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 > [log in to unmask] > > >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