum.conf...
Expand your yum.conf...
/etc/e-smith/events/actions/generic_template_expand yum-modify
=====SME Server 7.3=====
=====Performing the upgrade=====
{{Note box|You are advised to only upgrade clean machines, e.g. without contribs or other modifications.}}
{{Note box|You are advised to only upgrade clean machines, e.g. without contribs or other modifications.}}
<ol></li><li>Clean out the yum cache so upgrades work:
yum --enablerepo '*' clean all
</li><li>Perform the upgrade:
yum --disablerepo '*' \
$(echo --enablerepo\ sme{os,updates,extras,addons}) \
upgrade
</li><li>Remove outdated rpm database and rebuild it (zeros not O's)
rm -f /var/lib/rpm/__db.00*
rpm --rebuilddb
</li><li>Reset yum updates repositories to defaults, (will delete local changes)
mv /home/e-smith/db/yum_repositories /home/e-smith/db/yum_repositories.pre8
/etc/e-smith/events/actions/initialize-default-databases
</li><li>Perform a post-upgrade and reboot
signal-event post-upgrade
signal-event reboot
</li></ol>
=====Check for contrib packages that may need upgrading=====
Even though it is recommended that you only upgrade clean machines (e.g. without contribs or other modifications), it may be possible that you have a contrib installed that you forgot about. After the upgrade, use the following command to see if there are any remaining '''el4''' packages installed that may require an upgrade from the smecontribs repository.
rpm -qa | grep el4
<ol></li><li>Install the necessary packages from the sme8os repository:
Note that some of the contribs packages may be listed as an '''el4''' package but function correctly on SME8. Check the [[SME8.0_Contribs_QA]] pages for more information.
</li><li>Once completed issue
=====Potential issues that may arise=====
If you are running a 7.0 system you may need to upgrade smeserver-yum.
<ol></li><li>Check which version of smeserver-yum you are running:
rpm -q smeserver-yum
</li><li>If it isn't at least <b>1.2.0-25.el4.sme</b> install an updated version:
rpm -Uvh \
<nowiki>http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/releases/obsolete/7.1/smeos/i386/CentOS/RPMS/smeserver-yum-1.2.0-25.el4.sme.noarch.rpm</nowiki> \
<nowiki>http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/releases/obsolete/7.1/smeos/i386/CentOS/RPMS/yum-plugin-fastestmirror-0.2.4-3.c4.noarch.rpm</nowiki>
</li></ol>
</li></ol>
If you receive the following error while trying to upgrade:
If you are trying to upgrade from a 7.0, 7.1.x or 7.2 server upgrading yum will fail with the following error:
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Error: Missing Dependency: yum-metadata-parser is needed by package yum
Error: Missing Dependency: yum-metadata-parser is needed by package yum
================================================================
Solve it by installing the correct version of yum-metadata-parser:
rpm -Uvh --oldpackage \
<nowiki>http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/releases/7/smeos/i386/SME/RPMS/yum-metadata-parser-1.0-8.el4.centos.i386.rpm</nowiki>
===Upgrading samba===
The Samba packages in SME Server 8.0 Beta 6 have reverted to those provided by CentOS to simplify the support needed. This version of samba provides support for Windows 7
domain logins. Due to this change from samba-3.4 to samba3x-3.3 it is necessary to remove samba if samba-3.4.x has been installed.
All users of SME Server 8.0 Beta 5 are affected. Users of other versions of SME Server can check their samba version.
rpm -q samba samba3x
Here is the example output showing samba 3.4 packages installed which need removal.
samba-3.4.3-1.1.el5.sme
package samba3x is not installed
Here is the example output showing samba3x 3.3 packages installed which need no further steps
package samba is not installed
samba3x-3.3.8-0.52.el5_5
If samba-3.4.x then you need to run two commands:
rpm -e --nodeps libtalloc libtdb samba samba-client samba-common samba-winbind
yum install tdb-tools
Now you are ready to upgrade to SME Server 8.0 Beta 6
===USB drives===
USB drives are detected differently on SME8, see
http://wiki.contribs.org/USBDisks#USB_on_SME_8
=== Additional steps and potential changes ===
==== VMWare ====
VMware-server installations now work per the wiki entry, see [[Vmware]]. Previous work arounds dated SME8beta5 are no longer required.
===Problems and bugs===
===Problems and bugs===
If you have any bug issues with upgrading please open a new SME Server 8.x {{BugzillaFileBug|product=SME%20Server%20Release%208.X|component=|comment=|summary=|title=file a bug here}}
If you have any bug issues with upgrading please open a new SME Server 8.x {{BugzillaFileBug|product=SME%20Server%208.X|component=|comment=|summary=|title=file a bug here}}
===Major Changes===
===Major Changes===
* CentOS 5 has dropped support for i586 and therefore SME Server 8 will not work on i586 hardware. See [[bugzilla:2845]]. i586 hardware means processors before and including Intel Pentium, Pentium MMX; AMD K5, K6, K6-II, K6-III and Via C3. i686 architecture processors are Intel Pentium Pro, Pentium II, Pentium III; AMD Athlon, Athlon XP and later.
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