Do I need to reboot the server after upgrading MailEnable Standard?
Do I need to reboot the server after upgrading MailEnable Professional?
Can I just stop and restart the mailenable services?
I installed the standard upgrade, stopped and restarted the services, installed the professional upgrade, stopped and restarted the services.
Is this enough or do I need to physically reboot the server? If so, do I have to reboot between each upgrade?
Stopping all the services and starting all the services means that users will see a small network blip while the services are restarting. Stopping the server will mean a longer outage while the server restarts (not good).
Look forward to your guidance. Steve
Upgrade of MailEnable Professional - Server reboot required?
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To install MailEnable Standard without a reboot (and ensure that all files are upgraded properly) you need to:
- 1.. Shutdown all MailEnable Services
- 2.. Shutdown any MailEnable COM+ Applications
- 3.. Shutdown IIS
- 4.. Close the Administration Console
The reason you need to shut all these down is that Mail Services shipped in Professional Edition will lock resources in Standard Edition - hence everything needs to be shutdown before the upgrade.
Professional is less of an issue because it sits on top of Standard Edition; but you should so the same.
Point taken about the reboot - we reviewing the installation process so that it can optionally shutdown the appropriate services before installation.
- 1.. Shutdown all MailEnable Services
- 2.. Shutdown any MailEnable COM+ Applications
- 3.. Shutdown IIS
- 4.. Close the Administration Console
The reason you need to shut all these down is that Mail Services shipped in Professional Edition will lock resources in Standard Edition - hence everything needs to be shutdown before the upgrade.
Professional is less of an issue because it sits on top of Standard Edition; but you should so the same.
Point taken about the reboot - we reviewing the installation process so that it can optionally shutdown the appropriate services before installation.
Regards, Andrew
Thanks Dave for your quick response.
Item 1: Done.
Item 2: I assume these are listed in the services section of Computer Management Console. If so I didn't have any.
Item 3: This is now getting a little bit more serious. On my server IIS is running other web services as well as WebMail.
Item 4: Not sure what this means when I use Windows Terminal Services to connect to the server.
Do I still need to reboot the server between upgrade of standard edition and professional edition? Or can I upgrade both and then reboot? Is it 1 or 2 reboots in total?
Since this is not a simple case of stopping the Mail Enable services (since IIS needs to be stopped, etc.) I will have to arrange a very early start to reboot the server. Rats, I was hoping for a good lie in tomorrow.
Thanks again Dave, Please just clarify the total number of reboots needed.
Can I also suggest that the upgrade procedures (both the reboot and the alternative version) are clarified and a link posted on the download page.
Item 1: Done.
Item 2: I assume these are listed in the services section of Computer Management Console. If so I didn't have any.
Item 3: This is now getting a little bit more serious. On my server IIS is running other web services as well as WebMail.
Item 4: Not sure what this means when I use Windows Terminal Services to connect to the server.
Do I still need to reboot the server between upgrade of standard edition and professional edition? Or can I upgrade both and then reboot? Is it 1 or 2 reboots in total?
Since this is not a simple case of stopping the Mail Enable services (since IIS needs to be stopped, etc.) I will have to arrange a very early start to reboot the server. Rats, I was hoping for a good lie in tomorrow.
Thanks again Dave, Please just clarify the total number of reboots needed.
Can I also suggest that the upgrade procedures (both the reboot and the alternative version) are clarified and a link posted on the download page.
Steve Power
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No worries - I am just trying to clarify whether the current releases now allow installation with no reboots. Will post accordingly. BTW - there is an error in my Post. You do not need to shutdown the web server when upgrading standard. You only need to shutdown the COM+ package.
This would mean that you do not need to reboot the server when upgrading standard edition - Professional edition currently will require a reboot.
This would mean that you do not need to reboot the server when upgrading standard edition - Professional edition currently will require a reboot.
Regards, Andrew
Reboots
Steve,
Not sure if this helps, but I usually install the latest version of Standard, I don't reboot, then install the latest version of Pro... Then I reboot. Sofar, everything seems to have been working OK for me!
Cya,
Mike
Not sure if this helps, but I usually install the latest version of Standard, I don't reboot, then install the latest version of Pro... Then I reboot. Sofar, everything seems to have been working OK for me!
Cya,
Mike