His original question and one I would like answered, is he taking the proper steps and doing them in the proper order?
Tom Welch -----Original Message----- From: Jeff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2003 12:38 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Upgrading to 8.03 Saturday Importance: Low We upgraded straight from 7.15 to 8.x and had no problems. Jeff Sargent Senior Programmer, System Administrator ITG Solutions, Inc. Gainesville, FL USA www.infotogo.net -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Todd Holt Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2003 1:14 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Upgrading to 8.03 Saturday How smooth is the 7.x to 8.x upgrade? Has anyone done that or has everyone installed a fresh copy of 8.x? Todd Holt Xidix Technologies, Inc Las Vegas, NV USA www.xidix.com 702.319.4349 > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:IMail_Forum- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim Bruner > Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2003 9:37 AM > To: Imail Forum (E-mail) > Subject: [IMail Forum] Upgrading to 8.03 Saturday > > Ok, here's my plan for the weekend......would you fella's be so kind as to > look over this and let me know if I am forgetting/missing anything. Trying > to plan ahead so I can get out early and go fishing....like that's gonna > happen..lol > > 1. backup the imail folder to tape (oldserver) > 2. backup the entire registry (oldserver) > 3. export the imail branch to file (oldserver) > 4. install imail 7.05 on (new server) > 5. upgrade imail 7.05 on (new server) to 7.10 > 6. copy imail registry file to (new server) desktop > 7. copy imail folder to (new server) > 8. shutdown (old server) > 9. configure (new server) with same (oldserver) IP address (don't wanna > muck > with dns zone changes) > 10. bring up (new server) > 11. stop all imail services on (new server) > 12. import imail branch file to (new server) registry > 13. start imail services (at this point should be up and running as before > only on new box) > 14. upgrade imail 7.10 on (new server) to 8.0 > 15. install 8.03 upgrade (new server) > 16. apply 8.03 hotfix (new server) > 17. stop all spam filtering (new server) > 18. change root to point to my spam folder (new server) > 19. start configuring spam options. (new server) > > 20. Did I miss anything??????? > > regards, > Jim > > > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > --- > [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus > (http://www.declude.com)] --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
