The problem with qtp-newmodel was on the old server (VERY out of date ... QmailToaster from early 2005 (I don't know which version), and CentOS 4.2 [yum] upgraded to 4.7) was that it kept errorring out on building packages for clamav. When I told it to skip that (later attempt), it then wanted to install the kernel-smp-devel. So, after it fails again, I tried to do a basic 'yum install kernel-smp-devel' and get "Nothing to do". I went to DaagWieers and made sure my repos were up to date and tried again... "Nothing to do". By then I was just wanting to get a migration done (to the new, more stable equipment), so I started a backup in order to follow through with a restore (even though the versions are years apart).
Backup seemed to work fine on the old server (CentOS 4.7 w/ QMT ~2005), but when I went to restore it to the new load of CentOS 5.2 and the latest QMT (loaded last month...recent qtp-newmodel), it got caught in a loop looking for something that it though didn't exist. After it showing this error repeatedly (didn't write it down) for :30, I killed it, restored a snapshot, and tried a manual migration. Thank you, Patrick Ring -----Original Message----- From: news [mailto:n...@ger.gmane.org] On Behalf Of Eric Shubert Sent: 2009-05-03 13:38 To: qmailtoaster-list@qmailtoaster.com Subject: Re: [qmailtoaster] Big problems after old-to-new qmt migrate Patrick Ring wrote: > I've had a qmail toaster running problem-free (in a VMWare server) > since early 2005. However, since the older machine it has been on was > having recent problems I decided it would be good to migrate to a new > server (with a new qmailtoaster and OS). > > So, I loaded up a new CentOS 5.3 server on a ESXi host (mostly what I > run now), and successfully installed the latest Qmail-Toaster along > with Qmail-Toaster-Plus. > > I read that it is possible to copy over the configs/mysql/data from > old to new, and should have no problems, If you hadn't upgraded the old toaster at all, I doubt that this would work. Certainly not the safest way to go. > but I also read it was best to upgrade (qtp-newmodel) before doing so. It's always a good idea to run the latest release. > After pulling my hair out with several unsuccessful qtp-newmodel > attempts, What were the problems? qtp-newmodel is pretty solid, and has run many times on COS5.3, on virtual machines (VMware Server, but not ESXi that I know of, although that should be transparent). In addition, since you had built a fresh toaster, there should have been nothing for qtp-newmodel to do. > I decided to extract and copy over the following to the new > server: > /var/lib/squirrelmail/prefs/ > /usr/share/squirrelmail/plugins/ > /var/qmail/control/ > /usr/share/toaster/include/admin.pass > /usr/share/toaster/include/admin.htpasswd > /home/vpopmail/ (all dirs/subdirs) > Mysqldump of vpopmail > /var/qmail/users/assign > /var/qmail/users/cdb I would definitely not try to piecemeal a migration. qtp-backup and qtp-restore make migration pretty trivial. > I figured out that I needed to mod a couple of permissions and the "cdb" > file turned out to be important too, then I could easily log into the > admin-toaster web interface, and I could read mail via IMAP and/or > squirrelmail. Currently POP3 is not authenticating, but the bigger > problem is that mail seems to be stacking up in the queue and not > going to the respective inboxes. > > I've found that I also cannot "Read user mail" in the Webmin Qmail > interface (something I have been able to do as a diagnostic before). > It gives "You are not allowed to read email for any users on this system." > > I'm not really sure what to look at next. Help would be greatly > appreciated. I'd start over, and use qtp-backup and qtp-restore to migrate the data over. That's the only way you'll know you have a stock (and stable) toaster. > Thank you, > Patrick Ring > -- -Eric 'shubes' ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------- Managed Qmailtoaster servers are now available Visit http://qmailtoaster.com/QMTManaged.html to order yours today! Qmailtoaster is sponsored by Vickers Consulting Group (www.vickersconsulting.com) Please visit qmailtoaster.com for the latest news, updates, and packages. To unsubscribe, e-mail: testing-unsubscr...@qmailtoaster.com For additional commands, e-mail: testing-h...@qmailtoaster.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Managed Qmailtoaster servers are now available Visit http://qmailtoaster.com/QMTManaged.html to order yours today! Qmailtoaster is sponsored by Vickers Consulting Group (www.vickersconsulting.com) Please visit qmailtoaster.com for the latest news, updates, and packages. To unsubscribe, e-mail: testing-unsubscr...@qmailtoaster.com For additional commands, e-mail: testing-h...@qmailtoaster.com
