[rt-users] Converter issue on convert from RT2 to RT3, expanded

[Claudio Martins]

Citando Dave Sobel <dave at evolvetech.com>:

> Here's my current problem on this.
> 
> The machine this is running on is OLD -- very old.   We have about  
> 80,000 tickets.    It took 4 days to do 55,000 tickets, and the  
> conversion crashed.
> 
> Is it possible to run this conversion on another machine?  Would I  
> install RT2 on a box, and then run the conversion there?   What parts  
> are required for the conversion tool -- could I do both parts on the  
> new box?
> 

 If rt-2.0-to-dumpfile is taking too long on that old machine, I think you 
should try to dump the SQL database to a faster machine and also copy your old 
RT instalation over. Probably the best way is to dump the DB and then also copy
all system binaries to the new machine to ensure that old RT still works ok.
 If the old system does not boot on the newer hardware you can try to just copy
the binaries and libraries and run it all inside a chroot jail on the faster 
system.

 Hope this helps

Regards

Claudio Martins