Upgrading from ListManager 7.x

To upgrade from v.7x

1. Upgrade to v8.9c.

2. Upgrade from v8.9c to v9.3.

Upgrading ListManager--Windows

1. Shut down ListManager and the ListManager web server.

2. Double click on the ListManager installer icon.

3. Upgrade to v8.9c: When running the ListManager installer, select "Upgrade" instead of "New Install", and provide the installer with the path where ListManager is currently installed. The installer will automatically copy the data if necessary and upgrade the database.

     NOTE Upgrading the database may take several hours, depending on the size of your data.

4. Allow the installer to start ListManager and the ListManager web server.

5. Close ListManager and the Listmanager web server, and then upgrade one more time to v9.3.

Upgrading ListManager: Unix

1. Shut down ListManager and the ListManager web server.

2. Untar and unzip the ListManager installer.

3. Cd to the directory created by the ListManager installer.

4. Run the following command to start the installer:

./install_lm.pl

5. Upgrade to v8.9c: When running the ListManager installer, select "Upgrade" instead of "New Install", and provide the installer with the path where ListManager is currently installed. The installer will automatically copy the data if necessary and upgrade the database.

6. Allow the installer to start ListManager and the ListManager web server.

7. Close ListManager and the ListManager web server, and then upgrade one more time to v9.3.

For details on how to upgrade ListManager on Unix, see How to Upgrade ListManager by Hand.

Upgrading and Your Database Server

Starting with v7.8, ListManager's database structure was optimized to be more scalable. These changes will make mailing speeds on database servers with sufficient hardware faster than ever. However, underpowered database servers may have performance problems. Before upgrading from v7.6 or earlier, see Requirements and Recommendations to determine whether your database server meets the requirements.

ListManager also uses more database space than previous versions, and the upgrade may take a long time to perform. See Preparing to Upgrade for instructions about how to reduce the size of your database before upgrading.

Notes

    ListManager 7.5 and above no longer support the Perl-based web interface that was shipped with previous versions of ListManager. This also includes LCP, which may have been used to create custom scripts. If you have been using the old interface extensively or use custom scripting to run certain portions of ListManager prior to ListManager 7.5 (including list member signup forms), please contact support prior to upgrading.

    New tables created by ListManager in MSSQL will be owned by DBO. In versions before 8.1, the ListManager tables were owned by the user.