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Rim_175659
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Dec 08, 2014

What is the best way to move a virtual server from one partition to another?

We use partitions to separate two sets of servers for our application and whenever we do a major software release, we also switch sides (the idea being that if the release was really awful, the failb...
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R_Marc
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Dec 08, 2014

I would question the methodology, personally. Not to say what you are doing wouldn't/couldn't work, but seems overly complex for a blue/green.

 

I would suggest the following as an alternative:

 

  1. Take a backup of each node prior to the upgraded service.
  2. Turn off sync.
  3. Update the pools to point to the updated service(s)
  4. If good, re-enable sync. If bad, force active to standby and then either force a sync from the "good" node to the bad, or apply backup to the "bad" node.
  5. Re-enable sync.