[Bacula-users] Upgrading live system from Bacula 1.34.6 to current stable release

[Andrew P. <And...@ds...>]

Hi,
	I have been running Bacula 1.34.6 on WIN-XP, Solaris 2.6/7/8/9/10 =
(client only on XP & 2.6) for approximately a year now.
What can I say ... I'm very fond of it :)

However, I have a feeling I should upgrade to a newer version now - why? =
-
(ummm! just a feeling in the ol' bones y'know!) primarily to catch up =
with bug-fixes/improvements.

I currently use mysql V4.0.21 for the catalogue.

What I am concerned about is that if I upgrade, am I going to find my =
existing catalogue incompatible with the new version of bacula (i.e. the =
DB schema may have changed).

Therefore, is there an approved procedure for migrating my catalogue to =
the latest (stable) version of bacula?

Are there any compatibility problems with the data held on my current =
backup media and the new version of bacula?

In addition, does anyone have any idea if it's worth upgrading to a =
newer version of Mysql (although I don't anticipate that
as much of a problem).

Finally is the latest stable version compatible with webacula (probably =
a naff question - but I'd like to make sure).

I am sure others have gone through the upgrade procedure - so please =
tell me how you fared.

TIA


Andrew R Paterson
Systems Engineer
DS Ltd