> -----Original Message-----
> From: centos-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:centos-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sudev Barar
> Sent: Saturday, March 11, 2006 7:32 PM
> To: CentOS mailing list
> Subject: Re: Moving files to new server
>
> On 12/03/06, Thomas E Dukes <edukes@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > The new server is in and I am about to attempt the file
> transfers. I
> > have NEVER attempted this and want to do it right the first time.
> >
> > Reading the man pages for cp and scp it looks as if the -a switches
> > are different. Are they? I want/am going to transfer
> > files/directories across the local network. Should I work from the
> > new machine or the old? What files are machine dependent?
> In other
> > words, what files, if any, should not be copied because of
> hardware differences?
> >
> > Sorry for all the seemingly stupid questions but as I said, I have
> > never undertaken this before.
>
> man rsync
>
> rsync -avzP -e ssh ipoldserver:/path/to/directory /path/to
>
> Will do a good job of moving / backing up even ".*" files (Hidden
> files) On source it is /path/to/directory and on target is is
> /path/to the directory is cretaed on target along with all
> subdirectories. If you run it from old server you can
>
> rsync -avzP -e ssh /path/to/directory ipnewserver:/path/to
>
> Also if for any reason you have to kill rsync in between (
> power off or run out for quicky ;-) or ...) restart when you
> are back and it will continue from where you let off.
> HTH
Thanks for your response!
The rsync works fine. I used it to copy /home /var and /etc to the new
server. But something went wrong. I think I copied something in /etc I
shouldn't have. The system won't mount the drive. I am currently
re-installing CentOS.
Any idea of what I SHOULDN'T copy?
TIA
