Upgrading Steps from EV 8.0.3 to 9.0

[GianniCool]

Hey EV Gurus,

I am in the process of upgrading from EV 8.0.3 to EV9.0.  My server is Win 2008 Standard 64-bit.  What are the steps from start to finish for upgrading to 9.0?  The reason I need to upgrade is that I am also upgrading my Exchange server to 2010.  Please help!

-John

[TonySterling]

As AndrewB said, you will need to do an upgrade of the existing EV site.  You can't just point an EV 9 installation to an EV Directory db and have it convert it.

[GianniCool]

Thanks guys!  I thought that this would be the way I had to do it.

-John

[AndrewB]

Hi John, if you have all the information you need please dont forget to mark this as solved.

[GianniCool]

OK, I have my new server built, and will upgrade to EV9 on the old server.  How hard is it to migrate all of EV to my new server?

[karen_timmons]

I have 7.5 and want to do an in-place upgrade to 8, then to 9, then move 9 to a 64bit platform.  I know that I have to sequentially upgrade but i have a few specific questions. 

a) is this upgrade approach correct and reasonable (understanding that there are pot intall tasks that must be done with each)

b) do i need to upgrade all the prerequisites for 8 before upgrading to 9, then upgrade prereqs again for 9 before moving to 9?

c)  are there "data migration" steps i must follow as i move up in EV versions, or just at the end when i reach 9 on 64bit?

Thanks in advance for your time and expertise!

[AndrewB]

karen, can you please start a new thread for your question?

[Mohawk_Marvin]

Not simple. Look up

TVS TransVault

Glasshouse ArchiveShuttle

Procedo PAMM

or bluesource EVolve

There are probably others out there too

[JesusWept3]

Thats only true if you are migrating from an old site to a new site.
But unless i'm misunderstanding things, you are just simply migrating EV to new hardware? in which case moving vault stores and index volumes is pretty simple and doesn't require any 3rd party add ons

[JesusWept3]

How to move indexing locations to a different EV Server in the same site:
http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH51450

How to move a vault store to a different EV Server in the same site:
http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH47388

And the slightly more over the top "How to move EV to a new server"
http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH55377

[GianniCool]

Thanks JesusWept, I'll read through these and get going on this.

-John