Release Notes for SDP - Helix Server Deployment Package Helix Server Components Introduction This document notes 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 copy of the Helix 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 needs-driven, and not necessarily applied across Unix and Windows platforms. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Versioning the SDP: We strongly recommend that files in the following locations are versioned in your local Helix server: On Unix: /p4/1/bin /p4/common On Windows: C:\p4\1\bin C:\p4\common C:\p4\config COMING SOON: Helix DVCS and Streams features enable a new method for updating the SDP long-term, greatly simplifying the process of bringing in updates from The Workshop into your environment, and then merging into your local as-deployed SDP (as configured and possibly customized). A simple 'p4 fetch' and 'p4 merge' process. The setup and mechancis will be documented in Q1 2016. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHANGE HISTORY: Released: SDP/MultiArch/2016.1/17297 (2016/02/03) Jobs Fixed between changelists 16784 and 17297: job000436: Support $MAILTO values with'#' char in gen_default_broker_cfg.sh. job000446: sdp_sync.sh: Fix 'null crontab' bug. job000447: p4d_base: When stopping p4d, send stderr to /dev/null. job000448: global_replica_status.sh: Support instance-specifc host config. job000449: Support email addresses starting with '#'. Released: SDP/MultiArch/2016.1/16784 (2016/01/12) job000434: Add documentation for sdp_sync.sh to SDP Guide. job000436: Support $MAILTO values with'#' char in gen_default_broker_cfg.sh. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information on jobs, change history details, etc, see: https://swarm.workshop.perforce.com/projects/perforce-software-sdp
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#7 | 25113 | Robert Cowham | Merge latest changes from dev | ||
#6 | 23430 | Robert Cowham | Merge in changes from dev | ||
#5 | 23205 | Robert Cowham | Merged all changes from dev to test | ||
#4 | 22477 | Robert Cowham | Bring latest dev changes into test | ||
#3 | 22142 | Robert Cowham | Merge in latest changes from Dev | ||
#2 | 20726 | Robert Cowham | Catch up from dev | ||
#1 | 18586 | Robert Cowham | Branching using cowhamr.sdp.dev | ||
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#8 | 17312 | C. Thomas Tyler | Updated Version and Release Notes for release. | ||
#7 | 16872 | C. Thomas Tyler |
Resurrected the "Change History" section of the Release Notes. Added list of jobs to be fixed in the next formal release. |
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#6 | 12028 | C. Thomas Tyler | Refreshed SDP dev branch, merging down from main. | ||
#5 | 11535 | Russell C. Jackson (Rusty) | Updated dev from main. | ||
#4 | 11463 | Russell C. Jackson (Rusty) | Updated dev to prepare for Summit agreed changes. | ||
#3 | 11038 | Robert Cowham | Catchup from Main | ||
#2 | 10994 | Robert Cowham | Catchup from Main | ||
#1 | 10961 | C. Thomas Tyler | Merge down from main. | ||
//guest/perforce_software/sdp/dev/doc/relnotes-unix.txt | |||||
#2 | 10867 | C. Thomas Tyler | Merge Down: Rereshed 'dev' from 'main'. | ||
#1 | 10638 | C. Thomas Tyler | Populate perforce_software-sdp-dev. | ||
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#2 | 10500 | C. Thomas Tyler | Updated SDP Version, added new distro tar file. | ||
#1 | 10148 | C. Thomas Tyler | Promoted the Perforce Server Deployment Package to The Workshop. |