[Koha] ?s re Koha on a Mac - server died

[Shelley & Kurt Kemperman]

Thanks, Mason.  Are there some typical problems we should expect when  
we upgrade or does it vary?  Also wondering if it would cause less  
problems to update to 3.4 or lower, then update again later.
On Mar 6, 2012, at 3:03 AM, Mason James wrote:

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> On 2012-03-2, at 1:59 AM, Shelley & Kurt Kemperman wrote:
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>> I work in a small school library.  The school's computers run on an  
>> Apple server.  When we installed Koha, the tech used a separate  
>> Dell server with Linux and connected it to the library Mac.  The  
>> Dell server just died and I have some questions.
>>
>> Our new IT guy found a link to download Koha to a Mac, but that is  
>> version 3.0 - we originally had version 2.9, but I know that Koha  
>> is up to 3.6 at this point.  Is it recommended to download to a Mac
>
> no, it's quite tricky, and very few people on the Koha-lists run  
> Koha on OSX
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>> We do not need the capability to connect to other libraries in a  
>> network, but I do use the z39.50 function to import MARC records.   
>> So, first ?, should we go with the Mac download or install a new  
>> Linux server/computer?
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> go linux, not osx/mac
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>> Second ?, our Koha records were backed up using CrashPlan so  
>> hopefully we didn't lose anything.  When we re-download Koha  
>> (whether on a Mac or with Linux), I would love to use an updated  
>> version.  Are we going to have problems restoring the original data  
>> into an updated version?
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> you will have some problems, a Koha-2 to Koha-3 update is not  
> straight-forward
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> only consider upgrading to the current stable version of Koha (3.6)  
> when you have successfully restored your existing version Koha-2.9  
> on linux
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