Need advice on replacing an old 6.1.3 NW Server 1

[mph90]

I am new to Networker. I needed advice on how to do an upgrade. I have an old 6.1.3 Networker server that is running on NT 4. The computer itself is having hardware problems. I want to build a new server to replace it.

I want to put windows 2000 on it with Networker 7.1.2. Can someone please give me the correct steps on how to do this?

 

[605]

Add the NW 7 update enabler which you require anyway.

Make sure that you have good index backups from ALL your clients as well as a full bootstrap backup.


The major issue is that you name the new machine exactly the same (and of course you must use the same domain name.)

Then you should install NW 7.x on the new machine.

From here it is nothing else but running the standard "disaster recovery" procedure:

- Define a compatible backup device
- recover the resource files and the media db.
- shutdown NW (net stop nsrexecd) and copy the files from ..\nsr\res\res.R to ..\nsr.res
- restart the NW services "net start nsrd"
- and wait until the internal conversion processes have ended - it should not take long.
- recover the file indexes "running nsrck -L7"

Do not forget that the host ID will change. You require to perform a host transfer (no charge) - you must register the new licenses and enter the new autorization codes within 15 days.

 

[Tolot]

is then also restored the clients, groups, shedules etc. ??

 

[605]

Yes, the whole configuration.

 

[Tolot]

Thx for the fast reply!!
Come i to the same result, when i install the networker software new - stop the nw-services - and copy the old nsr direction over the new (overwriting) and then start the nw-services ??

 

[605]

THINK.

If you want to do it that way, how can you even update?

What you can try is to copy the following directories:
- install the new machine using the same name
- install NW into the same directory
- stop nsrexecd (will also bring down all NW services)
- delete the directories
..\nsr\res
\index
\mm
\logs
\tmp
- copy these directories
..\nsr\res
\index
\mm
- restart the server (nsrd)

This is an unsupported procedure.