it might be possible to just sever the connection btwn imgate and the mail server, put both mail servers on the same hub, with nothing else, move everything from server-old to server-new, then connect server-new to the real network, all the while imgate, i would assume, would continue to just spool the mail and hold it all until it finds the imail server again, then it would deliver all at once, or on its next attempt to flush the queue. you could of course do this in that downtime you have between 11:59 pm and midnight. actually, get everything installed on the new server first except the user mailboxes, then that would be all you would need to do to actually switchover, is move the mailboxes themselves in one big move operation. The new server would be prebuilt and you can use a reg export/import to get imail ready for the switch, but keep the new one on a hub all by itself with the ip address it will become when you install imail, then when its all ready, you change the ip on mailserver-old then shut it down plug it into the hub with mailserver-new, do the mailbox move only, because remember, we imported the registry for imail the other day, switch server-new to real network, your done. drink the rest of your cofee and stay the night, cuz users will inevetibly have problems the next morning, but those problems will only occur if you tell them you are doing this, if you dont tell them, it will be seemless. oh, one caviat, this will work real nicely if the new imail is same configuration as far as drives, meaning, if imail is on drive C on mailserver-old, you would need imail on drive C for mailserver-new, or same idea with imail on another drive like d e f, if its on the same drive for both server, no problem, if its not planned on being the same drive, it is a bit tricky but possible to edit the registry exports from mailserver-old, before you import them to mailserver-new, but thats not all, on mailserver-new, you still have to open up some of the property pages for the domains and a couple other things i blv and redirect the drive there after you import the modified registry, but it does work. hope this helps you out, both options have worked for me in the past, although i did not have imgate as a spooler at the time, so i had to just eat about 30 minutes of downtime while the boxes were copied over and i made changes in imail admin for the domains. I guess this would prevent users from sending any mail for the time your doing the move
Good Luck Don disclaimer: not guaranteed in any way shape or form, this is a good samaritan action only. hehe, i just had to throw that in. and of course, be sure to look thru IPswitches site for guidelines as well Don > >-----Original Message----- > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Hawk > >Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 6:55 PM > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: [IMail Forum] Redoing Imail Server > > > > > >Hi, > > > >I am currently running IMGate and Imail 7.07. I built another > >server for > >7.12. > > > >I need advice on the switch. My ideal procedure would be: > > > >a) Get new incoming messages to be store somewhere. (Ideally on > >the IMGate) > >b) Users will continue to check messages and send messages via 7.07 - I > >realize that they would not getting any new messages since it is store > >else. But the customer doesn't have to know that :-) > >c) Transfer all message folders from 7.07 to the 7.12 server > >d) update DNS and IMGate transport.map > > > >Is this possible? > > > >Thanks in advance. > > > >--- > >[This E-mail scanned for viruses by Friend.ly.net.] > > > > > >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/
