On Fri, 13 Mar 2009 08:06:41 +1300 Roger Searle <[email protected]> wrote:
> Greetings, I am assisting in a server migration project - the lead > technical guru is keen to have the likes of myself assisting and > reducing his significant workload (on other projects). I'm researching > correct migration of data and configuration files for various services > that will be transferred from current to new server so that I can be > clearer on which I could volunteer to look after. I'm thinking of > apache and mailman as 2 good ones to look at to start with. The current > server file structure is rsync'd to the new server each night so I have > access to the appropriate files/folders. I anticipate it being as > simple as a few copies via "cp -ap" or similar. And of course to be > checking I do end up with the appropriate permissions. In case this is > relevant, both are CentOS - current server is 4.7 (final), new is 5.2 > (final). > > /var/www/html/* is the most obvious data I need, but what other folders > and config files are needed to successfully migrate over apache > (assuming it's already installed)? > > And mailman - theres plenty of data in /var/lib/mailman - but what else > should I need to look out for? > > Any pointers would be greatly appreciated, I'm hopeful that these 2 > examples give me enough clues to investigate some other migration > assistance. > > Cheers, > Roger > Apache could be a huge task, depending on what server side stuff is installed.... you may need databases, php, perl, tomcat... the list is endless. The same, for example is true for mail: malware, spam protection, etc need to be migrated as well, making for a bigger project than expected. Mailman is a better task to start with, although a database migration may be a better starter because it can be accessed locally as well as remotely, so can be transferred on its own. hth, Steve. -- Steve Holdoway <[email protected]>
