Comments on: Migrating from Small Business Server 2000 to Open Source Software http://www.skunkworks.ro/2006/07/migrating-from-small-business-server-2000-to-open-source-software/ Master of many trades. Solutions for your IT related problems. Fri, 01 Jan 2010 14:16:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: xp forum http://www.skunkworks.ro/2006/07/migrating-from-small-business-server-2000-to-open-source-software/#comment-29 xp forum Fri, 19 Oct 2007 14:42:27 +0000 http://89.34.203.86:80/wordpress/?p=11#comment-29 great blog and very attractif great blog and very attractif

]]> By: KevinH http://www.skunkworks.ro/2006/07/migrating-from-small-business-server-2000-to-open-source-software/#comment-28 KevinH Wed, 02 Aug 2006 02:00:42 +0000 http://89.34.203.86:80/wordpress/?p=11#comment-28 It's always better to have your mail server behind a firewall or router/firewall box. While it's possible to use iptables to get the right config we recommend that admins close off the server with a real or separate firewall and just open the SSL and MTA ports so mail can flow. Sorry to hear you ran into trouble. We've got lots of folks who could help you out on the forums. http://www.zimbra.com/forums -KevinH Zimbra It’s always better to have your mail server behind a firewall or router/firewall box. While it’s possible to use iptables to get the right config we recommend that admins close off the server with a real or separate firewall and just open the SSL and MTA ports so mail can flow.

Sorry to hear you ran into trouble. We’ve got lots of folks who could help you out on the forums. http://www.zimbra.com/forums

-KevinH
Zimbra

]]> By: David http://www.skunkworks.ro/2006/07/migrating-from-small-business-server-2000-to-open-source-software/#comment-27 David Tue, 01 Aug 2006 22:46:59 +0000 http://89.34.203.86:80/wordpress/?p=11#comment-27 I used Zimbra for about six months but eventually got annoyed with some of its shortcomings. Last week I migrated to Scalix (which also offers free Outlook Connectors) and I am very pleased with it. So much in fact I ended up writing quite a bit about it here: http://www.stress-free.co.nz/content/view/289/2/ Get in touch if you need any free advice/help. I used Zimbra for about six months but eventually got annoyed with some of its shortcomings. Last week I migrated to Scalix (which also offers free Outlook Connectors) and I am very pleased with it. So much in fact I ended up writing quite a bit about it here:
http://www.stress-free.co.nz/content/view/289/2/

Get in touch if you need any free advice/help.

]]> By: josh http://www.skunkworks.ro/2006/07/migrating-from-small-business-server-2000-to-open-source-software/#comment-26 josh Tue, 01 Aug 2006 14:36:34 +0000 http://89.34.203.86:80/wordpress/?p=11#comment-26 Instead of Fedora Core 4, you might want to try CentOS 4 - it is a free clone of RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 and therefore it is more stable (i.e. less bleeding edge software) and will be supported for 8 more years... plus, lots of packages designed for RHEL4 (such as Oracle) install very easily on CentOS 4... Instead of Fedora Core 4, you might want to try CentOS 4 – it is a free clone of RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 and therefore it is more stable (i.e. less bleeding edge software) and will be supported for 8 more years… plus, lots of packages designed for RHEL4 (such as Oracle) install very easily on CentOS 4…

]]> By: wannabe *nix guru http://www.skunkworks.ro/2006/07/migrating-from-small-business-server-2000-to-open-source-software/#comment-25 wannabe *nix guru Mon, 31 Jul 2006 12:32:03 +0000 http://89.34.203.86:80/wordpress/?p=11#comment-25 Well, we got stuck actually with the zimbra installation. IPTables configuration went fine. It took a little bit of time, but i managed to figure it out. The problem was with the zimbra configuration. After installing it, it worked ok and seemed to be fine. When shutting down the server, the mbx service seemed to halt. We waited around the server for some time for it to get back but it did not show any signs. The bad move was to do a reboot on the server when that service was shutting down. It was done by command, not by pushing reset or something, but i'm thinking it was kind of like a reboot in case of a power failure when the UPS could not take it anymore. After rebooting, the zimbra services seemed to start ok, but when accessing the site, it gave errors like "the page cannot be displayed"... We've searched the web for solutions, and it seemed that rerunning the configuration would have been the best solution. We did that, but the error was still there. It was already a little bit late and we decided to call it a day. I'm still wondering what the best solution would have been for this to be solved properly. We didn't take any hazardous actions when installing and it looked very well. I'm thinking that it was a little bit of a problem waiting to happen in case of a power failure. If you have any solutions to this, i would be very happy to put them to the test. Well, we got stuck actually with the zimbra installation.

IPTables configuration went fine. It took a little bit of time, but i managed to figure it out.

The problem was with the zimbra configuration. After installing it, it worked ok and seemed to be fine. When shutting down the server, the mbx service seemed to halt. We waited around the server for some time for it to get back but it did not show any signs.

The bad move was to do a reboot on the server when that service was shutting down. It was done by command, not by pushing reset or something, but i’m thinking it was kind of like a reboot in case of a power failure when the UPS could not take it anymore.

After rebooting, the zimbra services seemed to start ok, but when accessing the site, it gave errors like “the page cannot be displayed”…

We’ve searched the web for solutions, and it seemed that rerunning the configuration would have been the best solution. We did that, but the error was still there.

It was already a little bit late and we decided to call it a day.

I’m still wondering what the best solution would have been for this to be solved properly. We didn’t take any hazardous actions when installing and it looked very well. I’m thinking that it was a little bit of a problem waiting to happen in case of a power failure.

If you have any solutions to this, i would be very happy to put them to the test.

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