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Open "regedit"
Navigate to the following location: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Mail Enable
Select "file" in the top menu and select "Export registry file". Save the file as "MailEnable.reg"
Copy the .reg file to the new server and double click the file to import the saved MailEnable registry settings on the new server.
NOTE: If a different version of MailEnable is installed on the new server then do not perform the backup/restore of the MailEnable registry settings.
2. Stop all MailEnable services on the source server.
3. Stop all MailEnable services on the destination server.
4. Copy the following directories and subdirectories from the source server to the destination server:
C:\Program Files\Mail Enable\Dictionaries (Optional - Professional and Enterprise only)
C:\Program Files\Mail Enable\Config (Mandatory - contains configuration information)
C:\Program Files\Mail Enable\Postoffices (Mandatory - contains postoffices and messages)
C:\Program Files\Mail Enable\Bad Mail (Optional - contains Bad Mail messages)
C:\Program Files\Mail Enable\Logging (Optional - contains log files)
C:\Program Files\Mail Enable\Queues (Optional - contains messages queued for delivery)
Note: If an alternate data directory has been specified in the installation of MailEnable, copy the respective directories from this location
5. Database Considerations (Optional)
If you are running the Enterprise edition and using a database to store the configuration data then the copy part of this document will be as follows:
In general the procedure is the same and at this stage you should use the provider migration utility to ensure that the new server is configured to use a database rather than tab delimited files.
If the database is on the existing machine you will need to do the following:
Install the database application on the new machine (if not already installed).
Backup the database from the old machine.
Copy the backup to the new machine.
Restore the backup.
Use the provider migration utility to configure MailEnable to use the new database.
6. Having migrated the datafiles to the new server, it may be necessary to ensure that any security settings associated with the migrated data have been reset. You need to ensure that the IME_ADMIN and IME_STORE_GROUP accounts have access to specific MailEnable directories. Enter each of the commands below in a command prompt on the destination server:
CACLS "C:\Program Files\Mail Enable\Config" /t /e /g IME_ADMIN:F
CACLS "C:\Program Files\Mail Enable\Queues" /t /e /g IME_ADMIN:F
CACLS "C:\Program Files\Mail Enable\Postoffices" /t /e /g IME_ADMIN:F
When migrating to version 3 servers or servers where the server lockdown hotfix has been applied (ME-10031 - http://www.mailenable.com/security/lockdown.asp) the following commands are also required:
CACLS "C:\Program Files\Mail Enable\Queues" /t /e /g IME_SYSTEM:F
CACLS "C:\Program Files\Mail Enable\Logging" /t /e /g IME_SYSTEM:F
CACLS "C:\Program Files\Mail Enable\Bad Mail" /t /e /g IME_SYSTEM:F
CACLS "C:\Program Files\Mail Enable\Backup" /t /e /g IME_SYSTEM:F
CACLS "C:\Program Files\Mail Enable\Bin" /t /e /g IME_SYSTEM:R
CACLS "C:\Program Files\Mail Enable\Config" /t /e /g IME_SYSTEM:F
CACLS "C:\Program Files\Mail Enable\Post Offices" /t /e /g IME_STORE_GROUP:F
7. If password encryption was enabled on the legacy server then you will need to export the following registry key in order to continue using the encrypted password configuration on the new server after performing the migration. Once exported copy the .reg file to the new server and double click the file to import the key.
Registry key required:
Root: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Mail Enable\Mail Enable\Providers\Authentication
Value Type: REG_SZ
Value Name: Encryption Key
Value: [Your Encryption Key]
8. Start all services on the target server.
9. Change any DNS MX entries to point to the new server.
10. Ensure to start only the SMTP Connector service on the source server. If all the other services are enabled (MTA in particular), it will try and deliver all mail locally.
11. While the DNS MX entries propagate (usually within 48 hrs) you can periodically copy the contents of the SMTP "inbound" queue directory from the source server to the target servers "inbound" SMTP queue location.
e.g. C:\Program Files\Mail Enable\Queues\SMTP\Inbound
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