In fairness, it can be done either way.

Nathan

At 01:43 PM 11/16/2006 -0500, Melissa Wauford wrote:
>I usually do it the other way around. Quiesce the old server. Copy 
>all the listserv files and directories to the new server. (I usually 
>do a full backup of the old system and just restore the backup files 
>to the new server.) Bring it up and verify stability and data 
>integrity of the old version of listserv running on the new system, 
>then do the upgrade on the new server. Of course, you want to test 
>this before you do your production move. If you do it this way, 
>though, be sure to get all the relevant files and directories, 
>including /etc/mail/aliases, /etc/lsv-wa.config, and any listserv 
>binaries you have in system directories list /usr/local/bin.
>
>                                     Melissa Wauford
>                                     Computer Systems Support
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>
>
>On Thu, 16 Nov 2006, Stacey Conrad wrote:
>
>>Hello all,
>>
>>Next week we'll be moving our Listserv installation to a new box.  The
>>old is 1.8e running on Solaris 8, and the new is 14.5 on Solaris 10.  I
>>have read the "Moving Listserv to a New Server" document and noticed
>>that it says to upgrade the Listserv installation on the old box, THEN
>>move data to the new box.  We'd like to keep the old box as-is, in case
>>we need to fall back on it.
>>
>>So the first question I have is this: is it possible to do the move
>>without upgrading the original box first, or is that a bad idea?
>>
>>My second question is regarding aliases for the lists (running
>>sendmail).  I noticed the aliases are different on the new version, and
>>I don't see a way to update them.  We have way too many lists to
>>consider re-creating aliases individually.  Does upgrading the original
>>install take care up updating the aliases, or is there a way to do a
>>bulk creation of aliases?
>>
>>I've done some testing with a test list and everything -appears- to work
>>ok, but I just wanted to check with the list to make sure everything
>>will go smoothly.
>>
>>Thanks for any advice...
>>
>>Stacey Conrad
>>Email and Unix Admin
>>Millersville University