5.0 GA and Debian 4

[alamba]

Thanks again for the instructions mmorse. I have scheduled to do this tomorrow. A quick thought though, the server in question here has a small number of users. I can definately go down the path u've suggested, however would the below plan work?
- Create scripts based on current domains and users to automate creation
- Backup current /opt/zimbra on offsite server
- Uninstall/Clean current /opt/zimbra
- Ensure all zimbra processes are dead
- Change /etc/debian_version back to 4
- Clean install debian 4 binaries for 5.0.6
- Run above scripts for domain and user creations (passwords will get reset to a common value for the users to reset later)
- This last step is what I'm not sure off. Is there a way for me to now export current mailboxes of users to the new setup? Just to ensure their emails are still in their inbox/sent/drafts (something like cat>>test.txt, I know I might be oversimplifying things at this point!).
- It would be good if I can update their address books from the archive too but not a must have.

What do you think?

Best,
A

[alamba]

Hi,

Step 1 has been a success. So far I've upgrade from 4.5.6 to 4.5.11 on the debian 3.1 binaries. Going further, I have some questions regarding the steps mmorse gave me:

-Remove your current /opt/zimbra

remove as in ./install -u or rm -rf /opt/zimbra?

-Install 4.5.11 using the -s flag with the debian 4 binaries

What's the -s flag for?

-Move the rsync or whatever the /opt/zimbra directory backup into place.

-Run the normal installer

Run the 4.5.11 debian 4 installer again and use the upgrade option?

-Make sure GID's & UID's still match & run zmfixperms as needed if you didn't keep attributes on your backup process.

Since this is all on the same machine, GID and UID shouldn't be an issue - right? How would I know if I need to run zmfixperms?

Thanks for the help.

Best,
A

[alamba]

Bump. Anyone?