[slurm-users] Upgrade paths

[Ole Holm Nielsen]

On 11-03-2020 20:01, Will Dennis wrote:
> I have one cluster running v16.05.4 that I would like to upgrade if 
> possible to 19.05.5; it was installed via a .deb package I created back 
> in 2016. I have located a 17.11.7 Ubuntu PPA 
> (https://launchpad.net/~jonathonf/+archive/ubuntu/slurm) and have myself 
> recently put up one for 19.05.5 
> (https://launchpad.net/~wdennis/+archive/ubuntu/dhpc-backports). 
> Theoretically, I believe I should be able to upgrade from the 16.05 
> release to 17.11, then from 17.11 to 19.05, correct? (going under the 
> assumption that can only go forward at most 2 Slurm releases, which went 
> 16.05 -> 17.02 -> 17.11 -> 18.08 -> 19.05, if I am correct.)

You may find some useful information collected in my Slurm Wiki page 
https://wiki.fysik.dtu.dk/niflheim/Slurm_installation#upgrading-slurm

/Ole