Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2003 19:39:03 +0100 From: Eric Veraart <eric@monkey-online.net> To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Cc: "W. D." <WD@US-Webmasters.com> Subject: Re: PSA 1.13 Linux -> PSA 6 FreeBSD Message-ID: <5.2.1.1.0.20031227193820.04cb1c80@mail.monkey-online.net>
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> >I was wondering about the best strategy. Up 'til now I figured the best > way was: > >- Install a temporary server with Linux > >- copy psa 1.13 and passwd/group files to it, > >- update to psa 5.0 > >- update to psa 6 > >- use the backup util and place the backup on the FreeBSD server > >This sounds like a good plan. How many accounts, etc.? 84 clients, 286 domains, 142 hosting accounts and 413 e-mail accounts. > >I have already found MySQL commands > >in the etc dir of PSA 6, to update the 1.13 db to psa 2 -> 5 -> 6 which > >worked flawlessly. The problem however is that the sysusers won't be > created. > >Here's some stuff about the Plesk Backup Utilites: >http://tinyurl.com/yv8xo I've already read those, but the backup utilities don't seem to support a MySQL dump only restore mode or something. They expect a dump made by psadump, which includes a whole lot of other stuff. > >I'm not so into the way PSA handles the database info for creating system > >files. I already informed about the costs for SW-Soft of doing the > >transfer, but they couldn't tell how long it would take and thus how much > >it would cost, so that's not an option. > >They did a 2.5 -> 5 upgrade for me. It was fast and efficient. Done >from Russia. They said they could do it, but what I don't like is that they couldn't give a quote. If it's to expensive I could as well hire cheap labour to fill in the new server by hand... >Sorry, I couldn't be more help. You may find more useful answers on >the Plesk forum on Monday. > >Please let us know how it went for you. Thanks anyway, it's a shame that no one seems to know how Plesks handles the MySQL backend.
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