[Koha] Moving to a newer server and OS

[Huck]

Joshua,

Is is possible if you simply want to move your books/records (not sure 
what they are actually called) can you Marc21 export from the Koha 
v2.x.x and then import via v3.0?

I tried this today as I finally got Koha v3.0 up and running, and the 
Marc21 data staged fine...but when 'completing the import' it got to 8% 
and then hung...didn't move for 2hrs...so I figured it was *pooft*

--Huck

Joshua Ferraro wrote:
> Hey Tim,
> 
> On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 4:15 PM, Tim McMahon - West Liberty Public
> Library <tmcmahon at wlpl.org> wrote:
>> We'd like to upgrade to Koha 3.0, but put it on a new server.  Our
>>  current OS is Debian Sarge.  The new server will need to run Etch
>>  because Sarge won't install on the new hardware.  This also means we'll
>>  be switching from MySQL version 4 to 5.  Is it possible to do a
>>  mysqldump on the old server and load the data on the new server, then
>>  install Koha 3 and do the updates?  Is there anything I need to do to
>>  the database for the MySQL upgrade before I start the Koha updates?
> Before doing the update, I'd recommend getting Koha 3 up and running on
> your Etch box, playing around with it, there's a nice amount of sample data,
> and you can easily enough import some sample bib data, to get your feet wet.
> 
> Koha 3 requires mysql version 5 or greater. You can do a restore from a
> mysqldump from an earlier version of mysql to mysql 5. There are some
> instructions for upgrading from Koha 2 up on the wiki:
> 
> http://wiki.koha.org/doku.php?id=22_to_30
> 
> Note the QANotes here:
> http://wiki.koha.org/doku.php?id=en:development:qanotes3.0,
> which explain some of the changes and new conventions (including
> things like frameworks
> and statuses). The Zebra-related notes are of particular importance as
> well, though most of
> the heavy lifting for that stuff is handled by the installer.
> 
> As always, be sure to test everything carefully on a test instance before
> running it on your production database.
> 
> Let us know how you like 3.0, and if you have any questions.
> 
> Cheers,
>