I just deployed a new Dell desktop for the Rice Auditorium Ticket office that was somewhat more involved than most setups. For this machine, I needed to move Virtual Merchant, the web-based mechanism for processing credit cards. This was simple, as this is just a link to a website. I also had to move an application called Box Office Xpress Junior, used to print tickets and manage ticket sales. As it turns out, all that was involved with this move was to install the application, then move the contents of a data folder contained within, from the old machine to the new. So far, all seems to work well.
I didn't know what to expect when migrating the Box Office application. Sometimes just overwriting things like this work very well; other times it doesn't. In the case of this application, their documentation was very scarce, so I'm pleased that all seems to have gone well thus far with this move.
In general, I enjoy the challenge of a setup that requires more detail, but I breathe a little sigh of relief when I complete these and things go smoothly.
