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Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2013 12:24:21 +0800
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Subject: Re: Volunteers to Complete the 4.2 Release Notes
From: Indra Pramana <indra@sg.or.id>
To: "dev@cloudstack.apache.org" <dev@cloudstack.apache.org>
Cc: "users@cloudstack.apache.org" <users@cloudstack.apache.org>,
	Radhika Puthiyetath <radhika.puthiyetath@citrix.com>
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Hi Abhinav,

Good day to you, and thank you for your two e-mail replies.

Thank you for your confirmation on the two matters, greatly appreciate it.

Cheers.


On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 10:45 PM, Abhinav Roy <abhinav.roy@citrix.com>wrote:

> Hi Indra,
>
> Yes this steps are not needed for 4.1.x to 4.2 upgrades, they are needed
> only during upgrade from previous versions.
>
> Thanks and regards,
> Abhinav
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Indra Pramana [mailto:indra@sg.or.id]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2013 12:14 PM
> To: users@cloudstack.apache.org
> Cc: dev@cloudstack.apache.org; Radhika Puthiyetath
> Subject: Re: Volunteers to Complete the 4.2 Release Notes
>
> Hi Abhinav,
>
> May I know if whether below steps are required for upgrade from 4.1.x to
> 4.2.0? Because you mention that below is only applicable on sections 3.2
> and 3.3, which are the sections for the earlier version to 4.2.0?
>
> ===
> 6.  Also, in all the sections 3.2 and 3.3 , add this step for agent
> upgrades
>
> After running this ,
> Edit /etc/cloudstack/agent/agent.
> properties to change the resource parameter from
> com.cloud.agent.resource.computing.LibvirtComputingResource to
> com.cloud.hypervisor.kvm.resource.LibvirtComputingResource
>
> We need to run the following too,
>
> Upgrade all the existing bridge names to new bridge names by running this
> script:
>
> # cloudstack-agent-upgrade
>
> . Install a libvirt hook with the following commands:
> # mkdir /etc/libvirt/hooks
> # cp /usr/share/cloudstack-agent/lib/libvirtqemuhook
> /etc/libvirt/hooks/qemu # chmod +x /etc/libvirt/hooks/qemu
>
> . Restart libvirtd.
> # service libvirtd restart
>
> . Start the agent.
> # service cloudstack-agent start
> ===
>
> Looking forward to your reply, thank you.
>
> Cheers.
>
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 5:48 PM, Abhinav Roy <abhinav.roy@citrix.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Here are some of the steps which are missing from the release notes,
> >
> > 1. Before upgrading from any version to 4.2 we need to register the
> > new
> > 4.2 systemvm templates .
> >     This step is there in section 3.3 i.e for upgrade from 2.2.14 to
> > 4.2, but it is missing in section 3.1 and 3.2 .
> >
> > 2. Section 3.1
> >
> >     Step 3&4 : it should be cloudstack-management and cloudstack-usage
> > as the naming conventions have been changed from 4.1 onwards.
> >
> >     Step 6 : The cloudstack 4.2 repo has not been published yet,
> > currently at http://cloudstack.apt-get.eu/ the repo is available only
> > for 4.0.x and 4.1.x
> >                      What Indira pointed to, needs to be removed, step
> > 6.g) and 6.h) and step 8 also need to be removed
> >                     In step 6.f) It should be service cloudstack-agent
> > stop
> >
> >     Step 9.b) : It should be sudo yum upgrade cloudstack-client
> >
> >     Step 9.c) : it should be sudo yum upgrade cloudstack-agent   and the
> > following line is not required [[" During the installation of
> > cloudstack-agent, the RPM will copy your
> > agent.properties,log4j-cloud.xml, and environment.properties from
> /etc/cloud/agent to /etc/cloudstack/agent"
> > ]]
> >
> >    Step 9.d.ii) : it should be sudo yum upgrade cloudstack-usage
> >
> >
> > 3. Section 3.2
> >
> >     Step 1.e) :  The URL of the vmware systemvm template is wrong. It
> > should be
> > http://download.cloud.com/templates/4.2/systemvmtemplate-4.2-vh7.ova .
> >                            The OSType should be [[Debian GNU/Linux 7.0
> > (32-bit) (or the highestDebian release number available in the
> dropdown)]]
> >         Similarly, add templates for xenserver and kvm also.
> >
> >     Step 7 : Delete this step, it's not needed.
> >
> >    Step 16 : It should be cloudstack-sysvmadm
> >
> > 4. Section 3.3
> >
> >      Step 4.d) : For all the newly registered templates, make the
> > OStype as [[Debian GNU/Linux 7.0 (32-bit) (or the highest Debian
> > release number available in the dropdown)]]
> >
> >      Step 13.c) :  It should be
> > /etc/cloudstack/management/components.xml
> >
> >      Step 15.c) : It should be
> > /etc/cloudstack/management/db.properties
> >
> >      Step 20 :  Remove this step, it's not needed
> >
> >      Step 21.e) : It should be /etc/cloudstack/agent/agent.properties
> >
> >     Step 23.a) :  It should be cloudstack-sysvmadm
> >
> > 5. In addition to all this,  If we are using KVM hosts as rhel6.0/6.1
> > then these extra steps need to be documented for each section, 3.2 and
> > 3.3
> >
> > (KVM on RHEL 6.0/6.1 only) If your existing CloudStack deployment
> > includes one or more clusters of KVM hosts running RHEL 6.0 or RHEL
> > 6.1, you must first upgrade the operating system version on those
> > hosts before upgrading CloudStack itself.
> > The first order of business will be to change the yum repository for
> > each system with CloudStack packages. This means all management
> > servers, and any hosts that have the KVM agent. (No changes should be
> > necessary for hosts that are running VMware or Xen.) Start by opening
> > /etc/yum.repos.d/cloudstack.repo on any systems that have CloudStack
> > packages installed.
> >
> > [upgrade]
> > name=rhel63
> > baseurl=url-of-your-rhel6.3-repo
> > enabled=1
> > gpgcheck=0
> > [apache CloudStack]
> > name= Apache CloudStack
> > baseurl= http://cloudstack.apt-get.eu/rhel/4.0/
> > enabled=1
> > gpgcheck=0
> >
> > If you are using the community provided package repository, change the
> > baseurl to http:// cloudstack.apt-get.eu/rhel/4.2/
> >
> > If you're using your own package repository, change this line to read
> > as appropriate for your
> > 4.2.0 repository.
> >
> > b. Now that you have the repository configured c. Upgrade the host
> > operating system from RHEL 6.0 to 6.3:
> > yum upgrade
> >
> > 6.  Also, in all the sections 3.2 and 3.3 , add this step for agent
> > upgrades
> >
> > After running this ,
> > Edit /etc/cloudstack/agent/agent.properties to change the resource
> > parameter from
> > com.cloud.agent.resource.computing.LibvirtComputingResource
> > to com.cloud.hypervisor.kvm.resource.LibvirtComputingResource
> >
> > We need to run the following too,
> >
> > Upgrade all the existing bridge names to new bridge names by running
> > this
> > script:
> >
> > # cloudstack-agent-upgrade
> >
> > . Install a libvirt hook with the following commands:
> > # mkdir /etc/libvirt/hooks
> > # cp /usr/share/cloudstack-agent/lib/libvirtqemuhook
> > /etc/libvirt/hooks/qemu
> > # chmod +x /etc/libvirt/hooks/qemu
> >
> > . Restart libvirtd.
> > # service libvirtd restart
> >
> > . Start the agent.
> > # service cloudstack-agent start
> >
> >  Note : This step will be added after step 13.d in section 3.2 and
> > 21.e in section 3.3
> >
> > 7.  We need to add a section for 4.0.x to 4.2 upgrades.
> >
> > Thanks and regards,
> > Abhinav
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Animesh Chaturvedi [mailto:animesh.chaturvedi@citrix.com]
> > Sent: Sunday, September 22, 2013 10:24 PM
> > To: dev@cloudstack.apache.org; Radhika Puthiyetath
> > Cc: users@cloudstack.apache.org
> > Subject: RE: Volunteers to Complete the 4.2 Release Notes
> >
> > Indra
> >
> > I am unable to download the ReleaseNotes attachment from the bug at
> > this time. I will get back with more comments once I am able to get to
> > it. Few comments in-line
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Indra Pramana [mailto:indra@sg.or.id]
> > > Sent: Friday, September 20, 2013 9:54 PM
> > > To: Radhika Puthiyetath
> > > Cc: users@cloudstack.apache.org; dev@cloudstack.apache.org
> > > Subject: Re: Volunteers to Complete the 4.2 Release Notes
> > >
> > > Hi Radhika,
> > >
> > > I have downloaded the PDF document, thank you very much.
> > >
> > > I noted that there is no specific upgrade instruction from 4.1.1 to
> > > 4.2.0.
> > > What we have there is the generic upgrade instruction from 4.x.x to
> > > 4.2.0.
> > >
> > > I have actually tried to follow this instruction on my earlier
> > > (failed) upgrade attempt from 4.1.1 to 4.2.0, and found out that
> > > some of the steps are no longer applicable. For example:
> > >
> > > Step 6: Changes from /etc/cloud/management/components.xml to
> > > /etc/cloudstack/management/componentContext.xml is no longer
> > > required for upgrade from 4.1.1 to 4.2.0, since we are already using
> > > /etc/cloudstack folder (instead of /etc/cloud folder) on 4.1.1.
> > [Animesh>] Yes this is left over and is not applicable for this
> > upgrade and will have to be cleaned up
> > >
> > > Step 8h: Uninstalling old cloud-* packages are not required for
> > > upgrade from 4.1.1 to 4.2.0 (cloud-* packages do not exist).
> > [Animesh>] Yes this is left over and is not applicable for this
> > upgrade and will have to be cleaned up
> > >
> > > Step 10: (KVM Only): point a - Manually clean up
> > > /var/cache/cloudstack
> > > <-- I believe this is supposed to be done on the KVM hosts? There is
> > > no /var/cache/cloudstack folder on our KVM hosts running CloudStack
> > > agent version 4.1.1. I have verified on all my KVM hosts. Is this
> > > step required on the KVM hosts for upgrade from 4.1.1 to 4.2.0?
> > >
> > > I found /var/cache/cloudstack folder on my CloudStack management
> > > server though. Is this step supposed to be done on the management
> > > server instead of the KVM hosts? If yes, it's not clearly mentioned.
> > >
> > > Step 12: When I tried to run the cloudstack-sysvmadm script to
> > > restart the system VMs, the script failed to run with some error
> messages.
> > > Unfortunately, I didn't manage to take down the error messages. Is
> > > this step required for upgrade from 4.1.1 to 4.2.0? If for some
> > > reason, we are not able to run the script, are we able to restart
> > > the system VMs manually (say from the CloudStack GUI)?
> > >
> > > Looking forward to your reply, thank you.
> > >
> > > Cheers.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 5:45 PM, Radhika Puthiyetath <
> > > radhika.puthiyetath@citrix.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > >  Thanks Indra.****
> > > >
> > > > ** **
> > > >
> > > > I shall attach the PDF file at
> > > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CLOUDSTACK-4245.****
> > > >
> > > > ** **
> > > >
> > > > ** **
> > > >
> > > > ** **
> > > >
> > > > *From:* Indra Pramana [mailto:indra@sg.or.id]
> > > > *Sent:* Friday, September 20, 2013 12:07 PM
> > > > *To:* Radhika Puthiyetath
> > > > *Cc:* users@cloudstack.apache.org
> > > >
> > > > *Subject:* Re: Volunteers to Complete the 4.2 Release Notes****
> > > >
> > > > ** **
> > > >
> > > > Hi Radhika,****
> > > >
> > > > ** **
> > > >
> > > > May I know how can I view the release notes in normal HTML format,
> > > > instead of the original XML format?****
> > > >
> > > > ** **
> > > >
> > > > Does it specifically contain migration steps from 4.1.1 to
> > > > 4.2.0?****
> > > >
> > > > ** **
> > > >
> > > > Would like to try again to upgrade my current CloudStack 4.1.1 to
> > > > 4.2.0, provided I can get the detailed instruction on what to do.
> > > > Last time I tried to follow the existing documentation on the
> > > > .tar.bz2 file (provided by Animesh when he started the vote) and
> > > > some of the steps seem to be not applicable anymore, and I might
> > > > have missed out some other steps which are actually required.****
> > > >
> > > > ** **
> > > >
> > > > Looking forward to your reply, thank you.****
> > > >
> > > > ** **
> > > >
> > > > Cheers.****
> > > >
> > > > ** **
> > > >
> > > > ** **
> > > >
> > > > On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 2:42 PM, Radhika Puthiyetath <
> > > > radhika.puthiyetath@citrix.com> wrote:****
> > > >
> > > > This has been updated. Could someone please validate the API
> > > > section
> > > > ?****
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Animesh Chaturvedi
> > > > [mailto:animesh.chaturvedi@citrix.com]****
> > > >
> > > > Sent: Sunday, September 15, 2013 4:16 AM
> > > > To: <users@cloudstack.apache.org>
> > > > Cc: dev@cloudstack.apache.org; users@cloudstack.apache.org
> > > > Subject: Re: Volunteers to Complete the 4.2 Release Notes
> > > >
> > > > I have added a public filters for known issues and fixed issues
> > > > that we can put in release notes. This way the data is dynamic and
> > > > up to date
> > > >
> > > > Thanks
> > > > Animesh
> > > >
> > > > On Sep 13, 2013, at 8:53 AM, "Radhika Puthiyetath" <
> > > > radhika.puthiyetath@citrix.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Who is volunteering to provide the list of Fixed issues for the RN?
> > > > >
> > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > From: Animesh Chaturvedi [mailto:animesh.chaturvedi@citrix.com]
> > > > > Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2013 4:40 AM
> > > > > To: dev@cloudstack.apache.org; users@cloudstack.apache.org
> > > > > Subject: RE: Volunteers to Complete the 4.2 Release Notes
> > > > >
> > > > > Community help is needed to fix up the release notes, any
> > > > > volunteers
> > > > >
> > > > > Animesh
> > > > >
> > > > >> -----Original Message-----
> > > > >> From: Radhika Puthiyetath
> > > > >> [mailto:radhika.puthiyetath@citrix.com]
> > > > >> Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2013 1:01 AM
> > > > >> To: dev@cloudstack.apache.org; users@cloudstack.apache.org
> > > > >> Subject: Volunteers to Complete the 4.2 Release Notes
> > > > >>
> > > > >> Hi,
> > > > >>
> > > > >> Looking for volunteers to help me with the 4.2 Release Notes.
> > > > >>
> > > > >> I have started filling in the new feature section, and checked
> > > > >> in to the
> > > > >> 4.2 branch.
> > > > >>
> > > > >> A defect is filed
> > > > >> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CLOUDSTACK-4245
> > > > .
> > > > >>
> > > > >> Thanks for the help
> > > > >> -Radhika****
> > > >
> > > > ** **
> > > >
> >
>

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