Filepro Unix upgrade

[Jean-Pierre A. Radley]

Guy Templin propounded (on Tue, Feb 07, 2006 at 09:28:38AM -0500):
| 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?

No need to copy over the old filePro binaries.   Just install 5.0 on the
new machine.

| Should I rebuild indexes after upgrading?

Not necessarily, but "it can't hurt".  Do you have one of the several
reindex_all scripts that have appeared here over the years?

| What are options for copying files from old server to new server?

Make sure to run my 'savefiles' script (at ftp.jpr.com).

See that each /etc/hosts file has an entry for both machines.

Set up /.rhosts files on each machine, each containing the name of the
other machine, and with permissions 600.  Check that this is OK by
running, on the old machine,
	rcmd new_machine hostname
and on the new machine, running the complement,
	rcmd old_machine hostname

Then as root on the old machine, run

	rdist -c /appl/filepro /appl/fp/menus new_machine

Also use rdist to move the output of the savefiles script. You will then
be able to use 'ap' to restore all of your users' passwd entries.  (I'd
even use rdist to move /usr/spool/lp ...) Then install the new filePro.

"Manually" port over your changes in the fP config file -- I'd just go
into X, fire up two scoterms and vi the config file of each machine in
those two scoterms; then you can cut and paste with the mouse.

If you've changed the original global edits file, you can use the same
two scoterms to cut your your edits from the old machine and paste them
into the new 5.0 edits file.

-- 
JP
	==> http://www.frappr.com/cusm <==