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Obsolete Releases => SME Server 9.x => Topic started by: pdabrowski on April 04, 2019, 12:33:44 AM

Title: Changing SME 9.2 _86 to 86_64 version
Post by: pdabrowski on April 04, 2019, 12:33:44 AM

Hi,
What would be a proper method to change sme server 32bits to 64bits on the same machine.

Best regards
Peter

Title: Re: Changing SME 9.2 _86 to 86_64 version
Post by: janet on April 04, 2019, 01:07:04 AM

pdabrowski

The recommended (& only procedure I believe), is to do a backup to attached USB (from console for easiness), then do a fresh install of the 64 bit software to your existing hardware making sure to erase & overwrite the existing 32 bit install.
At first boot you will be asked to attach the USB backup disk & you can then do a restore from backup.
Wait until asked BEFORE connecting the USB drive.
Then reinstall any contribs & other manual tweaks you have made.
If you have a RAID array then you might like to put one disk aside in case of problems you can revert to the old 32 bit install.