I'm assuming we will have to get a new license from OpenText since RedDot will be on new hardware. Is that correct?
Thanks for all of your advice. On Mar 14, 10:37 am, Tony Gayter <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes, I would make sure you do all necessary backups and VM snapshots first > though. I have moved installations like this before with no major problems. > SQL server and reddot shouldnt really be on the same machine. > > On 14 March 2012 15:33, BrianH <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > So would it be better to leave SQL on the current server and just > > upgrade it to SQL 2008 and then move RedDot to the new virtual > > machine? > > > On Mar 14, 10:31 am, Tony Gayter <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Ouch, no wonder your seeing a slow down etc.. I would try copying the > > > databases accross first then install and point at those. Are you keeping > > > teh db and cms on teh same server for any reason? If you do try this you > > > might want to consider installing sql server 2008 aswell, that way if you > > > want to upgrade to v11 you wont have any problems. > > > > On 14 March 2012 15:26, BrianH <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > RedDot and the SQL database are running on the same server so I'm not > > > > sure that will work...will it? > > > > > On Mar 14, 10:24 am, Tony Gayter <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Create your server, install reddot on it and when it asks just point > > it > > > > at > > > > > your current database. Should then just be able to shut down the old > > > > server. > > > > > > On 14 March 2012 15:22, BrianH <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > We are currently running OpenText 10.1 on Windows Server 2003 > > 32-Bit > > > > > > and SQL server 2000, this is running in a virtual machine. We have > > > > > > noticed some server lockups, slowdowns and users getting kicked > > out of > > > > > > their sessions lately even though we have been running this system > > for > > > > > > several years now. We upgraded to 10.1 around a year ago but I > > don't > > > > > > think that is the issue. > > > > > > > We have talked about creating a new virtual machine running 2008 > > 64- > > > > > > bit and starting with a fresh install of 10.1 instead of all of the > > > > > > updates we have done over the past 6-7 years. > > > > > > Has anyone else moved your server to new hardware and if so is > > there > > > > > > anything we should look out for? I figure we can just export the > > > > > > single project we have and import it on the new server, but what do > > > > > > you do about users and groups, is there a way to export them? > > > > > > > thanks, > > > > > > > Brian > > > > > > > Brian Holdman | Assistant Director for Advancement Technology | P: > > > > > > 573.651.2988 | [email protected] > > > > > > Southeast Missouri State University | One University Plaza | Cape > > > > > > Girardeau, MO 63701 |www.semo.edu > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > > Groups > > > > > > "RedDot CMS Users" group. > > > > > > To post to this group, send email to > > [email protected] > > > > . > > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > > > > [email protected]. > > > > > > For more options, visit this group at > > > > > >http://groups.google.com/group/reddot-cms-users?hl=en. > > > > > -- > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups > > > > "RedDot CMS Users" group. > > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > . > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > > [email protected]. > > > > For more options, visit this group at > > > >http://groups.google.com/group/reddot-cms-users?hl=en. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "RedDot CMS Users" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/reddot-cms-users?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RedDot CMS Users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/reddot-cms-users?hl=en.
