Re: [Condor-users] Make Quill 7.0.0 work with a 6.8.6 DB schema?

["Ian Chesal" <ICHESAL@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> Ian Chesal wrote:
> > Is there a backwards compatibility option for Quill in 
> 7.0.0 that'll 
> > make it work with a 6.8.6 DB schema?
> 
> No, just a tool to automagically migrate your schema to the 
> new Quill 7.x version.
> 
> > I don't want to go through a DB
> > schema update at this point in time.
> > 
> 
> I cannot see any reason why the following wouldn't work:
>    - Install Condor v7.x.
>    - Install v6.8 quill daemon over the 7.0 quill daemon.  
> Don't bother to run the v7.x dbmsd.
>    - Install the v6.8 condor_q and condor_history tools over 
> their v7.0 brethren (if you want to keep the ability of these 
> tools to query postgresql directly).
> 
> The only thing you'd miss out on w/ the above setup is any 
> new functionality added into newer versions of the condor_q 
> and condor_history tools.  But I think the above recipe would 
> all work fine together, and allow you to keep the old schema 
> and still enjoy all the improvements in most of Condor v7.x.

I'll try that out. I'm going to spend a day with the 7.0 schema and see
if I can't make it work but it's nice to know there's a way to backout.

Thanks!

- Ian


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