Move R6 Server to new Solaris Box

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Background---------------------------------------------

I have installed a R6.5.1 server on a Solaris box. The Solaris box & domino server are having the same IP address 10.5.12.42.

I have two DNS entries pointing to solaris1.domain.com & DomServer.domain.com

Data directory is on a SAN drive.

Objective:

Now, I want to move to a new bigger Solaris box.

Plan:

Here are the steps I am planning to follow:

  1. Install Domino on new Solaris box (10.5.12.50)

  2. During installation use a Dummy Data directory.

  3. DO NOT run setup for Domino.

  4. Shut down old Solaris box & unmount SAN disk.

  5. Mount SAN directory to new Solaris box.

  6. Modify Notes.ini & put TCPIP_TcpIPAddress=10.5.12.42:1352

  7. Login as a Domino_Server and start the domino

  8. Domino will run on new box from /OPT/Lotus/bin & find the Notes.ini in data directory.

  9. User will not experience any difference because nothing has been changed for them.

  10. Never bring old Solaris box up (or change the IP first)

Your Expert opinion:

Am I missing something? As I am changing the production environment and don’t have any room for test, I want to be very cautious.

Regards:

Thanks!

Pankaj

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Subject: Move R6 Server to new Solaris Box

This looks very good. I’ve never done this with a Solaris box but I’ve done this a couple dozen times from AS/400 to Windows.

Only thing I see missing is running fixup on the old DB’s brought over to the new box. In my experience, when you copy over data, domino likes to have consistency checks done on them, so I just make it a habit of running fixup on all moved db’s.

It might help if the box names are the same, especially if you have some binding going on, or it’s listed in the ports tab by fully qualified internet name.

But that looks good. Moving domino is a beautiful thing. Watch the log closely as it comes up so you can figure out what you need to fix.

Greg

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Subject: RE: Move R6 Server to new Solaris Box

Technically, Domino server is not going to change but I will make a note to run fixup.

Solaris box’s name will be different but my domino has fully qualified DNS name for domino server & that IP address is going to be same. I can’t keep the same name because the new environment is going to run Varitas Clustering s/w. And we will be having two Solaris boxes for failover.

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Subject: RE: Move R6 Server to new Solaris Box

Just make sure you allow Domino to run the fixup. Also make sure the server runs updall, it may run it, but you can never be to sure.