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<b> Wiki under development </b>
 
 
<b>Upgrading from version between 8.0 to 8.6</b>
 
Upgrading to 8.8 is supported but there are a number of items you need to be aware of:
 
* 8.8 requires the installation of the proxy server on all setups.  In most cases a single server installation does not have proxy installed and configured.  You run the following command to see if proxy is installed and enable.
 
 
[zimbra@Server ~]$ zmprov gs `zmhostname` |grep zimbraService |grep proxy
zimbraServiceEnabled: proxy
zimbraServiceInstalled: proxy
 
 
If proxy shows as installed and enabled then proxy is running within your system.  If not, then you will need to enable proxy by following the [[Enabling_Zimbra_Proxy_and_memcached|'''Enabling Zimbra Proxy and memcached''']] wiki.
 
 
 
<b>Upgrading from version between 6.0.8 to 7.2.x </b>
 
 
In most cases, Zimbra Support recommends doing a migration to a new system, for more information, please see [[ZCS88-zxbackup-migration |'''Incremental Migration using Next Generation Backup''']]  
 
 
 
<b>Migration</b>
 
<b> NG Features </b>
 
NG HSM Module  After a successful upgrade the new HSM will be enabled.  No action needed
 
<u>NG Mobile Module:</u>  With a successful upgrade, you will need to know the following:
* Activation of NG mobile module needs to be performed on each mail store
* All accounts on the mail store will be migrated to the new NG mobile module at the time of activation
* The existing sync profiles will be used by the NG mobile module.
* Users do not need to update the profile on the device(s)
* Sync tokens will automatically be reset, which causes all data to automatically be reloaded on each device. 
* Legacy data will be removed before new data is synced.  Users could see the data on the device disappear the reappear, but all data should be the same.
* After device has been fully synced, users will be able to sync shared calendars, contacts and mail folders. 
* Zimbra Support recommends planning activation of NG mobile module during off hours to limit the confusion and user interruption that may occur do to re-syncing data.
* For customers running multiple mail stores, Support recommends staggering activation of NG mobile modules to limit end user confusion, network traffic and IO issues.
 
 
NG Admin Module -With a successful upgrade, you will need to know the following:
* Activation of NG Admin module needs to be performed after upgrade.
* When activating NG Admin module all servers in the cluster will be effected.
* Activating NG Admin module will convert existing ACL’s rules into NG Admin rules
* Existing ACL’s rules will be removed from the system.
* There is no option to restore legacy ACL’s.
* Support recommend testing NG Admin Module on a test system to verify it meets your origination needs.
 
NG Backup Module - With a successful upgrade, you will need to know the following:
 
* NG Backup Module will be installed on each Mail Store doing the upgrade or installation.
* NG Backup Module will only backup the account on the mail store
* NG Backup Module needs to be manually enabled
* NG Backup Module will perform a full scan at initialization - we recommend during after hours to limit system performance
* Legacy backup needs to disabled after completion of first scan

Latest revision as of 12:23, 29 November 2017

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