Sorry, I have more questions now that I'm thinking of until I sent the
last e-mail.
* Will we be able to run the new version of Listserv 15.6 on windows
2000?  
* When we upgrade Listserv 1.8d on Windows 2000 to version 15.6 will we
be able to copy the files from that server to a new server running
Windows Server 2005 or Windows Server 2008?
* Would it be best to have a 3 server to work with so we do not even
mess with the production sever till we have the new Windows Server
2005/8 with Listserv 15.6 running?
Thanks,
Dave



-----Original Message-----
From: LISTSERV site administrators' forum
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Demeny, Dave
Sent: Friday, January 30, 2009 3:02 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Upgrading from Listserv 1.8d to 15.6 and a new server

I wanted to see if I understand this correctly.  We will first need to
upgrade the Listserv software from 1.8d to 15.6 on the old server then
we will be able to copy these files to the new server or do we install
the Listserv software version 15.6 on the new server and copy the files
from the older version 1.8d to the new server?  I thought we first had
to upgrade the software on the server then we could copy that to the new
server.  Since we only have 2 servers and one is out production server I
need to be careful to get this right so we don't loose service for an
extended time.
Thanks,
Dave
  

-----Original Message-----
From: LISTSERV site administrators' forum
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Ben Parker
Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 6:18 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Upgrading from Listserv 1.8d to 15.6 and a new server

On Wed, 17 Dec 2008 17:12:10 -0600, Marty Hoag <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

>"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."

Sorry for not being more clear.  :-/

>because I think you DO want to copy the listname.LOGyymmx files

Yes, you do want to copy those files, they are the message archives.
The files
you do not want to copy are the listname.DB* index files (which are
machine
specific and will be recreated on the new machine).  I was trying to
identify
the directory where these index files are is the same as where the
listname.LOGyymmx files are.

>(the actual notebooks/archives) but maybe everyone knew that.
>It is just how you read the sentence. ;-)

I knew exactly what I meant.  It just didn't come out that way.  :-)