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Old 09-19-2011, 01:31 PM
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Default RHEL 5 to RHEL 6, Same machine

Has anyone out there done an RHEL 5 to 6 upgrade/reinstall on the same machine?

I'll be installing ZCS on a fresh RHEL6 install (since RH does does not support upgrade) and need to know what to backup in ZCS prior to reinstalling. I know I can run a ZCS full backup off to a USB external drive and restore the users and info from that, but what about the system configs. What do I need to backup in ZCS and how to restore it?

I saw this Wiki entry: http://wiki.zimbra.com/wiki/Moving_Z...tion_Customers. It does not say it, but am I correct to infer that it also copies server settings or is that separate?

I will also take the time to virtualize the system on ESXi 4.1 u1 since I will have new virtual servers coming in the next couple months.
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Old 09-19-2011, 11:10 PM
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There should be no problem using the wiki instructions you've found.
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Old 09-20-2011, 08:40 AM
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Thanks, so far I've only had to do this once and it was due to failed hardware a couple years ago. Restoring from backups worked, but lost the server settings. I'll probably do a p2v conversion for a full server backup before hand, but this will help the upgrade to RHEL6.
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