Upgrade 3.0 GA to Latest release

[ripratm]

I was recently hired by a new company and noticed that they are running a very old version of Zimbra 3.0 GA. I was wondering if I could do a upgrade straight from 3.0 to 4.5.1 (or latest) or if i would need to do a incremental upgrade (i.e. 3.0 -> 3.1 -> 4.0 .....)

[MidSpeck]

I was recently hired by a new company and noticed that they are running a very old version of Zimbra 3.0 GA. I was wondering if I could do a upgrade straight from 3.0 to 4.5.1 (or latest) or if i would need to do a incremental upgrade (i.e. 3.0 -> 3.1 -> 4.0 .....)

This thread (Upgrading from 3.0 to 4.5) asks the same question. It sounds like it was possible to do a straight upgrade.

[ripratm]

sorry I must have missed that post. I scanned the first 2 pages but didn't see it. I didn't bother doing a search because i figured it would return 1000 answers.

[jholder]

You should be okay to upgrade.
1) Make sure you have a backup
2) The client's cache's will need to be cleared.


Good luck, and let us know how it goe!

john

[ripratm]

You should be okay to upgrade.
1) Make sure you have a backup
2) The client's cache's will need to be cleared.


Good luck, and let us know how it goe!

john

2) The client's cache's will need to be cleared. ???
I guess i'm not familiar with what you mean by that.

Is that on the server or on the client app that you are talking about.

[jholder]

The internet temporary files need to be cleared on the client machines, not the server

[ripratm]

gotcha....thats for only if they are using webmail though correct. Imap and pop wouldn't be affected, or am I completely misunderstanding you.

[jholder]

You got it!~

[jimramsey]

I tried upgrading from 3.0.0_M4_36 to 4.5.1_GA_660 and got the following message:

I can't upgrade version 3.0.0_M4

Of course it told me this AFTER it had gone through most of the installation steps, necessitating a long and painful restore, reinstall, and restore again.

Here is the complete log:

[root@mail1 zcs-4.5.1]# ./install.sh

Operations logged to /tmp/install.log.20748
Checking for existing installation...
zimbra-ldap...FOUND zimbra-ldap-3.0.0_M4_36
zimbra-logger...FOUND zimbra-logger-3.0.0_M4_36
zimbra-mta...FOUND zimbra-mta-3.0.0_M4_36
zimbra-snmp...FOUND zimbra-snmp-3.0.0_M4_36
zimbra-store...FOUND zimbra-store-3.0.0_M4_36
zimbra-apache...FOUND zimbra-apache-3.0.0_M4_36
zimbra-spell...FOUND zimbra-spell-3.0.0_M4_36
zimbra-core...FOUND zimbra-core-3.0.0_M4_36

Saving existing configuration file to /opt/zimbra/.saveconfig


PLEASE READ THIS AGREEMENT CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THE SOFTWARE.
ZIMBRA, INC. ("ZIMBRA") WILL ONLY LICENSE THIS SOFTWARE TO YOU IF YOU
FIRST ACCEPT THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT. BY DOWNLOADING OR INSTALLING
THE SOFTWARE, OR USING THE PRODUCT, YOU ARE CONSENTING TO BE BOUND BY
THIS AGREEMENT. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO ALL OF THE TERMS OF THIS
AGREEMENT, THEN DO NOT DOWNLOAD, INSTALL OR USE THE PRODUCT.

License Terms for the Zimbra Collaboration Suite:
http://www.zimbra.com/license/collab...cense_1.0.html


Press Return to continue

Checking for prerequisites...
NPTL...FOUND
sudo...FOUND sudo-1.6.8p8-2.4
libidn...FOUND libidn-0.5.15-1
curl...FOUND curl-7.13.1-5
fetchmail...FOUND fetchmail-6.2.5.5-1
gmp...FOUND gmp-4.1.4-6
bind-libs...FOUND bind-libs-9.3.1-20
vixie-cron...FOUND vixie-cron-4.1-41
/usr/lib/libstdc++.so.5...FOUND
Checking for required space...
Checking current number of databases...

Checking for installable packages

Found zimbra-core
Found zimbra-ldap
Found zimbra-logger
Found zimbra-mta
Found zimbra-snmp
Found zimbra-store
Found zimbra-apache
Found zimbra-spell


The Zimbra Collaboration Suite appears already to be installed.
It can be upgraded with no effect on existing accounts,
or the current installation can be completely removed prior
to installation for a clean install.

Do you wish to upgrade? [Y] Y

Select the packages to install
Upgrading zimbra-core
Upgrading zimbra-ldap
Upgrading zimbra-logger
Upgrading zimbra-mta
Upgrading zimbra-snmp
Upgrading zimbra-store
Upgrading zimbra-apache
Upgrading zimbra-spell

Installing:
zimbra-core
zimbra-ldap
zimbra-logger
zimbra-mta
zimbra-snmp
zimbra-store
zimbra-apache
zimbra-spell

The system will be modified. Continue? [N] Y

Shutting down zimbra mail

Backing up ldap


Removing existing packages

zimbra-ldap...done
zimbra-logger...done
zimbra-mta...done
zimbra-snmp...done
zimbra-store...done
zimbra-spell...done
zimbra-apache...done
zimbra-core...done

Removing deployed webapp directories
Installing packages

zimbra-core......zimbra-core-4.5.1_GA_660.FC4-20070201185114.i386.rpm...
done
zimbra-ldap......zimbra-ldap-4.5.1_GA_660.FC4-20070201185114.i386.rpm...done
zimbra-logger......zimbra-logger-4.5.1_GA_660.FC4-20070201185114.i386.rpm...done
zimbra-mta......zimbra-mta-4.5.1_GA_660.FC4-20070201185114.i386.rpm...done
zimbra-snmp......zimbra-snmp-4.5.1_GA_660.FC4-20070201185114.i386.rpm...done
zimbra-store......zimbra-store-4.5.1_GA_660.FC4-20070201185114.i386.rpm...done
zimbra-apache......zimbra-apache-4.5.1_GA_660.FC4-20070201185114.i386.rpm...done
zimbra-spell......zimbra-spell-4.5.1_GA_660.FC4-20070201185114.i386.rpm...done

Setting defaults from saved config in /opt/zimbra/.saveconfig/config.save
HOSTNAME=mail1.xxxx.com
LDAPHOST=
LDAPPORT=
SNMPTRAPHOST=mail1.xxxx.com
SMTPSOURCE=admin@mail1.xxxx.com
SMTPDEST=admin@mail1.xxxx.com
SNMPNOTIFY=yes
SMTPNOTIFY=yes
LDAPROOTPW=xxxx
LDAPZIMBRAPW=xxxx
Restoring existing configuration file from /opt/zimbra/.saveconfig/config.save...done
chown: cannot access `/opt/zimbra/conf/perdition.pem': No such file or directory
chown: cannot access `/opt/zimbra/conf/perdition.key': No such file or directory
Operations logged to /tmp/zmsetup.log.25844
Setting defaults...Setting defaults from existing config...Done
Upgrading from 3.0.0_M4_36 to 4.5.1_GA_660
Sat Feb 10 09:35:04 2007: Stopping zimbra services
Sat Feb 10 09:35:14 2007: Starting mysql
Sat Feb 10 09:35:27 2007: Starting logger mysql
Sat Feb 10 09:35:39 2007: SELECT value FROM config WHERE name = 'db.version'
I can't upgrade version 3.0.0_M4

UPGRADE FAILED - exiting
[root@mail1 zcs-4.5.1]#

[ripratm]

"I can't upgrade version 3.0.0_M4"

So are you upgrading from M4 or the GA version???