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devel:upgrade_to_nav_3.6 [2010/03/26 11:50]
morten created
devel:upgrade_to_nav_3.6 [2010/04/28 07:12]
bredal
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 ===== Cricket ===== ===== Cricket =====
  
-A brand new solution is in place for making cricket config files automatically. To ensure a smooth transition make sure to read this documentation carefully. +After the upgrade ​the following ​steps are required
- +  - Make sure Cricket is not running. 
-Prior to making any changes to the existing installation, ​the following ​MUST be done to ensure correctness+  - **Do a backup of all the rrd-files.** 
-  - Remove ​all rrd-database tuples regarding Cricket+  - Remove all rrd-database ​tuples regarding Cricket (manually ''​DELETE FROM rrd_file WHERE subsystem='​cricket';''​ or with ''​run_before_upgrading_to_3.6.py''​) 
-  - Run makecricketconfig.pl to fill the rrd-database with complete and correct data+  - Remove old temperature datasources from the rrd-files as they are removed in the new Default files (with ''​migrate_cricket.py''​).
- +
-When the rrd-database is refilled, ​the following steps must be executed:+
   - Before removing any Cricket files make sure you have a backup of them. Especially if you have altered them yourself in any way.   - Before removing any Cricket files make sure you have a backup of them. Especially if you have altered them yourself in any way.
-  - Remove old configuration-files from the cricket-config directory (it is highly recommended to do this for the top level Defaults file aswell). This is only necessary for the following directories ​(NB: do not remove these directories):+  - Remove old configuration-files from the cricket-config directory (it is highly recommended to do this for the top level Defaults file aswell). This is only necessary for the following directories:​
     * routers/     * routers/
     * router-interfaces/​     * router-interfaces/​
     * switches/     * switches/
     * switch-ports/​     * switch-ports/​
-  - Copy new default configuration files to the cricket-config directory. +  - Copy new default configuration files to the ''​cricket-config'' ​directory. 
-  - Run extract_cricket_oids.py to extract oids from the Default files and insert them into the snmpoid table.+  - **Make sure that the datapath in the top level Defaults-file is correct and pointing to the directory where the rrd-files are stored.** 
 +  - Run ''​extract_cricket_oids.py'' ​to extract oids from the Default files and insert them into the snmpoid table.
  
-Before running the new makecricketconfig make sure to do the database upgrade.+You can now run mcc.py ​to create ​the Cricket config.
  
  
devel/upgrade_to_nav_3.6.txt · Last modified: 2010/04/30 11:58 by bredal