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Log in as
root
to the {product-short} server andcd
to the directory where the {product-abbrev} {product-edition-commercial} archive tar file is saved. For example,cd /var/tmp
. Then type the following commands:Unpack the file
tar xzvf zcs.tgz
Change to the correct directory.
cd <expanded-directory>
Begin the upgrade installation.
./install.sh
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The upgrade script checks if
proxy
andmemcached
are present. If both are found, the upgrade will proceed. If either are missing then the upgrade will abort and alert.Note-
From 8.7.0 onwards proxy and memcached are required.
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The {product-short} software agreement is displayed. Read this software license agreement and type
Y
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When
Use Zimbra’s packaging server [Y]
is displayed, pressenter
to continue. Your system will be configured to add the Zimbra packaging repository for 'yum' or apt-get so it can install the Zimbra third party packages. -
When
Do you wish to upgrade? [Y]
is displayed, pressenter
to continue. The upgrade packages are unpacked. -
The packages are listed. The installer also lists packages that are not installed. If you want to install the packages at this time, type
Y
; otherwise pressenter
. The upgrade checks that there is enough space to perform the upgrade. If there is not enough space, the upgrade stops. -
When
The system will be modified. Continue? [N]
is displayed, typeY
and pressenter
. The {product-short} server is stopped, and the older packages are removed. The upgrade process verifies which version of ZCS is being run and proceeds to upgrade the services, restores the existing configuration files, and restarts the server. If you have a configuration with a large number of accounts created, this can take a while. -
If you have not set the time zone, you will be asked to set it. This sets the time zone in the default COS. The time zone that should be entered is the time zone that the majority of users in the COS will be located in.
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When Configuration complete, press
enter
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After all MTA nodes are upgraded to {product-name} {product-version}, the following commands may be run to fix the default globalconfig values, if necessary.
zmprov mcf zimbraMtaCommandDirectory /opt/zimbra/common/sbin zmprov mcf zimbraMtaDaemonDirectory /opt/zimbra/common/libexec zmprov mcf zimbraMtaMailqPath /opt/zimbra/common/sbin/mailq zmprov mcf zimbraMtaManpageDirectory /opt/zimbra/common/share/man zmprov mcf zimbraMtaNewaliasesPath /opt/zimbra/common/sbin/newaliases zmprov mcf zimbraMtaSendmailPath /opt/zimbra/common/sbin/sendmail
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DSPAM is not longer shipped starting Zimbra Collaboration 8.7. Please enter the following commands to disable it.
zmprov ms `zmhostname` zimbraAmavisDSPAMEnabled FALSE zmlocalconfig -e amavis_dspam_enabled=false zmamavisdctl restart
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The upgrade is complete. It is recommended that you perform a full backup after performing a major upgrade, due to database schema changes.