Upgrading to Beta 2

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Sat Feb 19 14:01:12 CET 2005


On Saturday 19 February 2005 07:46, Martin Konold wrote:
> Am Samstag, 19. Februar 2005 03:51 schrieb Bradley Alexander:
>
> Hi,
>
> > There appear to be some major changes between 20041017 (it might have
> > been 20041201) and beta2. I plan to do a full install. I have a backup of
> > my mail stores. Once I finish the beta2 install, can I just untar that
> > into /kolab/var/imapd/ and be about my business? What about the db files?
>
> After making a backup you can do a normal upgrade procudere (don't start
> from scratch)
>
> Potentially there are two issues to keep in mind.
>
> 1. It may happen that you run into a chicken and egg problem with the new
> ldap schema
>
> 2. We renamed the shared folders. In case you are using shared folders it
> is required that you manually move them to the new prefix.
>
> For both issues you can find discussions/solutions in the ml archive.
>
> Regards,
> -- martin

I upgraded to beta1 from an alpha with no problems except the need to rename 
shared folders, I think an upgrade is much easier. Check the wiki for backup 
details as well in case there is something you may have overlooked.
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