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Hello, thanks for your prompt reply.. i was leaving that option as a last resort... the problem is that this machine is a production machine so if i rsync, i need to turn off the services in order to copy files or else ill have permission denied errors... any other way? i;ll start the proccess of creating a fresh instalation today though i dunno how to do the followign: 1. backing up my mysql databases is it enough to cp /var/lib/mysql and /user/lib/mysql or i have to export them? and if thats the case how can i export? 2. anyway of copying user permissions and passwords? or i have to create them all over again ? > Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2009 04:49:21 -0400 > From: gebser@xxxxxxxxxxxx > To: centos@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Help! i want to clone my Centos machine to another box.. > > > On 10/22/2009 04:06 AM RoLaNd RoLaNd wrote: > > Hello all, > > > > i've spent the last week trying to find something that will clone my > > existing Centos server to a more powerful box. > > i've used clonezilla though that resulted in a complete failure.. > > > > can anyone please guide me in the right direction? > > all i want to do is to clone my entire server and all of it's > > directories to a more powerful server so i start using it instead.. > > i dont want to get rid of the current server as i want both of them to > > run in parallel with the same backed up services/data on each of them.. > > > > > > can anyone please help! im honestly desperate!! > > > > > > best, > > > > Roland > > Since the destination machine is "more powerful", the hardware is likely > different, so cloning per se isn't an option. Instead, you should do a > fresh install of the same version on the new (destination) box, then > copy the data over from the weaker to the destination machine. > > There are a variety of options for copying the data. Since it sounds > like there's some pressure at the moment, the best way for you now is > going to be the method you're most familiar with. Do you have good, > recent backups of the source system? If so, you could restore that > backup to the destination machine. Otherwise (if your two machines are > both on the same network), you could use tar or rsync or yet other > utilities. > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos Windows Live: Make it easier for your friends to see what you’re up to on Facebook. |
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