Les Mikesell wrote:
Kevin Thorpe wrote:
I was just wondering what recommendations you have on migrating a
CentOS 5 install between servers?
I've done similar in the past by setting up a minimal install in the
new server, use tar to copy over the old install and reboot. I was
thinking of rsync this time.
Is that an acceptable thing to do or have I missed something important?
If they are identical at least in terms of disk controllers and size
and you have space on the network to hold a compressed image copy,
clonezilla-live is probably the easiest way to do it:
http://www.clonezilla.org/clonezilla-live/
If the disk controllers or sizes are different, you'll have to at
least generate a new initrd image. Doing a new install might be the
easiest way, but when you copy the old system over you need to be sure
that they are updated to the same kernel and keep the contents of your
new /boot and a few other files (/etc/fstab, /etc/modprobe.conf, etc.).
Same os, same release. I know about fstab and modprobe.conf (was
modprobe.init)
anyway, suck-it-and-see since the new server is currently surplus to
requirements.
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