Well, my little migration plan seems to be grinding to a halt.
Problem: when importing settings from the old server, the new servers' IP 
is also replaced with the IP of the old server. This isn't applied 
directly, so the webinterface stays up and we don't have an IP conflict 
just yet. However, when I try to change the IP of the server using the web 
interface (replacing it with the IP of the new server), Ebox tells me that 
all data refering to the old IP in every module (which in my case is DHCP 
and probably also DNS) will be lost. I ignored that warning the first time 
and indeed... all the data I entered on the DHCP page is lost, making the 
entire restore operation useless!

I can't change /etc/networking/interfaces and /etc/dhcp3/dhcpd.conf 
manually since Ebox will overwrite them each time I add or change 
something using the webinterface.

Is there any way to fix this, except for letting the new server take the 
IP of the old server (which is not really an option in our case)? 

Thanks in advance,

Matthijs




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Okay... This could be tricky, since having two DHCP servers on one network 
can (will) cause problems. Too bad I only heard about the 1.0 release 
today. I planned to migrate the server this evening but I'll probably 
won't get my hands on 1.0 in time to finish the operation before midnight. 
Is there a changelog / new-feature-list available so I can check if the 
changes are worth waiting  for? Or is it possible to upgrade 0.12 to 1.0 
when it's released? 

Matthijs 



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one thing i noticed is that on your new installation you will have to 
enable all module that you are currently using otherwise the settings will 
not be migrated. 

i will be waiting for the new release before i proceed, as i am trying to 
setup a VMware Ebox (mail, file shares, & PDC) on top of another ebox 
(traffic only).

Nicolas

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Nicolas, thanks for your reply. 

I'm using the Ebox/Ubuntu live CD installations on both servers. The data 
I'm worried the most about is DNS and DHCP settings. User-specific data is 
not a real issue as we're not using Ebox as our main fileserver yet. We 
don't use Ebox' email either. 
Our entire network relies on the DNS and DHCP data (a lot of DHCP clients 
with a fixed IP) in Ebox so I can't afford to lose that. Should I be okay 
in this scenario? 

By the way, I just read on the Ebox site that 1.0 will be released today. 
Should I wait for that instead of migrating to 0.12 today? 

Thanks again, 

Matthijs 


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it worked for me.
i was using the first ubuntu only installation, so only two versions 
difference.
if you are using a debian installation i would suggest wait for other to 
reply.

additionally, if your users use a lot of storage, you could consider 
copying the data independently of ebox backup.  and then restore ebox 
(configuration and email).

Nicolas 

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Hi all, 

Our current Ebox setup is a dedicated machine running a pre-0.12 ebox 
version. I need to free that machine for other uses, so I'm planning on 
migrating to a virtual server using the 0.12 release. 
My question is: 
Can I simply backup the settings from the current pre-0.12 setup and 
import those into the new virtual 0.12 server? Or will this cause any 
nasty side effects? 

Thanks in advance, 

Matthijs 

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