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Obsolete Releases => SME Server 7.x => Topic started by: dallas on July 09, 2006, 12:32:43 PM

Title: Upgrade from SME 5.6 to 7.0
Post by: dallas on July 09, 2006, 12:32:43 PM

I've seen a lot of posts saying that an upgrade from a standard 6.0.1 (without contribs) is fairly painless. Has anyone had any success upgrading from 5.6? Mine is only a very small system - 5 users, and all I really need to copy are the mail files.

Dallas

Title: Upgrade from SME 5.6 to 7.0
Post by: dsemuk on July 09, 2006, 07:22:35 PM

With only five users I would be tempted to do a complete fresh install rather than upgrade, however if you choose to upgrade 5.6 > 7 here are a few pointers.

This may be one thing to be aware of:

http://no.longer.valid/phpwiki/index.php/SME7FAQs#Upgradesx20.fromx20.SMEx20.5x2e.xx20.andx20.6x2e.x

Make sure you have a known good backup bedore the upgrade

If you do decide to setup a new box for SME7:

With only 5 users I would be temped to use an IMAP compatible email client to   copy the mail from the old server to new servers.  You may prefer to have a look at the command line tool here:

http://home.arcor.de/armin.diehl/imapcopy/imapcopy.html



Dave

Title: Upgrade from SME 5.6 to 7.0
Post by: dallas on July 09, 2006, 11:30:29 PM

Quote from: "dsemuk"

If you do decide to setup a new box for SME7:

With only 5 users I would be temped to use an IMAP compatible email client to   copy the mail from the old server to new servers.  You may prefer to have a look at the command line tool here:

http://home.arcor.de/armin.diehl/imapcopy/imapcopy.html

Dave

Thanks Dave.
I have a new box available so I'll give this a go.
Dallas