Advanced Techniques: Robocopy for Smarter Mail Server Migration

To minimize downtime when migrating your Smarter Mail installation, use Robocopy to copy data a few days before the move and then copy only the changed data. This speeds up the migration process and reduces the final step, ensuring a smoother transition.

Note:

• To migrate Smarter Mail data, follow the steps below to migrate a Smarter Mail 16.x or previous installation to a new server running the current 100.0.xxxx version. If you want to upgrade simultaneously, migrate to the server and perform the upgrade, or perform the upgrade on the old server and then migrate.
• The final stage of replication requires the critical stopping of the Smarter Mail service on both servers.

a) How do I migrate Smarter Mail to a different server using Robocopy ?

1. First, enter C:\>Robocopy [source] [destination] /MIR /ZB /R:1 /W:3 to mirror the data and wait 3 seconds. Try again if connectivity issues occur.

2. If migrating in a multi-stage operation, repeat the operation with the service stopped.

Note: The /MIR command overwrites any data in the destination folder that doesn’t match the source folder.