Upgrade 3.0 GA to Latest release

[jimramsey]

As I said at the beginning of the message, I am trying to upgrade from 3.0.0_m4 to 4.5.1_ga.

What is the difference between "m4" and "ga", anyway?

[jholder]

Originally Posted by jimramsey

What is the difference between "m4" and "ga", anyway?

About 100 bugs.

The difference between M4 and GA is this.
When Zimbra first came out, we had "Milestone" Releases. A Milestone is a release of the software with KNOWN bugs (some significant), which is really for testing anyway. We had a total of 4 milestone Releases, then had the GA version.

The GA version is the "General Available" release. It's the "final" one that can be used in a production environment.

I don't know how much QA has tested an upgrade from 3.x M4 to 4.5.1.

I would upgrade to 3.1GA, then 4.0.5 then 4.5.1

john

[ripratm]

Originally Posted by wannabetenor

About 100 bugs.


I don't know how much QA has tested an upgrade from 3.x M4 to 4.5.1.

I would upgrade to 3.1GA, then 4.0.5 then 4.5.1

john

I thought you said it would be fine to go from 3.0.0 GA to 4.5.1. Now your saying i just upgrade intermediately through all the relases?

[jimramsey]

Yeah, after I asked the question I looked it up. Ready, fire, aim!

Thanks for the suggestion. I will try upgrading to 3.1 GA and then up to the latest. I will post whatever the result turns out to be.

Thanks again.

[jholder]

Originally Posted by ripratm

I thought you said it would be fine to go from 3.0.0 GA to 4.5.1. Now your saying i just upgrade intermediately through all the relases?

He's on a beta version. In the previous post, you stated you were on a GA.
I do think it's okay go from 3.x GA to 4.5.1; however, I think he is more prone to bugs because he has been operating on a milestone release for so long. There's no telling what's in those tables.

[ripratm]

Ok. I"m running a 3.0 GA so just clarifying.

[jholder]

Originally Posted by ripratm

Ok. I"m running a 3.0 GA so just clarifying.

Clarity is good. If you run into ANY trouble, let us know. We're here to help.

jh

[jimramsey]

By the way, a little history may be in order. This Zimbra installation is based on a vmware appliance I downloaded back in the fall. I guess I assumed it was based on a fairly recent version of Zimbra. It wasn't until recently that I realized it was so old. So be careful with those appliances!

[jimramsey]

Well, that worked. I upgraded my 3.0.0_M4_36 install to 3.1.0_GA_332, then upgraded again to 4.5.1_GA_660. It took a while, but everything seems to be ok. Thanks again for your help.

[jholder]

Originally Posted by jimramsey

Well, that worked. I upgraded my 3.0.0_M4_36 install to 3.1.0_GA_332, then upgraded again to 4.5.1_GA_660. It took a while, but everything seems to be ok. Thanks again for your help.

Glad to hear that. Please let us know if there iis anything else we can do to help.

john