once you have untarred the RT 3.8.7 transport archive, in the resulting rt-3.8.7 directory, you should read the UPGRADING and UPGRADING.mysql documents : they contains the answers to all your questions (they guided me successfully for my own upgrade)
--- Robert GRASSO System engineer CEDRAT S.A. 15 Chemin de Malacher - Inovallée - 38246 MEYLAN cedex - FRANCE Phone: +33 (0)4 76 90 50 45 - Fax: +33 (0)4 56 38 08 30 mailto:robert.gra...@cedrat.com - http://www.cedrat.com > -----Message d'origine----- > De : rt-users-boun...@lists.bestpractical.com > [mailto:rt-users-boun...@lists.bestpractical.com] De la part > de Andrew Best > Envoyé : 10 juin 2010 03:58 > À : rt-users@lists.bestpractical.com > Objet : [rt-users] Upgrade 3.2.2 to 3.8.7 > > Im in the process of preparing to upgrade an ancient RT 3.2.2 > instance to 3.8.7. > > The plan is pretty straight forward. > Run up new Ubuntu 10.04 host, install and configure blank > 3.8.7 instance as per Ubuntu packages. > Dump database on old 3.2.2 host, import database onto new Ubuntu host. > Run necessary upgrade scripts. > Just like http://wiki.bestpractical.com/view/MigrateToNewServer. > > What I would like assistance with is determining what order > of upgrades I need to run to get the database to upgrade successfully. > I have read about the rt-setup-database which looks like it > should do what needs to be done automagically. > Perhaps there's some caveats im missing? > > Can anyone share a clue? > > cheers > Andrew > > -- > Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs > built the ark, and professionals built the Titanic. > > Discover RT's hidden secrets with RT Essentials from O'Reilly Media. Buy a copy at http://rtbook.bestpractical.com
