Changes

* Select to do a Restore on first boot of the newly installed SME Server 9. Only attach USB containing the backup file, when asked on first reboot. Restore may take a few hours depending on data size etc. Make sure you wait for the Restore complete message.

* Select to do a Restore on first boot of the newly installed SME Server 9. Only attach USB containing the backup file, when asked on first reboot. Restore may take a few hours depending on data size etc. Make sure you wait for the Restore complete message.

======Upgrade via server manager backup to Desktop or Workstation (USB or network)======

======<big>Upgrade via server manager backup to Desktop or Workstation (USB or network)</big>======

* On the old server in server manager, configure the required backup in the Backup or Restore panel. Schedule the backup to run at a suitable time. This backup can be to a workstation desktop for systems with a smaller amount of data, which creates a smeserver.tgz backup file, or to a locally connected USB drive or to a network share, & creates xx...xx.dar files, split into multiple parts if configured & data size is large. This may take many hours to run depending on data size etc.

* On the old server in server manager, configure the required backup in the Backup or Restore panel. Schedule the backup to run at a suitable time. This backup can be to a workstation desktop for systems with a smaller amount of data, which creates a smeserver.tgz backup file, or to a locally connected USB drive or to a network share, & creates xx...xx.dar files, split into multiple parts if configured & data size is large. This may take many hours to run depending on data size etc.

* On the new SME9 server, manually configure the '''identical''' backup job in the server manager Backup or Restore panel. The backup job MUST point to the exact same location that the original backup file is saved to.

* On the new SME9 server, manually configure the '''identical''' backup job in the server manager Backup or Restore panel. The backup job MUST point to the exact same location that the original backup file is saved to.

* Select the Restore function within server manager & select the full backup you want to restore from. This may take many hours to run depending on data size, network speed etc. Make sure you wait for the Restore complete message.

* Select the Restore function within server manager & select the full backup you want to restore from. This may take many hours to run depending on data size, network speed etc. Make sure you wait for the Restore complete message.

* Basic networking configuration of the new and/or restored SME9 server will be required if different from original server.  

* Basic networking configuration of the new and/or restored SME9 server will be required if different from original server.

======Upgrade using command line restore via ssh or USB======

======Upgrade using command line restore via ssh or USB======