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YesRELEASE NOTES
1. As of Parallels Plesk Panel (PP) version 10.4 and later, you no longer have to manually download this script; it will automatically be downloaded before an upgrade. You can find the scriptin /root/parallels/PSA_10.4.4/examiners/panel_preupgrade_checker.php on Linux and
in C:\ParallelsInstaller\parallels\PANEL-WIN_10.4.4\panel_preupgrade_checker.php_ on Windows.
2. If you have the 10.4 version of PP and want to run this script manually, you can download the script and run it as it is described in the HOW TO USE chapter.
DESCRIPTION
Due to the changes in the business model of the Parallels Plesk Panel 10.x release, not all previous account settings will be transferable from previous PP releases. Some business schemas will be lost for both the host and their clients.Attached is a script that allows you to check the environment before an upgrade or migration. It checks for business logic issues and works for both the Linux and Windows platforms. This tool could be launched prior to an upgrade in order to obtain a report on potential problems with the upgrade. Based on the report, a host can decide whether an upgrade to Parallels Plesk Panel 10.x is suitable for their situation. We will continue working on the script to add more issues as they are discovered.
Note: We also have a post-upgrade script. Detailed information on this script can be found in the article Parallels Plesk Panel Post-Upgrade Checker.
HOW TO USE
Unix:# php -d safe_mode=Off plesk101_preupgrade_checker.php <plesk-db-admin-password>Windows:
"%plesk_dir%\Additional\pleskphp5\php.exe" -d safe_mode=Off plesk101_preupgrade_checker.php <plesk-db-admin-password>Note:
plesk104_preupgrade_checker.php - for upgrade to Plesk version 10.4.
plesk110_preupgrade_checker.zip - for upgrade to Plesk version 11.0.
REPORT CONTENT CLARIFICATION
At the beginning of the report, we give a general overview of the changes that a host should expect from the upgrade.In Parallels Plesk 10.x, a host and resellers define service plans and subscribe customers to these plans. A subscription has assigned resource limits, which can be used by the customer for web and mail hosting. Unlike in previous PP versions, no resources are directly owned by a customer outside of a subscription. During an upgrade to PP 10.x, each domain will be converted to a subscription.
This report gives an overview of potential problems you may encounter during a transition to the Parallels Plesk 10.x model.
The script will report on the following problems: 
| Diagnosed Situation | Report Message |
| Clients owned by Administrator | |
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· Client limit has more than 1 domain. · Client can create domains. · Client can manage domain limits. |
You have <N> Clients who are free to manage resources on their domains themselves within the resource limits that you gave them. In PP 10, the resources are defined in a subscription. The Customer cannot redistribute resources between his/her subscriptions. If you want to retain the same degree of flexibility for these Customers, you should consider converting them to Resellers after the upgrade. |
| Client has created Domain Administrators for several domains. |
You have <N> Clients with Domain Administrators defined on more than one domain. After transitioning, these Clients will have problems because in PP 10, users belonging to a Customer have access to all of the Customer’s subscriptions. You will avoid the problem if, after the upgrade, Clients are upgraded to Resellers and Domain Administrators to the Customers. |
| · Client has no domains. |
You have <N> Clients with no domains defined. After transitioning, these Clients will not be able to log in to the control panel until you create a subscription for them. An alternative solution is to upgrade them to resellers after conversion. |
| Clients owned by Resellers | |
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· Client limit has more than 1 domain. · Client can create domains. · Client can manage domain limits. |
You have <X> Resellers with <N> Clients who are free to manage resources in their domains themselves within the resource limits that you gave them. In PP 10, the resources are defined in a subscription. The Customer cannot redistribute resources between his/her subscriptions. After the upgrade, it is suggested that you redistribute Clients’ resources between the existing subscriptions (current domains). |
| · Client has created Domain Administrators for several domains. |
You have <X> Resellers with <N> Clients with Domain Administrators defined on more than one domain. After the transition, these Clients will have problems because, in PP 10, users belonging to a Customer have access to all of the Customer’s subscriptions. You should probably consult with your resellers regarding the path forward for these customers. |
| · Resellers have Client with domains. | You have <X> Resellers with <N> Clients that have no domains defined. After the transition, these Clients will not be able to log in to the control panel until you or the Reseller create a subscription for them. |
| Domain Administrators owned by Host | |
| · There is more than 1 domain belonging to an Admin with defined Domain Administrators. | You have <N> domains with separate Domain Administrators. In PP 10, these users will see all of your domains. You should consider converting them to Customers after the upgrade to avoid a security problem. |
| Domain Administrators owned by Resellers | |
| · There is more than 1 domain belonging to Resellers with defined Domain Administrators. | You have <X> Resellers with <N> domains with separate Domain Administrators. In PP 10, these users will see all of the domains of their Resellers. You should consider converting them to Customers after the upgrade to avoid security problems. |
| Application Pools | |
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· Application Vault is not empty on the server. · Clients have Application Pools that are different from the Application Vault, i.e., not all applications from the Vault are present in the Pools. |
You have <N> Clients with not-empty Application Pools, which differ from the server Application Vault. In PP 10, you will not be able to manage the list of applications Customers have access to until the PP 10.1 release. |
| Accounts with encrypted passwords | |
| · There is at least one encrypted password used in PP. | There are <N> accounts with encrypted passwords. |
| Domains with non-existent owners | |
| · There is an inconsistency in the database. Some domains are assigned to owners that do not exist. | You have <N> domains whose owners do not exist. |
| User has the same contact email address as an existing mail account | |
| · User can't change their own contact data. | User <login> has an email account <e-mail> as a contact email address. Another user has the same an email account as a contact email address. Please check http://kb.parallels.com/en/112032 for more details. |
| File system | |
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· On Debian-like OSes, PP is installed in the /opt/psa folder. To keep the same option with PP on RedHat-like and Debian-like OSes, PP creates a symbolic link, /usr/local/psa, on /opt/psa on Debian-like OSes. Symlink /usr/local/psa can disappear or become a directory. |
The symbolic link /usr/local/psa doesn't exist. Read the article http://kb.parallels.com/en/112214 to fix the issue. |
| · An outdated version of file iisfcgi.dll on Windows 2008 R2 may be a cause of PHP as the FastCGI mode will not work on a domain. | File iisfcgi.dll version <VERSION> is outdated. Please refer to article http://kb.parallels.com/en/112606 for details. |
| · Systems users for subdomains and for web users will not have own hard disk quota limits after upgrade to Plesk version above 10.4.4 | You have several subdomains or web users with hard disk quota limit. After upgrade this users will inherit hard disk quota from domain. Please check http://kb.parallels.com/en/111823 for details. |
| · Immutable attribute on Plesk files can interrupt upgrade | Immutable attribute on Plesk files detected. Please check http://kb.parallels.com/115457 for details. |
| MySQL engine | |
| · Upgrade fails if table mysql.servers doesn’t exist. | Table "servers" in database "mysql" does not exist. Please check http://kb.parallels.com/en/112290 for more details. |
| · It is not possible to connect to local MySQL server via TCP/IP. | Unable to connect to local default MySQL server at 127.0.0.1 and port 3306. Read article http://kb.parallels.com/en/112212 for details. |
| · If MySQL server works in STRICT_TRANS_TABLES or STRICT_ALL_TABLES mode, the upgrade can fail with error. | Please switch off strict mode for MySQL server. Read article http://kb.parallels.com/en/112453 for details. |
| · Third-party software can replace the libmySQL.dll file, which is used by PP for accessing MySQL server. | A custom version of libmySQL.dll is installed at <PATH>. Please check http://kb.parallels.com/en/112521 for more details. |
| · PP MySQL user root doesn't have access to phpMyAdmin | You have a user <LOGIN> for database <DATABASE NAME> on domain <DOMAIN NAME> which probably does not have access to phpMyAdmin. Please check http://kb.parallels.com/en/112779 for more details. |
| · Upgrade fails if mysql-server package is installed from REMI repository | There is mysql-server package installed on server from REMI repository. This may lead to upgrade fail. Please see http://kb.parallels.com/en/114306 for the solution. |
| · Checking the local MySQL server's datadir directory location on Windows | The datadir directory of a local MySQL server is located outside of %plesk_dir%\Databases\MySQL\Data. This may cause problems with this MySQL server after the upgrade. Please check http://kb.parallels.com/en/114723 for details. |
| · aps utility throw an error message "Package with UID '' not found." | There is misconfiguration for several APS packages. Please check http://kb.parallels.com/112568 for details. |
| · Incorrect name of permission for Antivirus management can lead to migration errors | There is incorrect permission name for antivirus management in Plesk database. Please check http://kb.parallels.com/111777 for details. |
| IP addresses | |
| · The IP address that is registered in PP does not exist in the system. |
An IP address <IP> with <Mask> netmask which is registered in PP but does not exist on a system level can lead to errors during a PP upgrade procedure. If this IP or netmask is registered incorrectly, you can change or repair it according to the documentation. |
| · The list of applications cannot be displayed if the corresponding record is absent in the IP_addresses table. | Unable to find "main" IP address in the psa database. Please check http://kb.parallels.com/en/112417 for more details. |
| · There is no binding of the SmarterMail port on the IP address registered in PP. | Unable to connect to IP address <IP> on SMTP port 25: <ERROR MESAGE> |
| Autoinstaller | |
| · The upgrade procedure from the old version to the new can fail. | Your autoinstaller version <version> is outdated. Please refer to article http://kb.parallels.com/en/112166 on how to obtain the latest version of autoinstaller. |
| Webserver | |
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· Using third-party ISAPI filters can lead to incorrect PP operation. |
Please read the article http://kb.parallels.com/en/111908 to avoid possible problems caused by third-party ISAPI filters. |
| · Starting from version 10.3.0, the custom per-domain php.ini file resides in the /var/www/vhosts/DOMAINNAME/etc/ directory. | Move custom php.ini from /var/www/vhosts/DOMAINNAME/conf/ to /var/www/vhosts/DOMAINNAME/etc/ directory after the upgrade. Refer to http://kb.parallels.com/en/111697 for details. |
| · Windows authentication for the PleskControlPanel website should be enabled to prevent possible errors in PP operation. | Windows authentication for the PleskControlPanel website is disabled. Check http://kb.parallels.com/en/113253 for more details. |
| · Wrong GUI behavior occurs if the forwarding URL doesn't have "http://" after upgrading to PP version above 10.4.4. | There are domains registered in PP in which the URL does not have the "http://" prefix. Such domains will not be shown on the Domains page. Check http://kb.parallels.com/en/113359 for more details. |
| · Wrong order of loading Zend extensions' ionCube declaration in php.ini can cause to Apache fail. | The server-wide php.ini file contains the declaration of the ZendOptimizer extension. As a result, the Apache server may fail to start after the upgrade. Please check http://kb.parallels.com/en/1520 for more details. |
| · Checking for IP address references in PP database | There are a number of domains that are not associated with any IP address. This may be caused by an error in the IP address database. Please check http://kb.parallels.com/en/113475 for details. |
| · Broken contexts of the APS applications can lead to errors on building Apache webserver configuration. | References between several subscriptions and APS applications have been broken. Please check http://kb.parallels.com/en/112815 for details. |
| · Apache webserver reconfiguration fails if there are broken references in PP database between IP collections and IP addresses for some domains. | References between some IP collections and IP addresses have been broken. Please check http://kb.parallels.com/en/113826 for details. |
| · Customized parameters 'http_port' and 'https_port' in misc table of psa database can lead to incorrect operation of Apache + Nginx in Plesk 11 | Custom configuration of Apache ports present in misc table. It may lead to problems if nginx will be installed on server. Please check http://kb.parallels.com/en/114598 for more details. |
| · Check the availability of IIS metabase. | There too few websites registered in IIS. Please check IIS configuration. |
| · Broken references between the "domains" and "hosting"/"forwarding" tables in the Panel database lead to errors on building web server configs. | There are broken references in the database between the "domains" and "hosting"/"forwarding" tables. Please check http://kb.parallels.com/114632 for instructions and /root/plesk11_preupgrade_checker.log for details. |
| · If regular file placed instead of symbolic links to the latest virtual hosts it can lead to errors on building web server configs. | There are regular files in place of future symbolic links to the latest virtual hosts configuration files. This can lead to webserver's configuration files generation failures. Please check http://kb.parallels.com/114556 and /root/plesk11_preupgrade_checker.log for details. |
| Third-party tools | |
| · Use of unsupported or a mix of several different installations of Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable Packages can lead to a broken upgrade. | Please carefully read the article http://kb.parallels.com/en/111891 to avoid possible problems caused by Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable Packages. |
| · If the MySQL ODBC driver 3.51 is not installed, the upgrade can fail. | MySQL ODBC 3.51 Driver is not installed. Please check http://kb.parallels.com/en/112019 for details. |
| · .NET framework issue may cause the upgrade to fail. | An issue with a .NET framework has been detected. Check http://kb.parallels.com/en/111448 for the resolution. |
| · /etc/drweb/drweb32.ini file content will be restored to default during upgrade. | Custom changes in /etc/drweb/drweb32.ini will be overwritten. After the upgrade, you should apply the changes described in http://kb.parallels.com/en/111347 manually. |
| · After the upgrade, PP changes permissions on the folder of Collaboration Data Objects (CDO) for NTS (CDONTS) to default. | After the upgrade, you must add write permissions to the psacln group on the <PATH> folder. Please check http://kb.parallels.com/en/111194 for more details. |
| · Check that non-existent PAM services are not referenced by other services, i.e., that the PAM configuration array is consistent. | PAM configuration array on this system appears to be in an inconsistent state. If you proceed with installation, required PAM modules will not be installed and the upgrade procedure may fail. Some PAM services reference the following non-existent services: <LIST> |
| · RedHat has not provided mcrypt module for php53. | Mcrypt library is not supported in PHP 5.3 for CentOS 5 and RedHat 5. Check the article http://kb.parallels.com/en/112098 for more details. |
| · If Health Monitor is installed, sw-collectd process periodically consumes a lot of CPU time. | Much CPU time can be consumed if default value of "Interval" setting used in /etc/sw-collectd/collectd.conf. Please check http://kb.parallels.com/en/113711 for details. |
| · DotNetNuke application may not work if .Net Framework version 3.5 or higher is not installed on server | DotNetNuke application has been installed on one of domain but may not work because .Net Framework 3.5 or above is not installed. Please check http://kb.parallels.com/112803 for details. |
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· Unable to activate the MagicSpam license, get the following error in "Control panel Home-> Extensions Management" and panel.log: Error retrieving version from Plesk API: Permission denied |
Admin's id in "clients" table not equal 1. Please check http://kb.parallels.com/115001 for details. |
| Unsupported components | |
| · PP 10 Gene6 and Serv-U FTP servers are unsupported in the current PP installation. | Since Parallels Plesk Panel version 10, Gene6 and Serv-U FTP servers are no longer supported. Please check http://kb.parallels.com/en/111816 and http://kb.parallels.com/en/111894 for more details. |
| · PP version 10 does not support hMailserver. | PP version 10 does not support hMailserver. Please check http://kb.parallels.com/en/9602 for more details. |
| · PP version 10 does not support Simple DNS server. |
Since Parallels Plesk Panel version 10, Simple DNS servers are no longer supported. Please check http://kb.parallels.com/en/112280 for more details. |
| · PP version 10 does not support MDaemon. | PP version 10 does not support MDaemon. Please check http://kb.parallels.com/en/112356 for more details. |
| Accounts with same e-mail | |
| · After an upgrade from version 8.x or 9.x, a Client can appear with the same email as Admin. | Client with login <LOGIN> has the same email address as admin: <E-MAIL> Please check http://kb.parallels.com/en/111985 for details. |
| Customer & Business Manager | |
| · An incorrect hostname of a server can be detected during installation, and it can be used for integration with the Customer & Business Manager. | If you have trouble accessing the Customer & Business Manager, please read this article: http://kb.parallels.com/en/111500. |
| · Customer and Business Manager cannot be used after an upgrade to Parallels Plesk Panel 10.2. | If you have not purchased the Customer and Business Manager License, you cannot use it after the upgrade. Read the article http://kb.parallels.com/en/111143 for more details. |
| Mailbox users | |
| · It is not clear how to change the password for a mailbox after an upgrade to Parallels Plesk Panel version 10.x. | You have <X> mailbox users that will be converted to subscription-level auxiliary users after upgrading to PP 10. Learn how to change the passwords for such users in http://kb.parallels.com/en/9454. |
| · Check domain names and mailboxes which is not in lower case. | There is Plesk entities with names stored not in lower case. Please check http://kb.parallels.com/en/5780 and /root/plesk11_preupgrade_checker.log for details. |
| SSO | |
| · The SSO startup script has an incorrect execution priority after the upgrade. | The SSO startup script has an incorrect execution priority. Please read http://kb.parallels.com/en/112666 for more details. |
| Network | |
| · Check the availability of Parallels Plesk Panel TCP ports. | Unable to connect to IP address <IP> on <SERVICE> <PORT NUMBER> because of time-out. Unable to connect to some PP ports. See the <PATH TO LOG FILE> and http://kb.parallels.com/en/391 for details. |
| · Upgrade of Customer & Business Manager will fail if Admin's access for IP 127.0.0.1 is prohibited. | Upgrade of Customer & Business Manager fails if 127.0.0.1 is restricted for administrative access. Please read http://kb.parallels.com/en/113096 for more details. |
| Subdomains | |
| · Notification about subdomains having their own DNS zones after upgrade. | Since 10.4, after an upgrade, every subdomain will have their own DNS zone. Read the article http://kb.parallels.com/en/112966 for more details. |
| · Error occurs during upgrade of IDN subdomains | You have several IDN subdomains. This subdomains will be upgraded with errors. Please check http://kb.parallels.com/en/114082 for details. |
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· Some subdomains are not visible in Plesk Panel after upgrade procedure.
If you try to delete domain you see error message like: Missing parameter 'dirname' or previous parameter is empty.
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Some subdomains were not correctly upgraded during Plesk upgrade procedure to 10.4.4. Please check http://kb.parallels.com/115285http://kb.parallels.com/115285 for details. |
| Environment | |
| · Check that limits are not exceeded in /proc/user_beancounters. | Parallels Virtuozzo Containers limit <LIMIT NAME> was exceeded <N> times. Limits set by Parallels Virtuozzo Containers are exceeded. Please check http://kb.parallels.com/en/112522 for more details. |
| · Check that there is enough free memory to perform the upgrade procedure. | There is a lack of free memory to perform the upgrade procedure. At least 200MB of free memory is required. Current free space: <N> KB |
| · PHP on domain running via CGI/FastCGI can't use session by default. | PHP on domains running via CGI/FastCGI can't use session by default because of permission restrictions for session directory <PATH>. Please check http://kb.parallels.com/en/7056 for more details. |
| · JkWorkersFile directive in Apache configuration can lead to failed Apache configs re-generation during and after the upgrade procedure. | The JkWorkersFile directive may cause problems during the Apache reconfiguration after the upgrade. Please read http://kb.parallels.com/en/113210 for more details. |
| · Outdated mysqlclient15 package can lead to upgrade failure. | An old version of mysqlclient15 is installed, which can lead to upgrade failure. You can apply the workaround from article http://kb.parallels.com/en/113737. |
| · Old version of MySQL ODBC package can lead to memory allocation error | Old version of <PACKAGE> is installed. Please check http://kb.parallels.com/en/113620 for details. |
| DNS | |
| · Customized DNS records with a host equal to the host of an existing subdomain will be lost after an upgrade to a PP version above 10.4.4. | There are a number of DNS records for the subdomains that you have manually added to domain DNS zones. If you upgrade to PP 10.4.4, these records will be lost. Read http://kb.parallels.com/en/113310 for more details. |
| · Customized DNS zones can be corrupted during the upgrade. | A or AAAA records in DNS zones will be modified or deleted after the upgrade. Please check http://kb.parallels.com/en/113725 and /root/plesk10_preupgrade_checker.log for details. |
| · If there is no execute permission on the named(bind) init file, the upgrade will fail. | There is no execute permission on the /etc/init.d/named file, which can lead to upgrade failure. You can apply the workaround from this article: http://kb.parallels.com/en/113733. |
| · If there is no NS type record in server DNS template, it can break BIND server configuration | There is no NS type record in server DNS template, it can break BIND server configuration. Please check http://kb.parallels.com/en/113119 for details. |
| · Check for DNS zone which will not get fixed references with DNS template at upgrade from Plesk 10.4.4 to Plesk 11.0 | Several DNS zones will be not synchronized with DNS template. Please check http://kb.parallels.com/en/114324 and /root/plesk11_preupgrade_checker.log for details. |
| Backup | |
| · If DUMP_TMP_D in /etc/psa/psa.conf contains an extra space at the end, the string backup procedure will fail permanently. | The DUMP_TMP_D variable in /etc/psa/psa.conf contains odd characters. This can cause backup tasks to fail on this server. Please read http://kb.parallels.com/113474 for details. |
| · Due error in Plesk 10.0.1 version when you try to restore backups from Plesk 10.0.1 version on Plesk 11 you may see error messages about some files already exists. This error has not any negative consequences and will not occur for backups from Plesk 11 version. |
Error messages can appear at restoring backups created in Plesk 10.0.1. Please check http://kb.parallels.com/en/114041 for details.
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| FTP | |
| · FTP service proftpd cannot be started by xinetd if IPv6 is disabled. | The proftpd FTP service will fail to start if support for IPv6 is disabled on the server. Please read http://kb.parallels.com/en/113504 for details. |
| Mailserver | |
| · PP doesn't bind SmarterMail 8 ports on new IPs | SmarterMail is unable to use some of the IP addresses because they are not associated with the SmarterMail ports. Please read http://kb.parallels.com/en/113330 for details. |