Debian4-Zimbra5 to Debian5-Zimbra6

[mlcdigital]

I've been trying procedure after procedure to move from Debian4-Zimbra5 to Debian5-Zimbra6.

I've tried these steps...
Upgrade path from Zimbra 5 on Debian 4 to Zimbra 6 on Debian 5 | Nothing here. Move along.

Once I upgrade from Debian4-Zimbra5 to Debian4-Zimbra6 the CPUs spike (side-by-side VM comparison at idle Debian4-Zimbra6=1434mhz Debian5-Zimbra6=22mhz), IMAP/CalDAV aren't accessible (side-by-side comparison Debian5-Zimbra6 is accessible with the same server and client conf), and in the admin interface some of the queue and stats don't load correctly.

zimbra@mailserver:~$ zmcontrol status
Host mailserver.domain.tld
        antispam                Running
        antivirus               Running
        imapproxy               Running
        ldap                    Running
        logger                  Running
        mailbox                 Running
        memcached               Running
        mta                     Running
        snmp                    Running
        spell                   Running
        stats                   Running

So from here I would then upgrade Debian4 to Debian5 which is step 4 and runs smoothly.

Step 5 is when everything comes to a halt...

aptitude install libstdc++5 sysstat

./install.sh

Operations logged to /tmp/install.log.4173
Checking for existing installation...
    zimbra-ldap...FOUND zimbra-ldap-6.0.4_GA_2038.DEBIAN4.0
    zimbra-logger...FOUND zimbra-logger-6.0.4_GA_2038.DEBIAN4.0
    zimbra-mta...FOUND zimbra-mta-6.0.4_GA_2038.DEBIAN4.0
    zimbra-snmp...FOUND zimbra-snmp-6.0.4_GA_2038.DEBIAN4.0
    zimbra-store...FOUND zimbra-store-6.0.4_GA_2038.DEBIAN4.0
    zimbra-apache...FOUND zimbra-apache-6.0.4_GA_2038.DEBIAN4.0
    zimbra-spell...FOUND zimbra-spell-6.0.4_GA_2038.DEBIAN4.0
    zimbra-convertd...NOT FOUND
    zimbra-memcached...FOUND zimbra-memcached-6.0.4_GA_2038.DEBIAN4.0
    zimbra-proxy...FOUND zimbra-proxy-6.0.4_GA_2038.DEBIAN4.0
    zimbra-archiving...NOT FOUND
    zimbra-cluster...NOT FOUND
    zimbra-core...FOUND zimbra-core-6.0.4_GA_2038.DEBIAN4.0
ZCS upgrade from 6.0.4 to 6.0.4 will be performed.

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


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Checking for prerequisites...
     FOUND: NPTL
     FOUND: sudo-1.6.9p17-2
     FOUND: libidn11-1.8+20080606-1
     FOUND: libpcre3-7.6-2.1
     FOUND: libgmp3c2-2:4.2.2+dfsg-3
     FOUND: libexpat1-2.0.1-4+lenny3
     FOUND: libstdc++6-4.3.2-1.1
     FOUND: libstdc++5-1:3.3.6-18
Checking for suggested prerequisites...
    FOUND: perl-5.10.0
    FOUND: sysstat
Prerequisite check complete.
Checking current number of databases...

Do you want to verify message store database integrity? [Y]
Verifying integrity of message store databases.  This may take a while.
Starting mysqld...done.
mysqld is alive
perl: symbol lookup error: /opt/zimbra/zimbramon/lib/i486-linux-gnu-thread-multi/auto/Data/UUID/UUID.so: undefined symbol: Perl_Tstack_sp_ptr
mysqld is alive
Stopping mysqld... done.

I added the Etch source list to apt

deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ lenny main
deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ lenny main

deb http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main

deb http://volatile.debian.org/debian-volatile lenny/volatile main
deb-src http://volatile.debian.org/debian-volatile lenny/volatile main

deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ etch main
deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ etch main

deb http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib

aptitude update

aptitude install perl=5.8.8-7etch6 perl-base=5.8.8-7etch6 perl-modules=5.8.8-7etch6 perl-doc=5.8.8-7etch6

for p in perl perl-base perl-modules perl-doc liblocale-gettext-perl libtext-charwidth-perl libtext-iconv-perl libtext-wrapi18n-perl; do echo "${p} hold" | sudo dpkg --set-selections; done

This got me past verifying the DB...

Do you want to verify message store database integrity? [Y]
Verifying integrity of message store databases.  This may take a while.
Starting mysqld...done.
mysqld is alive
No errors found
mysqld is alive
Stopping mysqld... done.

Installed packages...

Installing packages

    zimbra-core......zimbra-core_6.0.4_GA_2038.DEBIAN5_i386.deb...done
    zimbra-ldap......zimbra-ldap_6.0.4_GA_2038.DEBIAN5_i386.deb...done
    zimbra-logger......zimbra-logger_6.0.4_GA_2038.DEBIAN5_i386.deb...done
    zimbra-mta......zimbra-mta_6.0.4_GA_2038.DEBIAN5_i386.deb...done
    zimbra-snmp......zimbra-snmp_6.0.4_GA_2038.DEBIAN5_i386.deb...done
    zimbra-store......zimbra-store_6.0.4_GA_2038.DEBIAN5_i386.deb...done
    zimbra-apache......zimbra-apache_6.0.4_GA_2038.DEBIAN5_i386.deb...done
    zimbra-spell......zimbra-spell_6.0.4_GA_2038.DEBIAN5_i386.deb...done
    zimbra-memcached......zimbra-memcached_6.0.4_GA_2038.DEBIAN5_i386.deb...done
    zimbra-proxy......zimbra-proxy_6.0.4_GA_2038.DEBIAN5_i386.deb...done

Started configuring...

Setting defaults from saved config in /opt/zimbra/.saveconfig/config.save
...
Restoring existing configuration file from /opt/zimbra/.saveconfig/localconfig.xml...done

Then crapped in my face again...

/usr/bin/perl: symbol lookup error: /opt/zimbra/zimbramon/lib/i486-linux-gnu-thread-multi/auto/IO/IO.so: undefined symbol: Perl_Istack_sp_ptr

I've tried...
Zimbra - FedoraForum.org
Perl_Tstack_sp_ptr
and all they do is break perl...

I've also researched and tried all of these...
[SOLVED] Move from FC7 to FC11 not supported ?
Ubuntu 8.10
[SOLVED] zcs-NETWORK-6.0.2 amd64 on a debian lenny
Moving ZCS to Another Server » Zimbra :: Blog
Moving ZCS to New Server - Zimbra :: Wiki

I'm at wits end...
Now I've just build a fresh install of Debian5-Zimbra6 and will manually migrate everything over unless there is a way to nfs+rsync only the data and leave the broken Zimbra behind?

[tonster]

It looks like your link may be very similar, but here is how we generally recommend moving hardware:

Ajcody-Notes-Server-Move - Zimbra :: Wiki

You might consider moving to the new server on the existing version of zimbra, rather than upgrading to a new version and then upgrading. The way you're doing it, I'm not sure it's possible to tell whether it's the upgrade to ZCS6 or the move to the new hardware that is the cause of the issues you're seeing. At least if you move over on ZCS5 to the new OS/server, and wait a couple days to see if things are working properly, you'll know if the new OS is the cause or if ZCS6 is somehow broken.

The perl symbol lookup error isn't a good one though, and makes me think you're using an OS zcs doesn't support. We test and build against the OS versions that we post for, and usually don't see issues like that. I'd be curious to know whether you're seeing that issue with ZCS 5 or ZCS 6, or both. Also what version and patch level OS you're using.

[mlcdigital]

I thought about installing Debian 5 with ZCS5 to see if it runs correctly and then rsync the old data over.
I'm using a clean build of Debian 4 without any custom installs.

Linux version 2.6.18-6-686 (Debian 2.6.18.dfsg.1-26etch1) (dannf@debian.org) (gcc version 4.1.2 20061115 (prerelease) (Debian 4.1.1-21)) #1 SMP Thu Nov 5 16:28:13 UTC 2009

The thing that jumps out at me is when I upgrade from ZCS5.21 to 6.04 on this Debian 4 build, the CPU spike and features/services don't work correctly (IMAP, stats).
I'm going to try a clean install of Debian 5 with Zimbra 5. If it works verify zimbra_uid info from old to new server and migrate data then burn the system in to see if it works.

[sem]

Originally Posted by mlcdigital

I thought about installing Debian 5 with ZCS5 to see if it runs correctly and then rsync the old data over.
I'm using a clean build of Debian 4 without any custom installs.

Linux version 2.6.18-6-686 (Debian 2.6.18.dfsg.1-26etch1) (dannf@debian.org) (gcc version 4.1.2 20061115 (prerelease) (Debian 4.1.1-21)) #1 SMP Thu Nov 5 16:28:13 UTC 2009

The thing that jumps out at me is when I upgrade from ZCS5.21 to 6.04 on this Debian 4 build, the CPU spike and features/services don't work correctly (IMAP, stats).
I'm going to try a clean install of Debian 5 with Zimbra 5. If it works verify zimbra_uid info from old to new server and migrate data then burn the system in to see if it works.

Hi - I ran 6.0.2 (also upgraded to 6.0.3) OSS on Debian 5 64bit for 60 days and it was perfect. Everything worked. Then upgraded to 6.0.4 - everything seemed ok but then stats stopped working - data is stale and had to restart rsyslog. Upgraded to 6.0.5 and the server got worse - in 2 days the RAM usage was over 4GB and the stats problems persisted. I've searched around the forums but not found anything useful. So I'm coming to the conclusion that Debian 5 isn't the best platform for zimbra. I'm not trying to be a scaremonger or provoke a negative reaction - was was looking for a platform to replace a 10 year old slackware sendmail box that has never played up. I thought Debian was an excellent choice for stability.

And this was with only 4 users in a test at a client's site. I'd be very interested in how you get on.

sem

[dmitri22]

/usr/bin/perl: symbol lookup error: /opt/zimbra/zimbramon/lib/i486-linux-gnu-thread-multi/auto/IO/IO.so: undefined symbol: Perl_Istack_sp_ptr

Do restart

[mlcdigital]

Originally Posted by sem

Hi - I ran 6.0.2 (also upgraded to 6.0.3) OSS on Debian 5 64bit for 60 days and it was perfect. Everything worked. Then upgraded to 6.0.4 - everything seemed ok but then stats stopped working - data is stale and had to restart rsyslog. Upgraded to 6.0.5 and the server got worse - in 2 days the RAM usage was over 4GB and the stats problems persisted. I've searched around the forums but not found anything useful. So I'm coming to the conclusion that Debian 5 isn't the best platform for zimbra. I'm not trying to be a scaremonger or provoke a negative reaction - was was looking for a platform to replace a 10 year old slackware sendmail box that has never played up. I thought Debian was an excellent choice for stability.

And this was with only 4 users in a test at a client's site. I'd be very interested in how you get on.

sem

I installed Debain 5 x86 with Zimbra 6.0.4 and it ran smooth. I documented the steps here.
Platform Specific - Zimbra :: Wiki

[mlcdigital]

I've found a process that has worked...
On the Debian4-Zimbra5 VM

apt-get install linux-image-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-686

After a week IO seemed to have locked up on the VM without any bugs in the logs but the VMware Server was still functioning. I did a little digging and found the solution to the VM freezing.
http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/mic...rnalId=1006427

As I previously posted. I am able to install a clean Debian5-Zimbra6 that runs smooth.
Platform Specific - Zimbra :: Wiki
On the clean Debain5-Zimbra6 I created an account with the same username as the Debain4-Zimbra5 system.
Then, on the Debian4-Zimbra5, I exported said account through the user interface.
On the Debian5-Zimbra6 box I imported through the user interface and all the data moved over cleanly (with the exception of the chat folder I believe).
Now I'm burning Debian5-Zimbra6 in to see if IO issues happen as well.