Testing Production Data on a Test Server
PLEASE READ ALL THESE INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY BEFORE PROCEEDING.
Failing to follow these instructions can cause you to inadvertently upgrade your production database, or to send out duplicate mailings. If you are uncertain about following these instructions, contact your account representative, who can arrange a demonstration of the new features in ListManager 7.8.
You should NOT send or receive test mailings using this method, since doing so will interfere with your production server.
1. Obtain an evaluation serial code from your Lyris account representative.
2. Make a copy of your production ListManager database to be used for evaluation purposes.
3. Create a blank database to be used during installation.
4. Install ListManager 7.8 on a test server, using the blank database. Be sure to specify the blank database during installation, not your production database or your test database.
5. Open the file lmcfg.txt with a plain text editor, and edit it so ListManager now uses your test database instead of the blank database.
6. Open a command prompt, and run the following command to move the configuration settings to your test server:
lm configmove
7. At the command prompt, run the following command to enter your evaluation serial code:
lm serial xxxxxx
Where xxxxxx is your evaluation serial code.
8. At the command prompt, run the following command to upgrade the database to be used by ListManager 7.8:
lm dbupgrade
9. IMPORTANT: Start ListManager so it does not send or receive mail. To do so, start it at the command prompt like so:
lm start noincoming nomail
10. Start the ListManager Web Server.
More
1. Important Upgrade Information
3. Testing Production Data on a Test Server
3. Upgrading ListManager from 4.2 .1
4. Upgrading ListManager 5.0 or Higher
5. After Upgrading ListManager