[rt-users] Mandatory Upgrade -- need a good howto

[Drew Barnes]

Tim Suter wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Currently, I have an RT 3.2.3 installation installed on RHEL4 with
> Apache2 connecting to a remote MySQL4.1 db.  We are experiencing those
> issues with Yahoo and Hotmail where the mail is stripped of the original
> message and noticed that the 3.4.4 version should be fixed.
>
> I am wanting to do a trouble free upgrade without interruption to
> service and wondered if there was a good howto already developed
> documenting this?
>   

Any in-place upgrade can cause issues to arise.  The BEST method of 
dealing with an upgrade is to run a test instance of (in your case, 
3.2.3 with all local mods and perform an upgrade on it.  See what issues 
arise and fix them.  Make copies of all your fixes, and repeat the 
procedure on your real install.  That said, I have never had a problem 
beyond having to re-create some local mods because different versions 
can have API changes which broke them.

The best upgrade "how-to" is the README. 

> Tim
>
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-- 
Drew Barnes
Applications Analyst
Raymond Walters College
University of Cincinnati