Upgrade Ubuntu 6.06 Zimbra 5.0.19 to Ubuntu 10.04 Zimbra 7.1.0

[stegbth]

Hello everybody,

we upgraded our Zimbra from Version 5.0.19 on Ubuntu 6.06x86_64 to Version 7.1.0 on Ubuntu 10.04x86_64 on the same Hardware with inplace Upgrades as checked with support.

* Start with ZCS 5.0.19 running on Ubuntu6_64.
1) Upgrade ZCS to 6.0.12 and confirm ZCS operation.
2) Move /etc/init.d/zimbra aside to prepare for OS upgrade to Ubuntu8_64.
3) Upgrade OS to Ubuntu8_64.
4) Upgrade ZCS to 6.0.12 for the Ubuntu8_64 platform and confirm ZCS operation.
5) Move /etc/init.d/zimbra aside to prepare for OS upgrade to Ubuntu10_64.
6) Upgrade OS to Ubuntu10_64.
7) Upgrade ZCS to 6.0.12 for the Ubuntu10_64 platform and confirm ZCS operation.
8) Upgrade ZCS to 7.1.0 for Ubuntu10_64

only trouble currently exist, zmbackup cant create backups

thank you very much
thomas

[krabina]

Very interesting. Can you please explain a litte more.

What do you mean by "confirm ZCS operation"?
And how exactly did you "Move /etc/init.d/zimbra aside"?

regards,
Bernhard

[duwady]

Originally Posted by stegbth

Hello everybody,

we upgraded our Zimbra from Version 5.0.19 on Ubuntu 6.06x86_64 to Version 7.1.0 on Ubuntu 10.04x86_64 on the same Hardware with inplace Upgrades as checked with support.

* Start with ZCS 5.0.19 running on Ubuntu6_64.
1) Upgrade ZCS to 6.0.12 and confirm ZCS operation.
2) Move /etc/init.d/zimbra aside to prepare for OS upgrade to Ubuntu8_64.
3) Upgrade OS to Ubuntu8_64.
4) Upgrade ZCS to 6.0.12 for the Ubuntu8_64 platform and confirm ZCS operation.
5) Move /etc/init.d/zimbra aside to prepare for OS upgrade to Ubuntu10_64.
6) Upgrade OS to Ubuntu10_64.
7) Upgrade ZCS to 6.0.12 for the Ubuntu10_64 platform and confirm ZCS operation.
8) Upgrade ZCS to 7.1.0 for Ubuntu10_64

only trouble currently exist, zmbackup cant create backups

thank you very much
thomas

Thomas,

This was exactly what I was looking for, except I plan do inplace upgrade to 32 bits. After everything goes good, then I will convert over to 64 bits.

Have you found any solution to backup creation by zmbackup?

Thanks.
Duwady

[stegbth]

hi,

zmbackup was from Network Edition there. It was solved by reinstalling the same version. Unfortunatly that was that time not possible as the activation-Server at vmware was down.

migrating from 32bit to 64 take a new installation of the system.

best regards
thomas