Filepro Unix upgrade

[Jeff Harrison]

--- Guy Templin <Guy_Templin at adelphikitchens.com>
wrote:

> I need some advice and this list never usually short
> on offering advice.
> 
> I just recently installed a new Unix server to
> replace our 1997 Unix server.
> (Open Server 5.0.4 to 5.0.7)
> 
> I had purchased the filepro 5.0 upgrade several
> years ago but never
> installed it on my Unix box.
> 
> The advice I need is what is the best way to
> transfer my filepro from the
> old server to the new server.
> 
> They are both connected to a local network.
> 
> Best way to copy files and best way to upgrade.
> 
> Do I bring over filepro 4.8 and then upgrade to 5.0
> or do I install 5.0 and
> just port over the data, menus and edits files?
> 
> Should I rebuild indexes after upgrading?
> 
> What are options for copying files from old server
> to new server?
> 
> Thanks for your advice.
> 
> Guy Templin
> Adelphi Kitchens, Inc.
> 
> 

It should be pretty straightforward.  I would only
install the new version of filepro on the new server. 
I see no reason to install 4.8.  You should certainly
rebuild all of your indexes once you get them on the
new server.

As for copying files, what I did when I was in your
shoes - although for me it was much more complicated -
I created a series of tar balls, compressed them and
then ftp'd them to the new server.  Because there was
so much data, I wrote a script to do this, and I also
wrote one on the other end to check for the files and
un-compress them on the other end.

Depending on how much data you have, and the ulimit on
your machines, you may be able to do this manually
with just one file.  When I did this I made sure my
compressed tar balls were less than 1.5 gigabytes or
so. 

Good Luck.

Jeff Harrison
jeffaharrison at yahoo.com

Author of JHExport and JHImport.  The easiest and
fastest ways to generate code for filePro exports and imports.

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