Upgrading R5 to R6 Guidance

[snailworks]

Just received R6 and am a relative newbie to Domino. Anything special that needs to be done in order to upgrade from R5?
Am running an a single W2K Domino server in small 50-pc, single-site environment.

 

[BlackHawk2]

Same thing here, accept I did not upgrade my R5, I was hoping to install the R6 to a new server and migrate the databases as in ccMail -> R5... is this possible?

BH2 "Act before there is a problem. Bring order before there is disorder."
~The Tao Te Ching

 

[BlackHawk2]

I have set up a Win2K Server to test R6. I would like to have about 4 people on this new server for "real world" testing. Any ideas on the best way to do this... my mind has hit a stump.

I am assuming that I can move these users off of the server onto the test one, but how would I direct only those 4 people's emails to the right server since their is only one domain?

BH2 "Act before there is a problem. Bring order before there is disorder."
~The Tao Te Ching

 

[BlackHawk2]

Problem resolved.

I set up a Win2K machine and ran the R6 Domino Server setup.
Made it link up with the R5 machine already in place.
Migrated 4 people for testing "real world"

BH2 "Act before there is a problem. Bring order before there is disorder."
~The Tao Te Ching

 

[Edgar71]

Check this out -->

http://publib-b.boulder.ibm.com/redbooks.nsf/RedbookAbstracts/sg246889.html?Open

 

[Guy987]

1.) Get the checklist from redbooks.ibm.com.

2.) Install R6. Be certain to have the server.id, the cert.id and the admin.id and notes.ini backed up. Also be certain that you have a velid and COMPLETE backup of everything - you just need the other things to be handy.

3.) Copy the old Notes.ini back to it's proper location afer you do the install.

4.) Launch the R6 server. Allow for the directory to be upgraded. Watch it upgrade all of the admin templates.

5.) Go through the cleanup procedures on the checklist.

I litterally did my cluster in about an hour. If you are doing multiple servers, the main concern is that you do the first server in the Domain first. If you only have one server, it is not a complicated upgrade at all.

One BIG thing. If you or anyone in your organization sends e-mail to a pager, ie. 2102263232@myairmail.com or you have events that are specifically going to do this... you may need the hotfix HF08 from IBM, as this my QNC the server.

Other than that, I have had no other issues with r6.