I need to move a Domino server from one Windows server to an other

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Hello,

I have a 8.5.1 Domino server and Traveler installed on a Windows server. I need to move that Domino server on an other Windows server.

I intend to do this:

  1. Install Domino and Traveler on the new machine

  2. copy the data dir from the old machine to the new one

  3. Start the new server

Any other suggestion?

thanks

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Subject: copy data first

Here is how I would do it:

Shut down Domino on original server

Copy data to new server (make sure that you copy notes.ini from the program directory)

Install Domino and Travel

Start server

Hans

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Subject: Is down time an issue?

If so and there is a lot of data to copy what we have done in the past is set up the new server as an additional server, replicate all the data over (you may need to add new server to all db ACLs)do one final replication then stop domino on the first server, copy over the notes.ini and server id, change server IP address and bring up new server.

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Subject: Down time is not an issue

I have up to one day if I whant to do the server move

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Subject: Clustering

I like do the just about the same thing, but cluster the servers so you don’t have to worry about where the data is. In fact, the last one I did I just left the old server up in the cluster as backup.

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Subject: notes.ini

I will pay attention to the notes.ini

thanks