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Testing production data on a test server

The best way to test Aurea List Manager is to install it with a clean database on a test server first before upgrading your production server.

WARNING

Failing to follow these instructions can cause you to upgrade your production database inadvertently, or to send out duplicate mailings. If you are uncertain about following these instructions, contact your account representative, who can arrange a demonstration of the new features in Aurea List Manager.

You should not send or receive test mailings using this method. Doing so interferes with your production server. Follow the steps below to perform the installation.

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Installing

  1. Obtain an evaluation serial code from your Lyris account representative.
  2. Make a copy of your production Aurea List Manager database to be used for evaluation purposes.
  3. Create a blank database to be used during installation.
  4. You need to know the name of this Aurea List Manager machine as it is configured in your database.
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Upgrading

The upgrade process to Aurea List Manager 9.x varies depending on which version you are currently using:

To upgrade from 6.x or lower

  • Upgrade to 7.0
  • Upgrade from 7.0 to 8.9c.
  • Upgrade from 8.9c to 9.x.

To upgrade from 7x

  • Upgrade to 8.9c.
  • Upgrade from 8.9c to 9.x.

To upgrade from 8.x

  • Upgrade to 9.x.
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Pre-testing Procedures

For Testing Upgrade from 5.0-7.8 to 9.x

  1. Open a command prompt on the old machine, and change to the Aurea List Manager directory.
  2. Run lm configlist for a list of the machine names in Aurea List Manager's database.
  3. Note the names.
  4. Jump and follow the steps below in number 7.

For Testing Upgrade from 7.8 to 8.9

  1. Open the file lmcfg.txt (located in C:\Program Files\ListManager or ~/ListManager/bin) using a plain-text editor such as Notepad.
  2. Note the value of $node_name.
  3. Install Aurea List Manager on a test server, using the blank database.
  4. Select New Install
  5. When the installer requests the database information, be sure to specify the blank database during installation, not your production database, or your test database.
  6. Shut down Aurea List Manager if you started it after the installation.
  7. Open the file lmcfg.txt with a plain text editor, and edit it, so Aurea List Manager now uses your test database instead of the blank database.
  8. Change the value of $node_name to be the name of your old Aurea List Manager installation.
  9. At the command prompt, run the following command to upgrade the database to be used by ListManager: lm dbupgrade .
  10. This process may take several hours, depending on how extensive your database is.
  11. At the command prompt, run the following command to enter your evaluation serial code: lm serial xxxxxx Where xxxxxx is your evaluation serial code

Important

Start Aurea List Manager so it does not send or receive mail. To do so, start it at the command prompt with the command: lm start noincoming nomail

  1. Start the ListManager Web Server.
  2. Go to Utilities > Administration > Sites and edit any sites you have so that the Internet Host Name field for each site is the name of your new Aurea List Manager machine. Also, assign the IP addresses Aurea List Manager should use for SMTP and NNTP on each site.
  1. Go to Utilities > Administration > Server > Server Settings > Machine Settings > IP Addresses and specify what IP addresses Aurea List Manager should bind to for DNS lookups.
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