Stevie, you have two options as far as I can see. 1) install afresh and migrate the email using imapsync. 2) use some kind of tool to convert the physical server to a virtual one. I suggest that you do it over a weekend and after hours. we have the number of a good pizza place that delivers!
Simon VassTechnical ManagerE-Tech Uganda Ltdhttp://www.etech.ugTel: +256 (0) 312260620 or (0) 312260621email: [email protected]: e-techservicedesk ----- Original Message ----- From: stevie kabs <[email protected]> To: lug <[email protected]> Sent: Fri, 19 Nov 2010 10:31:09 +0300 (EAT) Subject: [LUG] Mail server Migration Hello Lug, Recently we decided to go virtualization (VMware vSphere 4) on all servers but am facing a challenge of migrating the mail-server from a standalone server to the new server that has been virtualized.i have over 180 users and i don't want to lose any data in the process. Am running Centos 5.5, postfix and dovecot. What do i do to migrate the mails to the new server without any data loss or users noticing a change? Advise please -- Stephen Kabali Datacenter Administrator Uganda Industrial Research Institute (UIRI) [email protected] www.uiri.org _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug To unsubscribe http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ All Archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. --------------------------------------- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug To unsubscribe http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ All Archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ---------------------------------------
