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Hi,<br>
<br>
I've been putting off upgrading my RT 3.8.4 to current because I
always got stuck. Now I can't put it off any more. I have read
lost about upgrading but I don't want to upgrade the current
server/installation, I want to move it to a brand new server and OS.<br>
<br>
From what I've read it seems that the best approach might be to:<br>
<ol>
<li>make a clone of the existing RT, <br>
</li>
<li>upgrade it to 4.0.13</li>
<li>do a mysqldump on the upgraded clone</li>
<li>restore the dump on the new server.</li>
</ol>
<p>It's the details of step 4 I'm concerned about. If I set up the
database on the new server and restore it from the dump do I then
use make upgrade on the new server? I don't understand what the
right process would be to make sure the new server has mailgate,
users etc and can accept the dump.<br>
</p>
<p>Do I configure the whole new RT instance as though it were a new
install then try to migrate my data or should it be and 'upgrade'
even though it's new?<br>
</p>
<p>I apologise if this is a dumb question or if it's covered
somewhere in the docs - the whole task of upgrading from 3.8.4 has
been overwhelming and I've been avoiding it. <br>
</p>
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<p><strong>Paul O’Rorke</strong><br>
Tracker Software Products<br>
<a href="mailto:paul.ororke@tracker-software.com">paul@tracker-software.com</a></p>
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