On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 4:41 PM, Andrew Deason <[email protected]>wrote:
> On Thu, 26 Jul 2012 14:22:25 +0300 > Youssef Eldakar <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 1.4.12+dfsg-3+ubuntu0.1. I am planning to replace this OpenAFS server > > with another one on another machine running Ubuntu 12.04, which comes > > with OpenAFS version 1.6.1-1. What's the simplest way to transfer the > > data over to the new server? Would just rsyncing /vicepa work? > > As Lars mentions, using 'vos move' is often the "best" way; the way most > likely to not have problems. If you 'vos move' all of the data, make > sure to keep the old server on for at least 2 hours after everything has > moved before turning it off, so clients have a chance to notice that > their data has moved. > Thanks for that advice. > > If you cannot or do not want to do that, yes, you can just rsync the > /vicep* directories (make sure you use -a). If you do that, you will > also want to sync the /var/lib/openafs/local directory (do _not_ do this > if you 'vos move' the data instead). > And for this addition. It helps to know the transfer is also doable via rsync. > > -- > Andrew Deason > [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > OpenAFS-info mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openafs.org/mailman/listinfo/openafs-info >
