From 334265e24198b3857c37d9484dda37e31777233a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: richard Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2003 02:14:39 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] info about moving trackers git-svn-id: http://svn.roundup-tracker.org/svnroot/roundup/trunk@1474 57a73879-2fb5-44c3-a270-3262357dd7e2 --- doc/maintenance.txt | 26 +++++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/maintenance.txt b/doc/maintenance.txt index dba485f..98bed63 100644 --- a/doc/maintenance.txt +++ b/doc/maintenance.txt @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Maintaining Roundup Trackers ============================ -:Version: $Revision: 1.1 $ +:Version: $Revision: 1.2 $ .. contents:: :depth: 1 @@ -59,6 +59,30 @@ Migrating Backends 9. restart web and email frontends +Moving a Tracker +================ + +If you're moving the tracker to a similar machine, you should: + +1. install Roundup on the new machine and test that it works there, +2. stop the existing tracker web and email frontends (preventing changes), +3. copy the tracker home directory over to the new machine, and +4. start the tracker web and email frontends on the new machine. + +Most of the backends are actually portable across platforms (ie. from Unix to +Windows to Mac). If this isn't the case (ie. the tracker doesn't work when +moved using the above steps) then you'll need to: + +1. install Roundup on the new machine and test that it works there, +2. stop the existing tracker web and email frontends (preventing changes), +3. use the roundup-admin tool "export" command to export the contents of + the existing tracker, +4. copy the export to the new machine, +5. use the roundup-admin "import" command to import the tracker on the new + machine, and +6. start the tracker web and email frontends on the new machine. + + ------------------- Back to `Table of Contents`_ -- 2.30.2