It really depends on if your changing the hostname/domain as well. Are you going to carry the hostname along to the new server as a virtualhost?
-Mark On Mar 13, 2008, at 2:30 AM, Robin Taylor wrote: > Unfortunately I believe that moving to a new hostname/IP does > require you to > notify CNRI. Although when we did it they were very helpful and > made the > change exactly when requested. There are also some references in at > least > one of the files in the handle-server directory to the IP addess > (config.dct). I suspect I just edited this manually. > > One other wee thing, do you need to move the source files ? They > are not > used by the running web application so you could just stick them > somewhere > else for reference eg CVS or SVN. > > Cheers, Robin. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Mathias > Hjelt > Sent: 13 March 2008 08:55 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Dspace-tech] Moving DSpace & handle server to new server > > We're planning to move our DSpace production environment to a new > server. > (This may or may not involve upgrading from 1.4.2 to 1.5 at the > same time, > but that's a different story altogether.) > > As far as I can see, the easiest way to migrate DSpace from one > server to > another is simply copying the dspace source and install directories > from the > old server to matching locations on the new server, and populate > Postgres on > the new server with the contents of a pg_dump from the old server. > Right? > > Now, my main concern is the Handle server, mainly because setting > it up was > a bit hairy (docs didn't really align well with the real-world > process) and my personal installation notes are quite vague (stupid > of me -- > everything else is documented down to the last bit.) > > So, will the Handle server migrate just as easily as the rest of > DSpace? > What if the host name and/or IP address of the instance changes -- > will I > need to reconfigure the Handle server somehow, and/or send > configuration > updates to CNRI? (After two years of DSpace administration, I must > admit I > still have no clue about how the Handle server communicates with > DSpace and > CNRI... missing the big picture > *and* the hairy details.) > > Any suggestions are welcome! > > best regards > > Mathias Hjelt > DHANKEN > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > --- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. > Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ > DSpace-tech mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > --- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ > DSpace-tech mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ DSpace-tech mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech
