7.5.4 to 8.1.1

[mroy]

I want to upgrade my Plesk server from 7.5.4 to 8.1.1 but everytime I try the update it's telling me my license doesn't allow it so it doesn't make the upgrade. I'm aware that my current license doesn't work with plesk 8 but I have a new license that was purchased for a new server that I decided not to use finally so I wanted to use that one instead but I can't even get to that point. Is there a way to do the upgrade and then install the license I have after that?

I tried installing my Plesk 8 license on my 7.5.4 server but it doesn't work also...

Thanks

 

[Dmitry Frantsev]

Try to perform installation directly on the server:


To install/upgrade Plesk software on a server,

1. Download the Auto-installer utility that suits your operating system from http://www.swsoft.com/en/download/plesk8 and save it on your server's hard drive. Note: to avoid any issues please use the latest version of Auto-installer.
2. Change your working directory to the directory where the Auto-installer utility resides, for instance:

# cd /root/plesk

3. Set the execution permission for Auto-installer:

# chmod +x plesk_auto_installer_file_name

4. Run the Auto-installer:

# ./plesk_auto_installer_file_name

5. Follow the instructions presented on the screen to complete the upgrade.

 

[mroy]

I'm doing it with the autoinstaller.

it's in the autoinstaller after it tries to connect to the license server then ask me if I want to continu anyway since my current license won't work in Plesk 8. I say Yes and right after that it gave me an error saying that the installation cannot continue and then quit.

 

[mroy]

I tried it once more a few minutes ago and well now it seems stuck at "Reading system installed packages" so I'll let it go and see if it goes further (I don't get the error message I was getting before it's a good start)

 

[mroy]

I was able to do the update but I had to force the package to install as I found by doing a search on google

I found that somewhere :

cd /root/psa/PSA_8.1.0/dist-rpm-RedHat-el3-i386/base
rpm -U --force --nodeps psa-8.1.0-rhel3.build81061129.22.i586.rpm

Since I used 8.1.1 I figured where it was and I did force the package to install then right after it installed with success I did run the autoinstaller again and all the other package installed correctly