[Samba] Upgrading Samba in a Multi DC environment

[Ricky Nance]

On Aug 21, 2014 3:33 AM, "Chris Alavoine" <chrisa at acs-info.co.uk> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I currently have 5 DC's all running 4.1.5 and would like to upgrade them
to
> 4.1.11.
>
> Should I upgrade the FSMO DC first and then the others or perhaps the
other
> way around?
>
> Can anyone see any pitfalls here?
>
> Also, should I just:
>
> 1. stop samba
> 2. ./conffigure && make && make install
> 3. restart samba
>
> ?
>
> I am also planning on switching to BIND_DLZ (currently running Samba
> Internal DNS). Would it be wise to perform this change before upgrading or
> vice versa?
>
> Thanks,
> Chris.
>
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Forgot to reply all...

To minimize downtime you can configure && make, then stop samba, then make
install, then start samba.  I don't think it should matter on the order you
do them, but I don't know for sure, can any one on the list confirm this?

Ricky