CL-T090-550CL. The upgrade will involve a complete re-installation. It will therefore be necessary to backup any important files on the server. We will do our best to fully restore all cPanel accounts once the upgrade is complete, however, it is advised that clients download a copy of their backups as a precaution. During the upgrade there will be 2-4 hours downtime.Please check back regularly for updates.
[UPDATE: 2008-05-28]The new operating system we are installing is CentOS. This will replace the currently installed Fedora Core 6, which has become outdated and is no longer maintained or supported by its developers. CentOS is more stable and, in our opinion, a better choice for a production server environment.
The maintenance is currently being planned. Once it has been scheduled, we will copy a complete backup of all cPanel accounts, which we will use to restore your accounts after the installation. This means that any changes to your account AFTER the backup has been downloaded will be lost after the installation. We therefore recommend that you download a copy of your own account (and your customers' accounts) about an hour before the scheduled maintenance. It is also advisable to download SQL dumps of your databases as SQL dumps can often become corrupt while moving data around.
