Gerard Beekmans wrote: > The server *is* indeed just about ready. I've been out of the country > for a few weeks which was not a planned trip. > > At this point all there is left to do is some minor tasks like setting > up log file rotation and other such admin stuff. But I may just leave > that for post-deployment. The server can run without those processes > just fine. > > I will need to setup a migration plan how to get the dynamic data from > the old server to the new one without desyncs and too much downtime. I'm > not sure yet if it will be easier to do that onsite, as in bring > Belgarath down, setup new server, copy all data, turn on the Internet on > the new server and drive back home. Or do a sync of such data before I > head to the city. That would mean Belg will go offline for a few hours > while I'm in transit. All things considered that may not be such a bad > option. > > I'm aiming to head out to the city this coming weekend and take care of > it then.
There really isn't much real traffic lately. I would just shut down all services: mail, pop, irc, mysql, imap, rsync, apache, and svn. At that point, sync the data, drive to Calgary, and install the new server. Finally bring up the new services and we can go from there. I can't see down time exceeding 6 hours and that shouldn't hurt us. Just give a 24 hour notice and we will all be very grateful. -- Bruce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
