GroupWise upgrade, 18.4 to 24.x and move to new server VM. Does this sound OK?

So GW 2018.4 running on OES 2018.1 (Sles 12.3). Since the underlying server has been upgraded so many times, I would like to start with a fresh foundation. This kis a small system for a handful users.

The GW system is on a separate "disk" in the VM, so I thought I would do this:

1. Do alll the preliminary stuff., top-down rebuild, certificate checks etc.

2. Shut down agents and copy all GW files to an USB drive, copy or DBCopy

3. Shut down VM, back up the complete VM

4. Remove DS from the GW server

5. Clean up DS, removing all objects belonging to to the old server

6. Install a fresh 2024.x OES server with same name and IP

7. Attach the GW disk.

8. Install the GW agents

Have I missed anything? I remember when doing the 2018 upgrade that there was something quite inintuitive about installing the GW agents, but cannot remember what.

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    I suggest to copy certificates too. Then it will be less work!

    (/opt/novell/groupwise/certificates).

    However you can start before. Create a new sles with temporary ip. Copy all the stuff you want (I prefer rsync). Clean up the original server from DS. Stop GW there, do a final rsync. Change ip addresses on both servers ... and so on.


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    I suggest to copy certificates too. Then it will be less work!

    (/opt/novell/groupwise/certificates).

    However you can start before. Create a new sles with temporary ip. Copy all the stuff you want (I prefer rsync). Clean up the original server from DS. Stop GW there, do a final rsync. Change ip addresses on both servers ... and so on.


    Use "Verified Answers" if your problem/issue has been solved!

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