Best Way to Upgrade to 8.3?

[geeza@]

Hi,

I've got a Plesk 7.5.4 server with around 200 clients on it running on FreeBSD 5.3. In the near future I want to move these clients onto a new box with FreeBSD 6.x and Plesk 8.3. The 2 ways I have currently thought of are:

1) use the backup convert utility that comes with 8.3 to convert my 7.5.4 backup and then restore it on a new 8.3 box with the same ips.

2) use the migration manager and manual migrate the clients accross

Any feedback as to the best way to do this and any experiences of doing this?

Cheers

Tom

 

[DaDomainMasta]

migration. even !!MIGRATION!!
note that if you have any frontpage stuff, it will be discarded. i mean all modules/settings, not the actual data. no more FP in Plesk since 8.1
also note that if the source server lacks any features (like application vault or some DB engine support) all corresponding data will be ignored in migration (as well as in backup restoration actually). so you will need to ensure that licenses include the same features and same modules are installed.

 

[geeza@]

Thanks for the heads up on Frontpage DaDomainMasta. Does anyone have experience with scenario 1) or just upgrading from 7.5.4 to 8.3 on FreeBSD?

 

[tiramisu_]

as you have FreeBSD, the best way for you is migration. And probably the only way.

http://download1.parallels.com/Plesk/Plesk8.3/plesk-8.3.0-for-pkg-based-oses.html

as for FP:

http://kb.swsoft.com/en/1546

sad but true;

for all, migrator should migrate all your settings.

http://download1.parallels.com/Ples...plesk-8.3-unix-administrators-guide/index.htm

 

[geeza@]

Thanks Tany, I suspected that migration might be the 'cleanest' option