I have found the simplest method is to create a collection of new virtual servers on your new hosting server and prior to booting them tar across the virtual server specific files (those directories writable by admin) from the original machine. If you have large numbers to migrate taking the time knock up some simple scripts to read the config on the source hosting server and issue vsdadm vs_create commands to the destination server is definitely worth it. If the skels on the two machines are identical, that should be it. If you have modified the skel on the new machine you will need to do some verification that all is well.
Disaster recovery is along the same lines but does require that you have a backup of your skel and the virtual-server specific files from every vs. If you are migrating between partitions/skels on the same hosting server the tool you need to look at is vsd-linkvs.pl which will drop a virtual server's links to an existing skel and redirect them to a new (presumably uprgaded) skel. Tim > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Esparza, Dan > Sent: 25 October 2001 18:48 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Copying to another machine? (Or, backup/restore? Disaster > recovery?) > > > What's the easiest way to copy virtual servers to another machine? Is > this even possible? Along those lines, what is the best disaster > recovery plan you folks have come up with for FreeVSD based virtual > servers? > > Thanks, > Dan Esparza > ------------------------- The freeVSD Support List > -------------------------- > Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=subscribe%20freevsd-support > Unsubscribe: > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=unsubscribe%20freevsd-support > Archives: http://freevsd.org/support/mail-archives/freevsd-support > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > ----------- ------------------------- The freeVSD Support List -------------------------- Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=subscribe%20freevsd-support Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=unsubscribe%20freevsd-support Archives: http://freevsd.org/support/mail-archives/freevsd-support -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
