Resolved MariaDB Update advice

[weareimpulse]

Server operating system version

Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS

Plesk version and microupdate number

Plesk Obsidian Version 18.0.60

Hi Everyone

Just seen that the MariaDB on our server says it has an upgrade... from 10.3.39 to 10.11

any advice before I click the upgrade in PLESK... I've never done this before... is it a normal day-to-day thing, or is there issues that could arise?

Any advice would be great!

Thanks

 

[nmdpa3]

Take a snapshot of the server is possible. The upgrade utility will do some checks for you, provide some backup options, etc. Make sure you are doing this during a period of time the databases are not experiencing heavy use. I've found the upgrades go smooth, but its always good to have that snapshot to revert to just in case.

 

[weareimpulse]

if i can ask, how do you do your snapshots - never done this before either :/

 

[nmdpa3]

It will depend on what software is being used to provision your server and of course if it is a virtual server. In our case we use the software that comes with the type of virtualization software we use.

 

[weareimpulse]

all worked as expected - thanks for the advice nmdpa3