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SME Server 9.0

Offline TerryF

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SME Server 9.0
« on: June 30, 2014, 02:08:10 PM »
Its DONE....thanks all

SME Server 9.0 Release Notes
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28th June 2014

The SME Server development team is pleased to announce the release of
SME Server 9.0 which is based on CentOS 6.5.

Bug reports and reports of potential bugs should be raised in the bug
tracker (and only there, please);

     http://bugs.contribs.org/

Download
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You can download SME Server 9.0 from
http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/releases/9/iso/x86_64/
or for other methods see http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server:Download

Please note it may take up to 48 hours for mirrors to finish syncing,
during this time you may experience problems.

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Re: SME Server 9.0
« Reply #1 on: June 30, 2014, 02:15:33 PM »
Yes.....and now....go to sme10
See http://wiki.contribs.org/Koozali_Foundation
irc : Freenode #sme_server #sme-fr

!!! Please write your knowledge to the Wiki !!!

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Re: SME Server 9.0
« Reply #2 on: June 30, 2014, 02:26:46 PM »
Yes.....and now....go to sme10

hahahahah, bloody hell Stephdl you are a glutton for punishment :-)

Lets wait until CentOS has 7 out :-)
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Re: SME Server 9.0
« Reply #3 on: July 01, 2014, 01:25:06 AM »
One question: I have a number of servers SME8 that I should upgrade to version 9. Can I restore from a backup made on NAS (the backup was done using the backup  on workstation feature) or "correct" restore can only be run from a USB backup?

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Re: SME Server 9.0
« Reply #4 on: July 01, 2014, 01:42:20 AM »
Workstation backup will restore fine, you just have to setup the new SME9 with the settings to access the workstation backup file..
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Re: SME Server 9.0
« Reply #5 on: July 01, 2014, 01:42:53 AM »
One question: I have a number of servers SME8 that I should upgrade to version 9.

I don't think there is any pressing reason for you to upgrade to version 9, unless you have new hardware which doesn't work with sme8.

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Re: SME Server 9.0
« Reply #6 on: July 01, 2014, 01:47:31 AM »
Just an aside, it is those small points in time that pass quickly that make the effort and friendships worthwhile.

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Re: SME Server 9.0
« Reply #7 on: July 01, 2014, 04:00:57 AM »
I don't think there is any pressing reason for you to upgrade to version 9, unless you have new hardware which doesn't work with sme8.
When was released version 8 the 7.6 version has become obsolete and so no more updates ... I think that even with the release of version 9 will no longer be issued updates for 8, is not it?

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Re: SME Server 9.0
« Reply #8 on: July 01, 2014, 06:12:40 AM »
When was released version 8 the 7.6 version has become obsolete and so no more updates ... I think that even with the release of version 9 will no longer be issued updates for 8, is not it?

SME8 based on CentOS 5.#, CentOS EOL, you have a few years, http://wiki.centos.org/About/Product
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Re: SME Server 9.0
« Reply #9 on: July 01, 2014, 06:23:58 AM »
This is good news for me ... thank you very much :)

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Re: SME Server 9.0
« Reply #10 on: July 01, 2014, 02:17:16 PM »
Workstation backup will restore fine, you just have to setup the new SME9 with the settings to access the workstation backup file..
How is this done?  My fresh SME 9 installation says "Insert removable media containing your backup file, then hit the enter key."  When I do hit the enter key, it responds with "no removable media or device found."  It doesn't prompt at any point for network settings.
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Re: SME Server 9.0
« Reply #11 on: July 01, 2014, 03:35:51 PM »
How is this done?  My fresh SME 9 installation says "Insert removable media containing your backup file, then hit the enter key."  When I do hit the enter key, it responds with "no removable media or device found."  It doesn't prompt at any point for network settings.


Firstly are you using a VM or hardware, if hardware what hardware..

and we are talking about Workstation Backup and restore as configured and used from the server manager, I think you are describing the restore option that is available from the console.
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Re: SME Server 9.0
« Reply #12 on: July 01, 2014, 04:10:44 PM »
It's hardware, a few-year-old AMD system, 8 GB of RAM and a 400 GB hard drive.  I'm installing on that system to test 9.0 (particularly the part about how it has to have a fresh install and restore from backup, rather than an upgrade in place).  I have a "workstation" backup in an NFS share on my NAS server.

When booting a fresh, unconfigured installation of SME 9.0, the first question it asks is "do you wish to restore from backup?"  When answered in the affirmative, the next two prompts are as I posted--insert the removable media, and then no removable media found.  Does the first-boot configuration not support restoring from a network backup, but only from attached storage?  That seems suboptimal.

Is it then the case that I should continue through the configuration (not restoring from backup), and then restore through the server-manager (presumably overwriting the configuration, root password, etc. I just set up)?
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Re: SME Server 9.0
« Reply #13 on: July 01, 2014, 04:16:51 PM »
It's hardware, a few-year-old AMD system, 8 GB of RAM and a 400 GB hard drive.  I'm installing on that system to test 9.0 (particularly the part about how it has to have a fresh install and restore from backup, rather than an upgrade in place).  I have a "workstation" backup in an NFS share on my NAS server.

When booting a fresh, unconfigured installation of SME 9.0, the first question it asks is "do you wish to restore from backup?"  When answered in the affirmative, the next two prompts are as I posted--insert the removable media, and then no removable media found.  Does the first-boot configuration not support restoring from a network backup, but only from attached storage?  That seems suboptimal.

Is it then the case that I should continue through the configuration (not restoring from backup), and then restore through the server-manager (presumably overwriting the configuration, root password, etc. I just set up)?

The restore from backup option at the time of install is for a backup that has been done from the console, NOT a workstation backup.

To use a workstation backup complete the install of SME9, enter server manager, configure the workstation backup to match the old server setup, restore from the backup.

or do a console backup on the old server and use that at the time of install on your SME install
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Re: SME Server 9.0
« Reply #14 on: July 01, 2014, 05:12:55 PM »
In both of these different restore from back-up types:
(1) Console restore from backup, and
(2) Server-manager workstation back-up (restore)

...  am I right in thinking that any contribs and i-bay apps have to be pre-installed (or installed later)?