When I read this I thought it might be confusing: "The only files you must not copy are listname.DB* index files in the ~\lists\listname directory along with the listname.LOGyymmx list-message-archive files, and the WWW index files in the ~wwwroot\archives\listname directory (listname.INDyymmx) and also listname.private, if applicable." because I think you DO want to copy the listname.LOGyymmx files (the actual notebooks/archives) but maybe everyone knew that. It is just how you read the sentence. ;-) marty Ben Parker wrote: > On Tue, 16 Dec 2008 16:36:18 -0500, "Demeny, Dave" > <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> We are about to upgrade our Listserv server from Windows 2000 to 2003 >> and the version of Listserv from 1.8d to 15.6 and we would like to get >> some details on how best to go about this upgrade. Would it be best to >> first build a new server with Windows 2003 and then install the version >> 15.6 of Listserv on that server? When we do this will we be able to >> import the list from our current Listserv to the new server or do we >> need to build our new server with the Listserv software version 1.8d and >> then upgrade the Listserv software as a second phase? > > It has been a while. As I recall, I don't think you can upgrade a server OS > directly from Win2000 to Windows2003. Usually you need to build a new server, > install Win2003, and then migrate your applications, which is admittedly a > pain. But I could be wrong. In any event, upgrading the OS should be treated > separately from upgrading LISTSERV, since many other things will be affected by > the OS upgrade. > > Once you have all those matters settled you can then concentrate on > upgrading/migrating LISTSERV. If you do have the 2-machine scenario this is > actually pretty easy. The available White Paper on migration/upgrade (see > http://www.lsoft.com/resources/wp-movinglistserv.pdf) recommends upgrading the > installation on the old machine to the new version, performing a minimum > installation of the new version on the new machine (to make Registry entries, > etc.), then simply copying all files from the old machine to the new machine. > > The only files you must not copy are listname.DB* index files in the > ~\lists\listname directory along with the listname.LOGyymmx > list-message-archive files, and the WWW index files in the > ~wwwroot\archives\listname directory (listname.INDyymmx) and also > listname.private, if applicable. These index file will be recreated on the new > server when LISTSERV starts up there. Technically, the listname.INDyymmx files > are created immediately on startup, if the ~wwwroot\archives\listname directory > for each list on the new server is completely empty. The listname.DB* index > files will not be created until a search of the list message archives is > performed. >