ReleaseNotes.txt #5

                            Release Notes for
                 SDP - the Server Deployment Package
                          for the Perforce Server

Introduction

   This document notes major changes to the SDP.  There are two
   flavors of the SDP, Unix and Windows.

   At a high level, the core function of the SDP is similar on
   Unix and Windows:  To maintain an offline of the Perforce
   databases, and perform routine offline checkpoints in preparation
   for backups.  At a detailed level, there are differences in both
   implementation and behavior on the various platforms.

   Enhancements are need-driven, and not necessarily applied across
   Unix and Windows platforms.

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Upgrading the SDP on Unix

   To incorporate a new version of the SDP into an existing
   SDP installation, first stage the deployment as in this
   example, assuming you have put the SDP distribution tar file
   in /depotdata.  Working as user root on a Perforce server:

   cd /depotdata

   # If an sdp folder exists here, move it aside, e.g. to
   # sdp.MOVED_2014-09-11

   tar -xzpf sdp.Unix.2014.2.10649.tgz
   chown -R perforce:perforce sdp.Unix.2014.2.10649.tgz /depotdata/sdp

   cd /depotdata/sdp/Server/Unix/p4/common/bin

   # Copy 'p4', 'p4d', 'p4broker', 'p4web', 'p4p', etc. (only
   # those currently used) into this 'bin' folder.

   cd /depotdata/sdp/Server/Unix/setup
   vi mkdirs.sh
   # Review and adjustments to mkdirs.sh suit your environment.

   ./mkdirs.sh 1 -test

   Using 'mkdirs.sh' script with the '-test' flag as illustrated
   above will deploy to the SDP to /tmp/p4 rather than /p4 area.

   If working on the Production server directly, DO NOT forget
   to use the '-test' flag.

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Upgrading the SDP on Windows:

    Install the SDP onto a different machine
    - configure sdp_master_config.ini 
    - run create_env.py

    Manually copy resulting files to the appropriate places in your existing
    installation.

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Versioning the SDP:

    We strongly recommend that files in the following locations are 
    versioned in Perforce:

	  On Unix:
        /p4/<instance>/bin
        /p4/common

	  On Windows:
        C:\p4\<instance>\root\license
        C:\p4\common\...
        C:\p4\config\...

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CHANGE HISTORY:

SDP/MultiArch/2014.3/11039 (2014/12/04):
  Updates to Windows SDP only:
  * Removed duplicated SDPEnv.py from Server setup.
	* Uses a README.txt to point to the Windows specific version of these files.
	* Moved reporting function (which requires P4Python) from SDPEnv.py to report_env.py,
    making it standalone and eliminating P4Python dependency on core SDPEnvy.py script.

SDP/MultiArch/2014.3/11027 (2014/12/03):
  * Added P4Perl installer for Unix SDP.
	* Updated README.{md,html} files.

SDP/MultiArch/2014.3/10962 (2014/11/23):
   install_sdp_python.sh v1.3.5:
   * Updated P4API, P4Python, and Python versions.
   * Cosmetic fixes.

SDP/MultiArch/2014.3/10872 (2014/11/12):
   Added SDP for Windows to The Workshop.

SDP/Unix/2014.2/10868 (2014/11/12):
   Fixed p4p_base to enable proper service stop.  This file is
   used by the Perforce Proxy init scripts p4p_n_init.


SDP/Unix/2014.2/10824 (2014/11/06):
   Fixed issues with sdp_sync.sh.

   Silenced harmless but scary warnings when sourcing p4_vars on
   an SDP host that does not have the defined P4ROOT dir.

SDP/Unix/2014.2/10733 (2014/10/22):
   Fix to sdp_sync.sh so it properly cleans its own log files.

SDP/Unix/2014.2/10649 (2014/10/08):
   Added README.md and generated README.html files describing
   contribution workflow, etc.

   Added install_sdp_python.sh utility for installing Python
   and P4Python to /p4/common/python (as referenced in PATH
   setting in p4_vars.template).

   Enhanced server start/stop section in docs..

SDP/Unix/2014.2/10464 (2014/09/30):
   Minor adjustments to Maintenance scripts, e.g. fixing typos and adding
   import sys.

   Adjusted SDP test Vagrant file comments to account for new home in The
   Workshop.

SDP/Unix/2014.2/10148 (2014/09/11):
   First release of the Server Deployment Package (SDP), into
   The Perforce Workshop.