is it good to upgrade plesk 8.2 to plesk 8.6 directly

[deepa]

greetings,

is it good to go for direct upgrade or sequential upgrades.

server is using plesk 8.2 alongwith other components are all standard as with plesk package.

 

[Maria m]

Hello,

You can upgarde from Parallels Plesk 8.2 to 8.6 directly:
http://download1.swsoft.com/Plesk/Plesk8.6/Doc/en-US/plesk-8.6-win-installation-guide/32484.htm

Regards,
Maria.

 

[inCharge.co.uk]

If you provide hosting to paying clients and you want to keep them and your hair then I would NEVER upgrade Plesk in-place.

Reduce DNS TTL to something small e.g. 30 minutes
Obtain a 2nd server
Install Plesk and any other software you need
Copy a Plesk backup from the live server and restore it
Test everything: web, database apps, scripts, email, webmail, statistics and so on
Spend a week or so fixing all the things that have gone wrong
Write a script to fix everything quickly in one go
Repeat until everything works: Delete all domains, restore the backup again , run the fix script, test.
When the script fixes everything, do the process again for real: Delete all domains, backup, restore, fix, test
Update DNS and wait for the phone calls and emails from clients complaining about the things you missed.

This is a nice tip to avoid losing emails while the DNS updates
http://forum.mailenable.com/viewtopic.php?t=13579&highlight=

Thanks,
Julian

 

[deepa]

Plesk support:
after we have upgraded plesk 8.2 to 8.6.0 we received following faulting application error on server reboot.
error still persists even after applying update: plesk 8.6.0.3


=============

Reporting queued error: faulting application HostingSecurity.exe,
version 8.600.0.0, faulting module HostingSecurity.exe, version 8.600.0.0, fault address 0x000ba36f.


Event Type: Error
Event Source: MsiExec.exe
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1
Date: 7/29/2009
Time: 3:38:47 AM
User: N/A
Description:
Non-fatal error has been occured:
Command "C:\Program Files\SWsoft\Plesk\admin\bin\HostingSecurity.exe" --update-domain-security "--vhost-name=default" failed with code -1073740791.
Output:
Execute file name: C:\WINDOWS\system32\MsiExec.exe
==============

 

[deepa]

does any oen has any ideas on this?

do we need a new hostingsecurity.exe file from plesk support etc..?


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Plesk support:
after we have upgraded plesk 8.2 to 8.6.0 we received following fukting application error on server reboot.
error still persists even after applying update: plesk 8.6.0.3


=============

Reporting queued error: faulting application HostingSecurity.exe,
version 8.600.0.0, faulting module HostingSecurity.exe, version 8.600.0.0, fault address 0x000ba36f.


Event Type: Error
Event Source: MsiExec.exe
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1
Date: 7/29/2009
Time: 3:38:47 AM
User: N/A
Description:
Non-fatal error has been occured:
Command "C:\Program Files\SWsoft\Plesk\admin\bin\HostingSecurity.exe" --update-domain-security "--vhost-name=default" failed with code -1073740791.
Output:
Execute file name: C:\WINDOWS\system32\MsiExec.exe
==============

 

[inCharge.co.uk]

I haven't seen that one.

Try the Plesk 8.6.0.5 patch - it's the latest.

> "C:\Program Files\SWsoft\Plesk\admin\bin\HostingSecurity.exe" --update-domain-security "--vhost-name=default"
You could also try running that command from the command-line. Have a poke around in the file system and IIS to see if there's anything amiss with the default domain.

Alternatively pay the $ for a one-off support ticket.

 

[inCharge.co.uk]

> after we have upgraded plesk 8.2 to 8.6.0 we received following fukting application error on server reboot.

This illustrates the problem with in-place upgrades. You can find yourself in the position where you can't complete the upgrade and you can't undo it either. Meanwhile you have a server with no domains being served and the phone is ringing with your justifiably angry clients.

 

[deepa]

Hi

Plesk 8.6.0.5 update has been applied as well.


when I tried using command line
HostingSecurity.exe" --update-domain-security "--vhost-name=default"

faulting application logs in after few seconds of running command

what exactly shall be "default" domain here?

while i tried on one of other hosted domains "test.com"( just to test command), command completed successfully
No errors reported in application event log

HostingSecurity.exe" --update-domain-security "--vhost-name=test.com"

I haven't seen that one.

Try the Plesk 8.6.0.5 patch - it's the latest.

> "C:\Program Files\SWsoft\Plesk\admin\bin\HostingSecurity.exe" --update-domain-security "--vhost-name=default"
You could also try running that command from the command-line. Have a poke around in the file system and IIS to see if there's anything amiss with the default domain.

Alternatively pay the $ for a one-off support ticket.

 

[inCharge.co.uk]

This folder should exist...

C:\inetpub\vhosts\default

and contan a file called .security and a sub-folder called htdocs which contains web files to be served when a non-existant site is requested. e.g. If the DNS for domain.co.uk points to a server but domain.co.uk is not configured.

This is the default domain.

 

[deepa]

another error:


Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in C:\Program Files\SWsoft\Plesk\admin\plib\class.IPAddressesList.php on line 98
Server >
IP addresses management

 

[deepa]

C:\inetpub\vhosts\default\htdocs exists

however there is no .security file.

I guess i read event log wrongly , ereror still appeared event if i tried onany other domain name.
>>>
HostingSecurity.exe" --update-domain-security "--vhost-name=test.com"
>>

This folder should exist...

C:\inetpub\vhosts\default

and contan a file called .security and a sub-folder called htdocs which contains web files to be served when a non-existant site is requested. e.g. If the DNS for domain.co.uk points to a server but domain.co.uk is not configured.

This is the default domain.

 

[deepa]

Hi Maria
iI had thought one of plesk support member would respond and provide a fix.?

 

[deepa]

I didn't see this error upon server reboot now.

but when the command is executed manually the application error is reported in log.

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Application Error
Event Category: (100)
Event ID: 1000
Date: 8/3/2009
Time: 3:56:05 AM
User: N/A
Computer: NS1
Description:
Faulting application HostingSecurity.exe, version 8.600.0.0, faulting module HostingSecurity.exe, version 8.600.0.0, fault address 0x000ba36f.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
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