Sorry, I should have been clearer. When we've moved [EMAIL PROTECTED] to new hardware, we've made a practice of moving the ip to the new machine, not changing the IP associated with the hostname in DNS.
-Mark On Mar 14, 2008, at 6:32 AM, Graham Triggs wrote: > Presumably you've registered the IP address with CNRI, so you would > need to get that updated. > > G > > Mathias Hjelt wrote: >> Whether we'll carry over the hostname to the new server or not >> depends >> on what's most feasible, considering all dependencies. Still >> trying to >> figure out what dependencies were facing. >> Can you or anyone confirm that a mere IP address change (i.e. >> hostname >> remains the same but IP changes) does not affect handle configs, >> while a >> change in hostname needs the Handle server to be reconfigured and >> a new >> sitebundle needs to be sent to CNRI? >> thanks, >> -mathias >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Mark Diggory [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 13. maaliskuuta >> 2008 19:57 >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Cc: Mathias Hjelt; [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [Dspace-tech] Moving DSpace & handle server to new >> server >> 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. 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