I ran into a problem upgrading this morning.  The upgrade stopped on the
file 'IMailsec.dll'.  I did a reboot of the server and tried the update
again.  The update worked successfully.  Don't know if this will help in
your situation but I thought I would mention it.  Of course I stopped all
the services after the reboot.  

Chris

-----Original Message-----
From: Eric Loveland [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2001 1:04 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] 7.05 upgrade error


>Not an option Eric...I have had no probs at all till this fix so I will NOT
>reinstall a 7.x and then attempt the upgrade...I have a 24x7 Mail service
so
>every second I am down I get bitched at and lose some money

OK, hold off for now...

We'll get the patch thing straightened out as far as the file identification
problem goes.

However, there is no way to replace a file that is in use by a running
process without stopping that process at some point.  What the patch (should
be doing) is putting the files out there with a slightly modified name.  At
the end of a successful install, if it detects that some of the processes
(services) where in fact running, it tells you that you MUST reboot for the
patch to take effect. (This reboot message is easy to ignore, and frequently
is)  This is because when you reboot, a script is run by NT that renames the
files back to the original while the old files are deleted.  That is how all
patches work.

If I may make a suggestion, wait til your customers complain about something
that is corrected in this patch and then tell them you need to schedule a
little bit of downtime to make the correction.  Then do it during a period
of minimal activity.

Sorry for the trouble this has caused!


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