Migrate to 9.0 on a new system

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To migrate to 9.0 on a new server, install the 9.0 server into a new directory. Next, copy all library directories (including those in the default "arc" subdirectory) to the same paths on the new system.

Run a command line import of any libraries to convert them to 9.0 format. This procedure is described in Importing 7.x/8.0 Libraries.

Then copy these files to the UnForm server directory:

•	ufarcacc.dat – library/user access table

•	ufarcgrp.dat – groups table

•	ufarcgac.dat – library/group access table

•	ufarclib.dat – library full paths and properties

•	ufarcusr.dat – user table

If you wish to use new paths for any libraries, you may do so, but will need to use the browser interface Library maintenance function to change library path names before any archiving activity or browser access to the libraries takes place. Any library location changes require that the library table be updated to reflect the new physical library locations.

In order to continue to print from the old system to the new one, install an UnForm 9.0 client on the old system, and add a –server name-or-IP option to the uf90c command lines to submit print jobs to the new server.

Group Permissions

If you are migrating from 7.0/7.1, then you need to be aware that group permission interpretation changed in 8.0 and 9.0. As always, if a user is assigned specific permissions to a library, those take precendence. However, if a user is assigned to any group, then the permissions of the group are used for all libraries, and no library default permissions are applied. If a user is not a member of any group, then default permissions are applied by library. In 7.0/7.1, default permissions applied to any library that was not specifically assigned group permissions. In general, this means that if you use groups and have users assigned to those groups, then you must explicitly define group permissions for each library.

Windows Drive Letters

In 9.0, all Windows libraries include the drive letter in their path. If you copy ufarclib.dat from a previous system that does not have drive letters, you could end up with duplicate library names pointing to the same physical library. You can delete the non-drive letter version of the library using the admin browser interface Libraries tool.