[Dxspider-support] Cluster Update Question(s)

[Ian J Maude]

Mike Lewis wrote:
>
> I was trying to update my cluster software, since I have been having 
> issues with both telnet sessions that connect to the cluster over my 
> local network freezing, and also with the cluster itself becoming 
> unresponsive. I didn't realize I was potentially running a noticeably 
> older version, until I went in and discovered the current version 
> numbers. My cluster was reporting version 1.53 Build 16. I first tried 
> to use the CVS method of downloading, so that updates would be very 
> easy in the future. For some reason I was getting an error message.
>
Hi Mike,
Firstly, thanks for upgrading.  secondly, try this...

Mke a copy of your existing tree by running 'tar zcvf spider.tgz spider' 
from the sysop directory.
Now untar CVSLatest.tgz over your existing installation.  Now bring it 
up and you should have a shiny new spider, complete with all your 
existing data.  If you go to the root of your spider dir you should be 
able to do a 'cvs update -d' now.

Ian

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Ian J Maude G0VGS
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