How to Migrate GFI Fax Maker 12 or GFI Fax Maker 14 from one server to another

How to Migrate GFI Fax Maker 12 or GFI  Fax Maker 14  from one server to another.
Take these steps if you want to move GFI Fax Maker 12 or GFI Fax Maker 14 from one server to another and keep the same configuration.

1- downloaded the lastest build of GFI FAXmaker. Upgrade GFI Maker on both servers involved

2- upgrade the GFI Maker clients

3- move the GFI Maker configuration files as follow

It is important that the setup remains the same. Therefore if GFI FAXmaker is installed in Active Directory mode, the new installation should also be in Active Directory mode keeping the same Active Directory domain.
If GFI FAXmaker is installed on a separate machine from your Microsoft Exchange Server and need to move GFI FAXmaker to a new server, you need to perform the following steps:
Open the Microsoft Exchange System Manager.
 
Open the GFI FAXmaker SMTP connector properties and navigate to the General tab.
 
Insert the ip address of the new GFI FAXmaker server for the option ‘Forward all e-mail through this connector to the following smart hosts’.
 
Click on OK.
 
Move the existing GFI FAXmaker configuration files: 
Log on to the old machine as 'Administrator'. 
Stop the IIS Admin and GFI FAXmaker services that are running on the old machine.
Copy the GFI FAXmaker folder from the old server to the SAME location on the new server.

If you are using the GFI FAXmaker Client, you need to change the GFI FAXmaker STMP server ip from GFI FAXmaker Message Form -> Options -> SMTP Options.
 
If you are installing Brooktrout cards on the new server, you need to install the Brooktrout drivers available at GFI website

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