On 10/13/2010 13:21, Russ Hunt wrote:
> I own two lists at a neighbouring university, running listserv
> 16.0, and I want to move them to other universities, also
> running listserv 16.0.
>
> I know that the transfer will have to be done by system folks,
> not by me as listowner, but I'm wondering if anyone else has
> done this and if I can expect the transfer to be seamless.
> (Essentially, is it just a matter of moving the files?)
>
> The most important part of the process is that the archive of
> the list remain intact and searchable via the listserv
> interface.  Are there cautions anyone could offer, or likely
> snags you know about?
>

Moving the list archives from one LISTSERV server another LISTSERV server is relatively
easy.  Ask the sysadmin of the old host to create a tar/zip file containing the *.log*
files for the list.  Provide that file to the sysadmin of the new host.  After the list is
created on the new host, the sysadmin will simply need to extract the old *.log* files
from the tar/zip file and move them to the directory specified in the Notebook= statement.
  If the archives are supposed to be web-accessible, either the sysadmin or list owner
will need to force LISTSERV to rebuild the list's web page.

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Paul Russell, Senior Systems Administrator
OIT Messaging Services Team
University of Notre Dame