ISO install “seems” to be a hassle for me - (need to dd to a USB and install)
but is it worth it versus going the upgrade route via GUI (Can this still be done at this point?)
CORE 13.3 to SCALE 24.04 then
SCALE 24.04 to SCALE 24.10 then
SCALE 24.10 to SCALE 25.04.
Having recently pondered this very same thing I ended up going to ISO route. It’s the least painful route to upgrade. Just make sure you save a copy of your config with the secret seed so you can upload it after the fresh install of Fangtooth.
What do you mean by least painful route? is because it one shot install - no need to deal with 3 upgrades.
Correct. Fresh install, upload saved config, reboot.
Using the ISO installer, we don’t get an upgrade option?
This is something I need to try and deal with once our classes are finished for the summer, need to move everything to scale and a simple way would be best to reduce downtime. That said, I have had to use a fresh install and upload the config a few times, always seems more scary than it really is. Only hangups I’ve ever had was with the AD joined servers which needed me to re-enter the account details and reload the directory.
No, we don’t–that hasn’t been there for some time. You’ll either completely overwrite the boot device or (better) install onto a new one.
I think it is time to refresh my boot devices too. Need to figure out what to do with one server that still uses USB drives, may just need to consolidate the data to one of the other servers and be done.
As posted previously:
Do what I did, get on Amazon and buy a 2 pack of small (128GB) name brand SSD drives. That’s your new boot mirror. Fresh install to one, tell it it’s brother is the mirror, never worry about boot drives again. SSD’s that size are incredibly affordable now, the fact that they’re selling them in 2 and 3 packs is funny.
Unfortunately, buying SSD by the pair and using them in a mirrored configuration means that they will both hit their write limit at about the same time, making them less useful as a mirror pair. I either use 2 different make / model SSD (with different lifetime limits) or make sure that one of the 2 same make / model has more activity on it so they do not fail at the same time.
Considering the light usage of them being only boot drives, essentially read only usually, I’ll expire before they do.
