Moving Servers

[Simon Matter]

> The other thing that you might want to be aware of is the BDB versions
> on both RH boxes. In the past, after an rsync, I've had to fiddle with
> the berkeley dbs for deliver.db and a few others I don't recall at the
> moment...
>
> I usually do a test run, rsync everything and connect to the new box,
> then have a script handy that shuts down both servers, rsyncs, then does
> any db_recover/upgrade, etc. then brings up the new server...this way
> you can minimize down time.

That's exactly what my rpms handle but those shipped with RHEL don't :)

Simon

>
> HTH,
> B
>
> Simon Matter wrote:
>
>>>Hi all
>>>
>>>I'm moving my current installation of Cyrus to a new machine.  The
>>>old machine is RHEL3 running cyrus-imapd-2.2.8-1.  The new machine is
>>>RHEL4 running cyrus-imapd 2.2.12-3.RHEL4.1.  I'm also going to go
>>>from cyrus-sasl-2.1.15-10 to cyrus-sasl 2.1.19-5.EL4.
>>>
>>>Any words of wisdom before I make the leap from one machine to the
>>>other?  Known pitfalls for this particular jump?  Humorous anecdotes?
>>>
>>>
>>
>>If you want to use the rpms shipped with RHEL4, be aware that they are
>> old
>>versions of my cyrus-imapd rpms which are missing some features. The main
>>feature is that my rpms handle changes in BDB version in a nice way.
>>If you want to use my rpms, the procedure would be to rebuild the src rpm
>>for both distributions, install the new rpm on the RHEL3 box. Be sure to
>>start and stop cyrus-imapd at least once. Then move all related data
>>(/var/{lib,spool}/imap)via rsync to the new RHEL4 box, and start it up.
>>
>>Simon
>>
>>
>>
>>>-Michael
>>>
>>>PS  For those keeping track, the SASL to the LDAP thing isn't going
>>>to happen just yet, but thanks for all the info and pointers.
>>>
>>>------------------------------------
>>>Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change
>>>their minds cannot change anything.
>>>
>>>                     --G.B. Shaw
>>>
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