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

[Shelley & Kurt Kemperman]

Thanks, Chris!  I'm pretty sure we have 2.9, should we still go to  
3.0.0 first (you had written 2.2.x - not sure if still the same concept)

On Mar 6, 2012, at 4:09 PM, Chris Cormack wrote:

> * Shelley & Kurt Kemperman (ksckemperman at chartermi.net) wrote:
>> 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.
>
> If you are coming from 2.2.x you will need to go 3.0.0 first, then you
> can go to 3.6.x from there.
>
> http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Upgrading_2.2
>
> Chris
>
>> On Mar 6, 2012, at 3:03 AM, Mason James wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> On 2012-03-2, at 1:59 AM, Shelley & Kurt Kemperman wrote:
>>>
>>>> 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
>>>
>>>
>>>> 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?
>>>
>>> go linux, not osx/mac
>>>
>>>>
>>>> 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?
>>>
>>> you will have some problems, a Koha-2 to Koha-3 update is not
>>> straight-forward
>>>
>>> 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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