Kevin
I did this about a year ago.
I did not upgrade the 8.22 version as we were worried that if the
upgrade did not work we would have no way back.
we were on NT4 with 8.22 and moved to a 2003 box and 2006 both using the
windows registry for user names.
I did a clean install on the new box and ran it for about a week with
only the root domain.
We have only one IP address assigned and I created the new instance with
a new IP address but the same name for the server.
I then migrated 2 virtural domains. I did this by simply copying the
registry entries for the domains and the directories. there is a utility
to run to update the address books within the domains. I can't remember
the name but I'm sure the archive has it. I vaguely remember another
utility also. I called ipswitch and got the 2 names.
That was it. we changed the dns records and they came right up.I ran
these for a week.
When I moved the rest,
I shut down the server, I copied the registry entries again for the
remaining domains, also the directories, shut down the old box, added
the old IP address to the new box and again ran the address update tool
and it worked perfectly.
I do think the safe way is to upgrade the old box to the same version,
We were on the same box since NT4 and maybe V 5.x of Ipswitch. I didn't
want to bring over years of garbage in the Imail directory so we simply
moved the registry entries and the domain directories.
I think in the upgrade the address book update is done for you.
I did the whole move in about 20 min. Don't forget to set the smtp to
listen on all ports. I did not do that and it took a while once live
with the whole world to figure out.
I also run Declude and again simply copied the directory. everything
worked fine
Hope this helps
Good luck
John
Kevin Stanford wrote:
I am getting ready to move Imail to a new server and want to make sure I
understand the procedure.
We are currently running Imail 8.22 on a Windows2000 server and we want to
move to Imail 2006.23 on a Windows2003 server. If I understand correctly we
will need to put 8.22 on the new machine then follow the steps in Document
IM-19980116-jb11.htm. And then "upgrade" to 2006.23.
Is my understanding correct? Also has anyone else done this and have any
suggestions?
I am not opposed to contracting this out if anyone is interested, if so
please contact me off list.
Thanks,
Kevin
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