Server Migration

Question asked by J Lee - 8/21/2021 at 9:29 AM

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Hi All

Creating this because it is the weekend and support is closed.

Anyone have updated info for this KB article?

https://portal.smartertools.com/kb/a3161/migrate-smartermail-to-a-different-server.aspx?KBSearchID=872282

These 2 files no longer exist in the most recent build.

Note that mailConfig.xml and domainList.xml are the only files absolutely required to be copied over.

J. Sebastian Lee Service2Client LLC 6333 E Mockingbird Ste 147 Dallas, TX 75214 - 877.251.3273

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Kyle Kerst Replied

8/21/2021 at 3:26 PM

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That is correct Ron. You'll need everything in the Service\Settings directory, and your Domains folders in their entirety.

Kyle Kerst IT Coordinator SmarterTools Inc. www.smartertools.com

J Lee Replied

8/22/2021 at 1:19 AM

Thanks, Kyle I have so much data I need to run richcopy while SM Service is running on the source server. Are there any problems with doing this other than open files will be skipped?

J. Sebastian Lee Service2Client LLC 6333 E Mockingbird Ste 147 Dallas, TX 75214 - 877.251.3273

J Lee Replied

8/22/2021 at 9:40 AM

Thanks for the confirmation, this is the plan.

J. Sebastian Lee Service2Client LLC 6333 E Mockingbird Ste 147 Dallas, TX 75214 - 877.251.3273

Tony Scholz Replied

8/23/2021 at 6:01 AM

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Hello,

I wanted to follow up on this thread with some additional details as well. The link provided is for SmarterMail 16 and older. (https://portal.smartertools.com/kb/a3161/migrate-smartermail-to-a-different-server.aspx). The current builds use this link ( https://portal.smartertools.com/kb/a2724/migrate-smartermail-to-a-different-server.aspx ).

Thnak you

Tony Scholz System/Network Administrator SmarterTools Inc. www.smartertools.com

J Lee Replied

8/23/2021 at 8:15 AM

Hi Tony

Thank you, you guys might want to think about changing one or both of those KB titles. The same title for both articles, you can tell that they are different from the search results

J. Sebastian Lee Service2Client LLC 6333 E Mockingbird Ste 147 Dallas, TX 75214 - 877.251.3273

Tony Scholz Replied

8/23/2021 at 8:32 AM

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Hello,

I have sent up a proposal to adjust the title/subject. Currently, the indication is in the Grey banner at the top of the KB and should be there for all KBs to indicate the version supported.

Current

VS older

Thank you

Tony Scholz System/Network Administrator SmarterTools Inc. www.smartertools.com

J Lee Replied

8/28/2021 at 9:26 AM

The Smartermail Migration went pretty smoothly and appears to be functioning properly within normal limits. We found the robocopy or richcopy should be run a minimum of 3 times per 500 GBs of data.

J. Sebastian Lee Service2Client LLC 6333 E Mockingbird Ste 147 Dallas, TX 75214 - 877.251.3273

J Lee Replied

8/28/2021 at 9:36 AM

A couple of steps could be added to this help file.

https://portal.smartertools.com/kb/a2724/migrate-smartermail-to-a-different-server.aspx

Export all your SSL certs in IIS and Import them on the new server.
You will need to recreate all Bindings on the new server.
Don't forget to migrate of Certs folder for your SSL/TLS ports to work on the new server
Don't forget to migrate any login screen customization and login page background images.
We changed the data drive letters, so all the domains show up as "Failed to Load" domain, we had to Detach and Attach all domains. This probably can be done in the json file but we did it manually.
You will also need to open your firewall up for your email ports or open your firewall up for the Smartermail exe. %ProgramFiles% (x86)\SmarterTools\SmarterMail\Service\MailService.exe

J. Sebastian Lee Service2Client LLC 6333 E Mockingbird Ste 147 Dallas, TX 75214 - 877.251.3273

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