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Conference iosg::all-in-1_v30

Title:*OLD* ALL-IN-1 (tm) Support Conference
Notice:Closed - See Note 4331.l to move to IOSG::ALL-IN-1
Moderator:IOSG::PYE
Created:Thu Jan 30 1992
Last Modified:Tue Jan 23 1996
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:4343
Total number of notes:18308

1037.0. "Help with a cross between V2.4 & 3.0" by CGOOA::IUS (But that's another story ...) Mon Jul 13 1992 19:40

    Hi,
    
    I have a small (?) problem.  Our Ed services people wanted ALL-IN-1
    V3.0 installed on their system.  They said that we should "Blow away
    the old system" before installing the new one since it was used for
    training purposes only.
    
    I (foolishly, but happily) obliged.  I left all of the accounts intact,
    but deleted all of the ALL-IN-1 directories.  I then successfully
    installed V3.0.
    
    Now we are told that they do in fact have some "stuff" on that system
    that they want to keep.
    
    Now, since the structure of DOCDB.DAT has changed, creating a profile
    for existing accounts does not give proper access to the file cabinet.
    
    One option is to restore V2.4 again, then do a proper upgrade.  Is
    there another option?
    
    Any thoughts or suggestions would be appreciated.
    
    Thanks,
    
    /Don I.
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1037.1Restore and Upgrade easiest, but...IOSG::PYEGraham - ALL-IN-1 Sorcerer's ApprenticeTue Jul 14 1992 09:4516
    Actually the structure of DOCDB has *not* changed. We use some of the
    fields differently, but the file doesn't get converted during
    an upgrade.
    
    If you can restore the old system to a known state easily, then that is
    probably the simplest and most reliable way to get where you want.
    
    Otherwise, you could convert your old profile to the new format, fix up
    the partition seeding, bring back your old DAF, PENDING (maybe), the
    file that points to the shared areas (OA$SHARED_DIRECTORY_MASTER.DAT)
    so you get all the logicals defined again, maybe do some fixes to
    A1CONFIG. Bring back the TM files if you use TM....
    
    Convinced yet?  :-)
    
    Graham