upgrading from version 2.1.0 to 2.2.0

[Darcy Brodie]

Darcy Brodie wrote:
>
> Alain Spineux wrote:
>> On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 7:01 AM, Darcy Brodie <darcy at canasc.ca> wrote:
>>   
>>> Due to hardware problems, I am in the process of re-installing my Kolab
>>> installation.  However, I have been unable to sucessfully  backup the users,
>>> address book, Distribution Lists, and emails from the old system (version
>>> 2.1, on CentOS) and import it into a new installation (version 2.2.0, on
>>> CentOS 5.1)  I have followed the instructions at
>>> http://wiki.kolab.org/index.php/Backups_for_kolab2, and attempted to restore
>>> on the new system, but that only caused ldap to not start..
>>>     
>>
>> You must mix information from the "Backups_for_kolab2" and
>> the "upgrade procedure" from the README distributed with the sources.
>>
>>   
>>> I have even tried to do the restore 1 step at a time (starting with the
>>> mailboxlist).  Upon re-starting Kolab (via "/kolab/bin/openpkg rc all
>>> restart" and that failing desired result, restarting the computer) it did
>>> not import any of the users
>>>
>>>
>>> Question.  Is it possible to backup the data from the previous version, and
>>> restore it to the new system?  Or am I going to have to re-enter all the
>>> information by hand?  I do not trust the hardware that the original Kolab
>>> installation is on, and I need to get it off of there as soon as possible
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks for your assistance
>>>
>>> Darcy
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>>     
> Ok, let me try this again.  I *think* I may have found the problem, 
> and it looks like I will have to start over again.  It would appear 
> that during the installation, the *NEW* installation could see the 
> *OLD* Kolab installation, (even though they are on different networks, 
> and 2 firewalls between them), and it is using a little of both of 
> them.  When I discovered this, and I shut down all access from the new 
> server to the internet, I get a lot of failed services when I attempt 
> to start Kolab. 
>
> Oh, and after I had disconnected the new server from the internet, I 
> was actually able to log in via several users to the Horde login.
>
> I suspect that this has everything to do with ALL the problems that I 
> have had attempting to install Kolab on this server.
>
> Darcy
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Darcy