Best way to Upgrade Plesk, hard drive, and OS

[BillyParadise]

Hi folks, I'm looking for input on the best way and recommended order to accomplish the following:

1. upgrade plesk to 7.53 from 6
2. reinstall the OS and add a hard drive. (this box is a couple of years old and a fresh wipe is an easier path for me than trying to get all packages in sync.)

I don't mind the sites being down for several hours - none of them are high volume/value sites.

Should I upgrade the box to 7.53 first, then back up the sites? Or should I backup the sites while still at version 6?

Thanks for any input

BP

 

[hardweb]

1. Upgrade to Plesk 7.5
2. Backup the server
3. Install the OS with the new disk
4. Restore

Just in case keep the old disk with the working installation.

 

[BillyParadise]

Thanks for the pointers. I suppose step 0 would be to back up as well, right?

BP

 

[Cranky]

Yes. I'd suggest going 6 > 7.04 > 7.1.7 > 7.5.3 (rather than skipping any versions). If you're installing the same OS on the new HD you can just copy files across (quicker), otherwise use psadump/psarestore.

If you're just migrating a few domains you can use plesk migration manager.