Hi Mike,
Here it is.
Not to difficult.
1. I performed a clean install of the latest 6.06 Imail on the new server.
2. I configured my hosts manually (I only had 4 so this wasn't hard)
3. I then copied my user subfolders containing their mail and info from the
old machine to the appropriate subfolders on the new one. (WARNING: I copied
about 4200 folders total and Windows did NOT copy all the folders even
though I just selected the entire parent folder and copied) It skipped
about 5 user's subfolders that we know of so far. So archive the old ones
somewhere so you can go back and grab them.
4. For the Imail database hosts I then used the "Find Orphans" feature on
the user properties page for each host. It added each user to the Imail
list. I then used the Global Changes option to reset the users parameters
that we control. That simple.
5. For the ODBC host all I had to do was copy our custom .DLL into the new
install and change the path in the .DLL to the new path tfor the user
subfolders and it listed all the users in the Imail user list. (I got scared
when it couldn't find anything because I forgot we had a new path for the
user folders).
Hope this helps. This method is NOT in Ipswitch's KB.
******************************************
David E. Setzer
VirtualConnect Technologies, Inc.
www.virtualconnect.net
----- Original Message -----
From: Mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2001 3:52 PM
Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] upgrading from NT4 to W2K
> Yes, definately.
>
> Mike
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "VirtualConnect" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2001 3:00 PM
> Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] upgrading from NT4 to W2K
>
>
> > Hello Mike,
> >
> > We did the conversion of Imail, IIS, SQL 7 in about 30 hours but we did
> > totally clean installs of everything. No show stoppers (except that MS
> DTC
> > issue where the answer was in the "Special" Microsoft knowledge base
> that's
> > not available to the public).
> >
> > Ipswitch's first response was to do a registry backup to take the Imail
> info
> > to new server but when they found out it was NT4 to Win2K they added
some
> > warnings. There is special MS tool to convert registry. That scared me
> so
> > I just did clean install and transferred mailboxes from 2 Imail
Databases
> > and 1 SQL7 Database. I have specific instructions if you decide to go
> ahead
> > just ask & I'll post.
> >
> > David
> > ******************************************
> > David E. Setzer
> > VirtualConnect Technologies, Inc.
> > www.virtualconnect.net
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Cc: Imail Support <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2001 2:32 PM
> > Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] upgrading from NT4 to W2K
> >
> >
> > > Thanks to all for the good info.
> > >
> > > I think I'll sit and wait awhile before doing the upgrade. It's not
> urgent
> > > anyways.
> > >
> > > Install without formatting was going to be my approach. Imail is no
> > problem
> > > but IIS/FP and SQL are a different story.
> > >
> > > Mike
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Dan Harp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2001 12:18 PM
> > > Subject: Re: upgrading from NT4 to W2K
> > >
> > >
> > > > At 11:11 AM 3/6/01 -0500, you wrote:
> > > > >you had 348 megs ram ?
> > > > >
> > > > >you need 3 times that in win2k
> > > >
> > > > As Andrew pointed out, you don`t need 900MB's of RAM to "run"
Windows
> > 2000
> > > > Server.
> > > >
> > > > The more the better, but you can "run" the server fine on 256MB of
> RAM.
> > > >
> > > > With regards to your question, I would say your chances of running
> into
> > > > problems are
> > > > more likely with the upgrade path, instead of a clean install. I
can`t
> > > > think of any tips,
> > > > except that you check to see that all your hardware is compatible
and
> > you
> > > > have the
> > > > latest BIOS on your motherboard.
> > > >
> > > > In other words, Microsoft support the upgrade path, but it's
probably
> > not
> > > > the most
> > > > reliable route. Clean install all the way!
> > > >
> > > > Good luck!
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --Dan
> > > >
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