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http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8874
 
http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8874
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=== Moving from SME 7.x to SME 8 ===
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{{Note box|Please note this information has not been thoroughly tested but may serve to assist - it worked for me but YMMV.}}
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See this thread:
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http://forums.contribs.org/index.php/topic,46531.0.html
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and this Bug :
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http://bugs.contribs.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6195
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It would appear that you cannot rename the VolumeGroup on a SME 7 installation with the SME 8 CD
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{{Note box|Before you start,  It might be worth fscking the disk/s to ensure that there are no errors.}}
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# Make sure you have a very good backup
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# signal-event pre-backup on the old installation
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# Boot with a SME7 CD and only one of your original disks (in the case of a RAID1 arrangement)
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# As per instructions in "Boot from SME Server 7.1 (or newer) install CD" above :
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Type "sme rescue" at the command prompt and hit enter
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Note: don't start the network and skip mounting the filesystem.
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mdadm -AR /dev/md5 /dev/hdx2
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lvm vgscan
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lvm vgs -v
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lvm vgchange -a n
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lvm vgrename orig_vg_name new_vg_name
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exit
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Now remove the CD and reboot into SME 8 :
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mdadm -AR /dev/md5 /dev/hdx2
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vgscan
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vgchange -a y new_vg_name
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mkdir /mnt/tmp
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mount /dev/new_vg_name/root /mnt/tmp
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{{Note box|In some rare cases your VolumeGroup name listed in the last line might be different, more information can be found in [[[[bugzilla: 3883]]]].}}
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You should now be able to view all your old data under /mnt/tmp
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db configuration setprop backup Program CopyFromDisk status enabled
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signal-event pre-restore
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signal-event restore-tape /mnt/old (note: this step may take a long time depending on how much data is being restored
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signal-event post-upgrade
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signal-event reboot
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Shutdown and remove old drive and reboot
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All the usual warnings apply. Remember that any old contribs & templates will have to be reinstalled (assuming that they will work with V8)
    
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