From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 27 10:39:50 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 82CB216A4CE for ; Sat, 27 Dec 2003 10:39:50 -0800 (PST) Received: from netlx014.civ.utwente.nl (netlx014.civ.utwente.nl [130.89.1.88]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C0A2243D39 for ; Sat, 27 Dec 2003 10:39:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from eric@monkey-online.net) Received: from EricV.monkey-online.net (ericv.adsl.utwente.nl [130.89.226.252])hBRIcZQ26710; Sat, 27 Dec 2003 19:38:35 +0100 Message-Id: <5.2.1.1.0.20031227193820.04cb1c80@mail.monkey-online.net> X-Sender: eric@mail.monkey-online.net (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.2.1 Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2003 19:39:03 +0100 To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org From: Eric Veraart Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-UTwente-MailScanner-Information: Scanned by MailScanner. Contact helpdesk@ITBE.utwente.nl for more information. X-UTwente-MailScanner: Found to be clean cc: "W. D." Subject: Re: PSA 1.13 Linux -> PSA 6 FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Internet Services Providers List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2003 18:39:50 -0000 > >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.