Created On: 2/27/2004 2:08:00 PM Note: Taken from http://support.ipswitch.com/kb/IM-19980116-JB11.htm
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Question/Problem: I want to move my IMail Server to a new machine.
Answer/Solution: If you are moving to a Windows 2000 Server make sure that the Microsoft SMTP service is disabled, as it is installed and started automatically by Microsoft.
To move an existing IMail Server to a new server, first install IMail on the new machine. Both machines should be running the same version of IMail. Then copy the IMail folder from the old machine to the new one. (If you have trouble copying the folder it may be necessary to stop IMail's services, including Web Messaging.) (If you burn the IMail directory to a CD be sure to zip the files and burn the zipped file to a CD so as not to change the permissions of the files within the IMail directory. Expand the zipped file on the new computer and then replace the IMail directory.)
The IMail registry from the old server needs to be moved to the new server. To export the IMail portion of the registry from the old machine see:
IMail - How to backup the IMail registry from the command line
Manually the registry can be copied from the old server by completing the following steps:
1) Click on Start | Run and type in "regedit" and hit enter.
2) Go to the path HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Ipswitch\IMail
3) Then Click on REGISTRY and select "Export Registry File". Give the file a name. The Export Range should be selected branch. The selected branch field should show the following: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Ipswitch\IMail
After ensuring this click on save.
To bring the copy of the registry file to the new server follow the steps below:
1) Copy this registry file to the new server via network drive or a floppy disk.
2) Then on the new machine Click on Start | Run and type in "regedit" and hit enter.
3) Then Click on REGISTRY and select "Import Registry File". Select the file you exported from the old machine. The users should now be transferred.
Important: stop and restart the SMTP service after the change. If you are running version 8, you should also stop and restart the Queue Manager service.
When you move from one machine to another, several things can change:
IP Address
Hostname
Drive Letter/Path
You will need to change these in the registry. Run Regedit. Go to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Ipswitch\IMail\Domains
There are two kinds of keys under Domains, IP Address keys, and hostname keys (the Official Hostname of each domain). Rename the IP address key to the new IP address. Open the hostname key for the domain that uses that IP address; change the "Address" value (that you see on the right side) to the new IP address.
If you need to change the Drive Letter/Path open the Global key.
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If you are using IMail Anti-Virus you must also stop the AV services and modify the line "BindAddress=x.x.x.x" in c:\symcscan\symcscan.cfg to match the new IP address of the mail server.
See: IMail AV - How to change the IP address for IMail AV
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