Upgrading to 4.5rc2

[Fatal]

Everything is going along fine until:

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-4.5.0_RC2_566.RHEL4-20070104212022.i386.rpm...done
zimbra-ldap......zimbra-ldap-4.5.0_RC2_566.RHEL4-20070104212022.i386.rpm...done
zimbra-logger......zimbra-logger-4.5.0_RC2_566.RHEL4-20070104212022.i386.rpm...done
zimbra-mta......zimbra-mta-4.5.0_RC2_566.RHEL4-20070104212022.i386.rpm...done
zimbra-snmp......zimbra-snmp-4.5.0_RC2_566.RHEL4-20070104212022.i386.rpm...done
zimbra-store......zimbra-store-4.5.0_RC2_566.RHEL4-20070104212022.i386.rpm...done
zimbra-apache......zimbra-apache-4.5.0_RC2_566.RHEL4-20070104212022.i386.rpm...done
zimbra-spell......zimbra-spell-4.5.0_RC2_566.RHEL4-20070104212022.i386.rpm...FAILED
###ERROR###

zimbra-spell-4.5.0_RC2_566.RHEL4-20070104212022.i386.rpm installation failed

Installation cancelled

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A manual installation of the package returns the package is already installed.


Any suggestions?

[Fatal]

Leaving the original question for those who do a search.

Solution:

Ensuring the correct servername was int he /etc/hosts file.

[Fatal]

This really is going nowhere fast.

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Restoring existing configuration file from /opt/zimbra/.saveconfig/config.save...done
Operations logged to /tmp/zmsetup.log.19585
Setting defaults...Setting defaults from existing config...Warning: null valued key 'mysql_logger_root_password'
Done
Upgrading from 3.1.4_GA_518 to 4.5.0_RC2_566
Wed Jan 10 16:56:36 2007: Stopping zimbra services
Wed Jan 10 16:56:42 2007: Stop failed - exiting
UPGRADE FAILED - exiting
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At this point I have no idea. I am restoring from backup now and hope it stll works.

[brian]

you made a backup before the upgrade right? you can restore /opt/zimbra/conf/localconfig.xml from your backup and retry the upgrade.

[Fatal]

Sure did. Restored fine. I guess now I'm just looking for a better upgrade guide than "run install.sh".
Is there a recommended path to go from 3.1.4_GA_518 to 4.5.0_RC2_56?

[brian]

The installer/upgrade process is designed to take you from pretty much any version to the current version you are installing by just running install.sh.

Officially the upgrade process is documented in the release notes. http://www.zimbra.com/pdf/Zimbra%20O...se%20Notes.pdf