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Title: Noobie questions about setting up a new server
Post by: mpfj on November 09, 2017, 01:08:26 PM
First post here, so treat me gently  :-?

I have an old (6+ years) Centos 5 server that's long overdue an update.
It was initially set up by a colleague who's no longer here, and my initial dabblings with Centos 7 left me more confused than when I started.

So I've fired up SME Server 9.2 onto a test rig, and was very pleased as to how simple and quick it was to get something up and running ... so great job !!

However, I see that 9.2 is EOL in 2020, but 10.0 is only in Alpha.

If I install the new server using 9.2, will there be an update path to 10.0 when it's released ?

Or will I have to re-install 10.0 from scratch ?
If so, can I then backup/restore my config (and/or data) ?

Thanks in advance for any help

Mark J
Title: Re: Noobie questions about setting up a new server
Post by: Stefano on November 09, 2017, 01:33:52 PM
Hi, welcome here
The backup and restore upgrade path will be supported
Title: Re: Noobie questions about setting up a new server
Post by: brianr on November 09, 2017, 01:35:40 PM
yes, there will be an upgrade path from your 9.2 server to version 10, but it may well involve backing the 9.2 server data and config up using external USB or a second (Affa) server and then re-installing over the top of the 9.2 system and then restoring the data and config. It should work easily, I have done it many times between versions and never had a problem which was not easily solved.
Title: Re: Noobie questions about setting up a new server
Post by: mpfj on November 09, 2017, 01:57:49 PM
Excellent news ... I'll go for 9.2.

Thank you very much.

Title: Re: Noobie questions about setting up a new server
Post by: brianr on November 09, 2017, 04:03:08 PM
Quote from: mpfj on November 09, 2017, 01:57:49 PM
Excellent news ... I'll go for 9.2.

Thank you very much.

 :-P :-P
Title: Re: Noobie questions about setting up a new server
Post by: ReetP on November 10, 2017, 02:24:06 AM
A point to note.... whether you can do an inplace upgrade or backup/restore is decided by whatever upstream ie Redhat decide.

The need to backup/restore from SME 8-9 was due to decisions taken by Redhat, not SME, and as a result we are bound by their choices.
Title: Re: Noobie questions about setting up a new server
Post by: mpfj on November 10, 2017, 10:35:59 AM
No problem ... as long as I know there's a (relatively simple) upgrade path when versions go EOL, I'm happy.
Title: Re: Noobie questions about setting up a new server
Post by: guest22 on November 10, 2017, 01:15:26 PM
May I ask what the use case is for SME Server please?
Title: Re: Noobie questions about setting up a new server
Post by: mpfj on November 10, 2017, 01:33:23 PM
For us, we need to run:-
Title: Re: Noobie questions about setting up a new server
Post by: Jean-Philippe Pialasse on November 10, 2017, 01:39:56 PM
Welcome here,

you will then see few contribs for you available:

https://wiki.contribs.org/NFS

https://wiki.contribs.org/Subversion

there might be more you could enjoy : https://wiki.contribs.org/Category:Contrib
Title: Re: Noobie questions about setting up a new server
Post by: mpfj on November 10, 2017, 02:21:02 PM
Cheers ... I've actually already setup a test system with most of what I want, so I could see the ease of install.
Took me about 4 hours from never using SME Server, so I'm well impressed !!

Just need to build a proper server now and roll it out  :shock: