SMTP Server (Postfix) Failed after Upgrading 8.6.0 to 9.0.0

[mewsoft]

I Upgraded from plesk 8.6.0 to 9.0.0 successfully, seems everything working fine, except the Postfix which seems replaced the Qmail, never had it before. Now when I try to start the service from Home -> Service Managment, I get tis error:

ERROR: PleskUtilException

mailmng failed: Starting postfix: [ OK ]

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0: /usr/local/psa/admin/plib/class.MailManager.php:226
MailManager::execWithException(string 'smart_exec', string 'mailmng', array, array, string 'lst')
1: /usr/local/psa/admin/plib/class.MailManager.php:258
MailManager->callMailManager(string 'start-service', array)
2: /usr/local/psa/admin/plib/class.MailManager.php:966
MailManager->smtpControl(string 'start')
3: /usr/local/psa/admin/plib/class.ServiceControl.php:420
ServiceControl->action()
4: /usr/local/psa/admin/htdocs/server/restart_services.php:17
require(string '/usr/local/psa/admin/htdocs/server/restart_services.php')
5: /usr/local/psa/admin/htdocs/plesk.php:41

I followed this KB:

http://kb.odin.com/en/5798

However did not solve the issue,

Please advice

Thank you

 

[Brujo]

if you are not familar with postfix you can switch back to qmail

http://kb.odin.com/en/5801

Brujo

 

[mewsoft]

Yes I am not familiar, I do the upgrades/updates from inside the Plesk admin Home->Updater, So How do I switch from there? I am with theplanet.com

 

[Brujo]

as described in the knowledgebase

There is no option in Parallels Plesk Control Panel to switch MTA.
Resolution
You may switch MTA using autoinstaller script.

Run the script without parameters

~# /usr/local/psa/bin/autoinstaller

Brujo

 

[mewsoft]

brujo, If I run ~# /usr/local/psa/bin/autoinstaller from telnet, will this start new fresh Plesh install or can I only
update plesk and choose Qmail? As I said above this is a dedicated server from theplanet.com and they own the plesk license key.

Thank you

 

[Brujo]

with the autoinstaller you can do install, upgrade Plesk or as you need switch the MTA from postfix -> qmail

Different mailservers
16. ( ) Qmail mailserver
17. (=) Postfix mailserver

Brujo

 

[mewsoft]

brujo,

Thank you, I did that:

Run the script without parameters

~# /usr/local/psa/bin/autoinstaller

from http://kb.odin.com/en/5801

and was able to install Qmail and remove Postfix, the Qmail server started normally and all mail services back again and working just fine.

Thank you

 

[Brujo]

that sounds good, i am glad to help someone, Plesk 9 is indeed in my opinion just a beta which was published to early to the community for testing :-(

Brujo