>>> On Thu, Nov 8, 2007 at 12:07 PM, in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Marcy Cortes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> 6) Update DNS to point to the SLES 10 system. > >> And my favorite step of all: > >>7) Find all the hardcoded IP addresses in client setups and fix them to > point to the DNS name... 8-) > > > Nah, skip that stuff and have the new server steal the name and IP of > the old one (after you shut it down first). We do a lot of that :)
Where's the fun in that? You miss all the howls of pain during the process of operant conditioning. There is a way to avoid the pain, while also figuring out where queries are coming from that are using the old IP address. Use iptables to redirect the requests, while logging them. Mark Post ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
