The Frugal Tech

Moving VSI-FAX to a new server is relatively simple and VSI-FAX 6.1 is compatible with Windows 2008 and 2012.
Here are the steps to migrate VSI-FAX:

1. Install VSI-FAX 6.1 on the new server.
2. Shut down VSI-FAX scheduler on both the new and old VSI-FAX servers.
3. Perform the following:
   1. On the new VSI-FAX server, shut down both VSI-FAX services (Scheduler and Administrator Console).
      Rename the following files:
      \program files (x86)\vsi-fax\faxserver\lib\vsisrv.ini to vsisrv.ini.ORIG
      \program files (x86)\vsi-fax\faxserver\lib\dialcode.lst to dialcode.lst.ORIG
      Rename the following folders:
      \program files (x86)\vsi-fax\faxserver\lib\covers to covers.ORIG
      \program files (x86)\vsi-fax\faxserver\spool\dbs to dbs.ORIG
      Copy the files and folders listed above from the old vsifax server to the new vsifax server.
4. Keep the old VSI-FAX server’s scheduler turned off and start up the
   new VSI-FAX scheduler to see if all the settings have been migrated.
5. Set the VSI-FAX services on the old server to manual.
6. Ensure all the VSI-FAX clients are pointing to the new VSI-FAX server by editing
   C:\Program Files (x86)\VSI-FAX\faxserver\lib\vsifax.ini to point at the new server.

That should be all there is to migrating VSI-FAX to a new server. If running VSI-FAX 6.0 and want to upgrade to VSI-FAX 6.2 you will need to upgrade the old VSI-FAX server to VSI-FAX 6.1 then VSI-FAX 6.2 before migration. The above steps are valid once you install VSI-FAX 6.2 on the new server.

Enjoy.

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