Moving zimbra from Ubuntu 6.06 to same

[tseinc]

Howdy all,
I have been using zimbra for about 2 years now, it has been on a ubuntu 6.06 machine and we just got a shiny machine and I am trying to move zimbra. I installed ubuntu 6.06, followed the server migration instructions on: Zimbra :: Blog » Moving ZCS to Another Server
Naturally the installation of zimbra (5.0.0GA) with the -s switch works, then I copy over the data (which I have checked with size and number of files just in case) and then I run the installer just plain like and I get:

/opt/zimbra/bin/zmlocalconfig: line 39: exec: java: not found
Operations logged to /tmp/zmsetup.06052008-233416.log
ERROR: service.FAILURE (system failure: getDirectContext) (cause: javax.naming.CommunicationException localhost:389)
ERROR: service.FAILURE (system failure: getDirectContext) (cause: javax.naming.CommunicationException localhost:389)
Setting defaults...ERROR: service.FAILURE (system failure: getDirectContext) (cause: javax.naming.CommunicationException localhost:389)
/opt/zimbra/bin/zmlocalconfig: line 39: exec: java: not found
Password:
Sorry, try again.
Password:
Sorry, try again.
Password:
Sorry, try again.
sudo: 3 incorrect password attempts
done.
Setting defaults from existing config...done.
Checking for port conflicts
Starting ldap...failed with exit code 256.

Now, I have tried following what I thought was applicable advice from the forums: A symbolic link from the jre in the /opt/zimbra dir to /jre, and I am quite certain neither ldap, or anything else other than the smallest install of ubuntu provides, is running. I have also tried to just continue with the install, but after configuring all the settings, zimbra won't let me save, complaining about ldap.

I figured the password is actually blank, and if I put that in, the zimbra says that the "Upgrade" failed and cannot continue. I just started up the old server and zmcontrol -v says "Release 5.0.0_GA_1869.UBUNTU6 UBUNTU6 FOSS edition" which is the version I am installing to.. Ideas?

Thank you for any and all help,

Greg

In case it's relative, I have moved zimbra once before, (with the same instructions) and it worked nicely. I started out with 4.5.X and upgraded to 5.0.0GA.

[p24t]

Is there anything useful in /tmp/zmsetup.06052008-233416.log? (or whichever it's created)

I don't install any different JRE for Zimbra, I just use the one in the package. Ubuntu doesn't install one by default either. Your java is probably at /opt/zimbra/java/bin/java (/opt/zimbra/java should be a symlink to whichever version 5.0.0 uses)

Did you install the ssh server? For whatever reason, Ubuntu doesn't install that by default, which boggles my mind.

The zimbra user shouldn't be assigned a password. It gets NOPASSWD in /etc/sudoers for all its needs.

Make sure to doublecheck your /etc/hosts - and you might want to check port 389 anyway. I'm certain that Ubuntu doesn't install any LDAP services, but it never hurts to check.

[tseinc]

Trying again from a fresh ubuntu install: I made certain that /opt/zimbra/java is a valid syslink to the java in zimbra, by hosts file is exactly the same as the old server (with the same IP) and dig shows that everything is pointing correctly to the server, ssh is on the server, running on port 22, it works as that is how I am accessing the server, PS and nmap show that nothing is bound on any port but 22. The following is the install log file, after installing zimbra with the -s option and coping the files.

Here is the zmsetup.log

Operations logged to /tmp/zmsetup.06062008-163342.log
Getting installed packages
Getting local config zimbra_server_hostname
Getting local config ldap_url
zimbra_server_hostname not in ldap_url not starting slapd
Getting installed services from ldap
checking isEnabled zimbra-core
zimbra-core not in enabled cache
enabled packages 
zimbra_server_hostname not in ldap_url not starting slapd
Getting enabled services from ldap
Marking zimbra-core as installed. Services for zimbra-core will be enabled.
Marking zimbra-ldap as installed. Services for zimbra-ldap will be enabled.
Marking zimbra-store as installed. Services for zimbra-store will be enabled.
Marking zimbra-mta as installed. Services for zimbra-mta will be enabled.
Marking zimbra-snmp as installed. Services for zimbra-snmp will be enabled.
Marking zimbra-logger as installed. Services for zimbra-logger will be enabled.
Marking zimbra-apache as installed. Services for zimbra-apache will be enabled.
Marking zimbra-spell as installed. Services for zimbra-spell will be enabled.
Marking zimbra-proxy as installed. Services for zimbra-proxy will be enabled.
Setting defaults...
Setting local config zimbra_java_home to /opt/zimbra/java
*** Running as zimbra user: /opt/zimbra/bin/zmlocalconfig -f -e zimbra_java_home='/opt/zimbra/java' 2> /dev/null
checking isEnabled zimbra-cluster
zimbra-cluster not in enabled cache
enabled packages zimbra-logger zimbra-store zimbra-mta zimbra-core zimbra-apache zimbra-proxy zimbra-snmp zimbra-ldap zimbra-spell
zimbra_server_hostname not in ldap_url not starting slapd
Getting enabled services from ldap
Marking zimbra-core as installed. Services for zimbra-core will be enabled.
Marking zimbra-ldap as installed. Services for zimbra-ldap will be enabled.
Marking zimbra-store as installed. Services for zimbra-store will be enabled.
Marking zimbra-mta as installed. Services for zimbra-mta will be enabled.
Marking zimbra-snmp as installed. Services for zimbra-snmp will be enabled.
Marking zimbra-logger as installed. Services for zimbra-logger will be enabled.
Marking zimbra-apache as installed. Services for zimbra-apache will be enabled.
Marking zimbra-spell as installed. Services for zimbra-spell will be enabled.
Marking zimbra-proxy as installed. Services for zimbra-proxy will be enabled.
checking isEnabled zimbra-store
zimbra-store is enabled
checking isEnabled zimbra-ldap
zimbra-ldap is enabled
checking isEnabled zimbra-store
zimbra-store is enabled
checking isEnabled zimbra-mta
zimbra-mta is enabled
done.
Upgrading from  to 5.0.0_GA_1869
Stopping zimbra services
Stop failed - exiting
UPGRADE FAILED - exiting

Thanks,
Greg

[tseinc]

ideas? anyone? I've run out of things to try...help ! :-)