4.3 Post-Migration Considerations

After upgrading from a previous version of Web Search or QuickFinder Server, be aware of the following issues:

  • If you are migrating from an existing NetWare server with Web Search Server to a new Linux server with QuickFinder Server, you must manually copy files from NetWare to Linux so that everything doesn’t need to be newly created.

  • QuickFinder Server 5.0 indexes are not compatible with previous version of QuickFinder Server. The indexes must be regenerated, and you cannot synchronize QuickFinder Server 5.0 indexes with indexes from a previous version of QuickFinder Server (and vice-versa).

  • The new template files are not placed in the <qfsearch>/Templates directory because this overwrites any changes you might have made to them.

    Instead, the new template files are placed in the <qfsearch>/Templates/Samples directory. To take advantage of the functionality the new templates provide, copy the template files from the <qfsearch>Templates/Samples directory to the <qfsearch>/Templates directory.