Hi guys:
I'm about to migrate a sever to a managed server facility. I've alwau=ys
used tape to backup my server, now that's not an option. I've read abut
using rsync to do backups and have several scripts to do same. I believe
rsync is a good solution.
I am missing some important nuiances though... I would like to have
essentially a "mirror" server at my facility ( call it "master") that I can
backup to, and from, completely from the other server (call it "hosted").
Obviously I have to have at least different IP addresses on "master" and
"hosted", but other than that, I'd like them to be mirrors of each other. I
would like to do all my configs, setup, etc. at my leisure on "master",
where I have hands on control, then when ready, have "hosted" setup with a
basic Centos server install, then configure it to rsync to my "master" and
update the entire thing (updates and all) to my "master".
1. Which files tdo I need to exclude to avoid IP address and hostname
changes?
2. What caveats do I need to be aware of? Are there other files such as
'live" libraries that I cannot sync to?
3. The "master" server at my facility and their server may have different
hard drive architecture (i.e. IDS and SCSI drives, different processor,
etc.). As long as I use a generic Kernel (i.e. stock) that supposts the
hardware on both, this shoudl not be a problem, right?
4. Am I missing something, is there a better way?
Thanks,
Scott
