[PVE-User] PVE 3.4 to 4.1 upgrade terror history

[Eneko Lacunza]

Hi Alain,

El 11/01/16 a las 10:40, Alain Péan escribió:
> Le 11/01/2016 10:08, Eneko Lacunza a écrit :
>> This is a failed upgrade report from last friday.
[...]
>> This node2 server is a Dell T610, do you think the 4.2.2-1 kernel was 
>> faulty for this server? Maybe updating the wiki with the last PVE 4.1 
>> kernel could help others?
>>
>> Maybe it could be a good idea to also install the debian 8 kernel, so 
>> that there is another option to boot in case the PVE kernel doesn't 
>> work?
>
> Hi Eneko,
>
> I myself did the upgrade during 1st January week-end (long week-end 
> and nobody present...). I installed the last available kernel and also 
> pve-firmware that are important in order to have the correct drivers 
> for our servers (Dell PE R710 and R630), for netwok cards and raid 
> controllers.
>
> What I did is to search for the available kernels, and installed the 
> the last one, after updating the repositories to Jessie :
> # apt-cache search pve-kernel
> pve-kernel-4.2.3-2-pve - The Proxmox PVE Kernel Image
> pve-kernel-4.2.2-1-pve - The Proxmox PVE Kernel Image
> pve-kernel-4.2.3-1-pve - The Proxmox PVE Kernel Image
> pve-kernel-4.2.6-1-pve - The Proxmox PVE Kernel Image
> pve-firmware - Binary firmware code for the pve-kernel
> pve-kernel-2.6.32-40-pve - The Proxmox PVE Kernel Image
> pve-kernel-2.6.32-43-pve - The Proxmox PVE Kernel Image
> pve-kernel-2.6.32-37-pve - The Proxmox PVE Kernel Image
> pve-kernel-2.6.32-39-pve - The Proxmox PVE Kernel Image
>
> Then :
> # apt-get install pve-kernel-4.2.6-1-pve pve-firmware
>
> Then upgrade to Jessie :
> # apt-get dist-upgrade
>
> as stated in the documentation.
>
> My servers rebooted fine after that.
Thanks for sharing, I have updated wiki with the command to search the 
latest kernel and the current latest kernel version:
https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Upgrade_from_3.x_to_4.0#Install_the_new_kernel

I have 3 nodes to go so will try again shortly :)

Cheers
Eneko

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