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Operating Systems Linux Red Hat Rhel upgrade - pre maintenance checklist Post 302891376 by mkeyes001 on Wednesday 5th of March 2014 10:52:05 AM
Old 03-05-2014
I have daily incrementals and weekly full backs that run on these systems, so all pertinent information is saved.

I only asked the question to get a feel for what everybody else does when performing these types of maintenances, as far as easy to fix stuff that may have been lost during a reboot. like mounted filesystems not in fstab or non-static routes. Others have access to these servers and sometimes they make on the fly changes without realizing the impact of a reboot. Only to come to me the next day asking why this isn't working anymore. Then I have to go track down what they did 6 months ago and fix it. PITA made easier with saved pre/post maintenance config files.
 

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WEEKLY(5)						      BSD File Formats Manual							 WEEKLY(5)

NAME
weekly, weekly.conf -- weekly maintenance DESCRIPTION
The /etc/weekly script is run, by default, every Saturday morning on a NetBSD system. The /etc/weekly.conf file specifies which of the stan- dard weekly services are performed. The variables described below can be set to ``YES'' or ``NO'' in the /etc/weekly.conf file. The default settings are in the /etc/defaults/weekly.conf file. (Note that you should never edit /etc/defaults/weekly.conf directly, as it is often replaced during system upgrades.) rebuild_locatedb This rebuilds the locate(1) database, /var/db/locate.database, which must also exist, in order to be rebuilt. rebuild_mandb This rebuilds the apropos(1) database /var/db/man.db, using makemandb(8) with the -f option. rebuild_whatisdb This rebuilds the whatis(1) database(s). Note that NetBSD provides a default whatis.db for the system manual pages and this may not be needed. (Adjust your /etc/man.conf as necessary; see man.conf(5) for details.) FILES
/etc/weekly weekly maintenance script /etc/weekly.conf weekly maintenance configuration /etc/weekly.local local site additions to /etc/weekly SEE ALSO
daily.conf(5), monthly.conf(5) HISTORY
The /etc/weekly script first appeared in 4.3BSD. The /etc/weekly.conf configuration file appeared in NetBSD 1.3. BSD
March 6, 2012 BSD
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