Hi,
I am wondering if someone can give some advise on the best process for moving a Pacsone 5.2.1 installation to a new windows 2008 server. We are happy to upgrade the installation to the latest version at the same time or as part of a staged process.
Many Thanks
Tony
Moving Pacsone to New server
There are 2 ways to migrate an existing PacsOne Server database from the old server to the new one:
1. If you are running identical versions of PacsOne Server and MySQL on both the old and new servers, AND you plan to move/copy all the raw Dicom images from the old server to the EXACT same storage paths on the new server, e.g., from “C:/” to “C:/”, from “E:/” to “E:”, etc., then follow the instructions below:
a. Stop PacsOne Server and MySQL on both servers.
b. Copy/move all raw Dicom images from the old server to the EXACT same paths on the new server.
c. Copy all the MySQL data files (under the “data/” sub-folder where MySQL is installed) from the old server to the new server, and replace any current versions on the new server. These include the “ibdata1” file and any sub-folders under the “data/” sub-folder where MySQL is installed.
d. Start MySQL on the new server, login to MySQL as Administrator and verify you see all tables from the old database.
e. Start PacsOne Server on the new server, login as Administrator and verify you can see all the patients/studies in the old database as well as the thumbnail images from any sample study.
2. Otherwise if either the MySQL or PacsOne Server are not the same on the old and new servers, or the storage paths on the new server is different from the old server, then follow the instructions below:
a. Stop PacsOne Server on both servers.
b. Copy/move all raw Dicom images from the old server to some different storage path on the new server.
c. Backup the existing database on the old server into a SQL text file, e.g., using “mysqldump.exe” etc.
d. Restore the database on the new server from the backup SQL text file above.
e. Login to MySQL as Administrator on the new server and verify you see all tables from the old database.
f. Start PacsOne Server on the new server, and login to PacsOne Server from a web browser, click on “Tools->Import” menu and submit an Import job from the new storage path where all the raw Dicom images are copied into in Step a above. This will update the meta-records stored in the PacsOne Server database to link to their new storage paths on the new server.
g. After the Import job above is completed, the migration is complete and you should be able to see the thumbnail images of any sample study stored in the database.
1. If you are running identical versions of PacsOne Server and MySQL on both the old and new servers, AND you plan to move/copy all the raw Dicom images from the old server to the EXACT same storage paths on the new server, e.g., from “C:/” to “C:/”, from “E:/” to “E:”, etc., then follow the instructions below:
a. Stop PacsOne Server and MySQL on both servers.
b. Copy/move all raw Dicom images from the old server to the EXACT same paths on the new server.
c. Copy all the MySQL data files (under the “data/” sub-folder where MySQL is installed) from the old server to the new server, and replace any current versions on the new server. These include the “ibdata1” file and any sub-folders under the “data/” sub-folder where MySQL is installed.
d. Start MySQL on the new server, login to MySQL as Administrator and verify you see all tables from the old database.
e. Start PacsOne Server on the new server, login as Administrator and verify you can see all the patients/studies in the old database as well as the thumbnail images from any sample study.
2. Otherwise if either the MySQL or PacsOne Server are not the same on the old and new servers, or the storage paths on the new server is different from the old server, then follow the instructions below:
a. Stop PacsOne Server on both servers.
b. Copy/move all raw Dicom images from the old server to some different storage path on the new server.
c. Backup the existing database on the old server into a SQL text file, e.g., using “mysqldump.exe” etc.
d. Restore the database on the new server from the backup SQL text file above.
e. Login to MySQL as Administrator on the new server and verify you see all tables from the old database.
f. Start PacsOne Server on the new server, and login to PacsOne Server from a web browser, click on “Tools->Import” menu and submit an Import job from the new storage path where all the raw Dicom images are copied into in Step a above. This will update the meta-records stored in the PacsOne Server database to link to their new storage paths on the new server.
g. After the Import job above is completed, the migration is complete and you should be able to see the thumbnail images of any sample study stored in the database.