alt Hacker NewsI, too, have a server running 16.04 that I'm afraid to update. It currently has an uptime of 1281 days... at this point I'd feel bad rebooting it
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prmoustache • today at 5:15 AM
What is there to be afraid of? Don't you have backups?
Also, debian/ubuntu systems can easily be setup to auto update and reboot on a regular basis, leaving you manual maintenance only for the larger version upgrades.
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hdgvhicv • yesterday at 10:10 PM
My oldest server is on 8.04.
dd filesystem to another machine then boot it up with an emulator like qemu and do a trial run
Be careful if you have anything that autostarts that reaches out