I can confirm this works on CentOS 6.2 on XenServer 6.0 it took 35 minutes, and I was able to go live as soon as the script finished.
I migrated from cents 5.2, and did the backup, and restore took an hour. Perfect setup. Thanks a bunch for that script. On 7/18/12 8:24 PM, "Eric Shubert" <e...@shubes.net> wrote: >Just for the record, using RPMs is the preferred method (instead of >using CPAN), for several reasons that I don't think I need to expound. >RPMs will be used in the 'official' version, so doing so now would be >prudent. >-- >-Eric 'shubes' > >On 07/18/2012 03:25 PM, Ron Pacheco wrote: >> Oh, actually, looks like I may have interpreted your question backward. >> I suppose it would have been better to find the YUM packages for all the >> perl modules instead of using CPAN, but again, each of those sections >> was taken from code that essentially already did the heavy lifting, I >> simply adapted them to fit into the larger picture, and once it worked, >> I left it alone. That flow chart that starts "Does it work?" and later >> asks "Did you f*** with it?" comes to mind . . . :D >> >> On Wednesday, July 18, 2012 5:21:18 PM, Ron Pacheco wrote: >>> Eric, >>> >>> Fair question. The short answer is that this script evolved as I >>> tackled each install issue in turn, and being partly pieced from other >>> install procedures and partly from my own code, what worked was simply >>> left alone and kept intact. I believe that particular code that pulls >>> those perl modules using YUM was part of one of the original CentOS 5 >>> install scripts where I borrowed part of the code from. >>> >>> Ron >>> >>> On Wednesday, July 18, 2012 5:07:14 PM, Eric Broch wrote: >>>> On 7/18/2012 2:03 PM, Ron Pacheco wrote: >>>>> List, >>>>> >>>>> This question appears to come up often enough that a turnkey CentOS >>>>> 6.x installer script is probably worth sharing in its entirety. It is >>>>> available for now via a folder on my company's Box account in both >>>>> 7zip and gzipped tar formats with accompanying MD5 and SHA1 hashes >>>>>(if >>>>> someone has a more appropriate hosting location, let me know): >>>>> >>>>> https://www.box.com/shared/de954e52e0816ffc2e93 >>>>> >>>>> This is not officially supported for anyone but myself, but as it can >>>>> make CentOS 6.x installs trivial---I and several colleagues have used >>>>> it without issue---I will try to respond to any queries about it that >>>>> are posted here to this list. >>>>> >>>>> If you plan to use this, read the README thoroughly, and as with any >>>>> unsupported script or software, it is strongly recommended that you >>>>> browse through the script to be sure you understand it before using >>>>>it. >>>>> >>>>> Ron >>>>> >>>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: >>>>>qmailtoaster-list-unsubscr...@qmailtoaster.com >>>>> For additional commands, e-mail: >>>>> qmailtoaster-list-h...@qmailtoaster.com >>>>> >>>> That looks good, Ron. May I ask one question? Why don't you install >>>>the >>>> perl modules using YUM instead of CPAN as your script installs the >>>> rpmforge repo which maintains these modules? >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: qmailtoaster-list-unsubscr...@qmailtoaster.com >>>> For additional commands, e-mail: >>>>qmailtoaster-list-h...@qmailtoaster.com >>>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: qmailtoaster-list-unsubscr...@qmailtoaster.com >>> For additional commands, e-mail: >>>qmailtoaster-list-h...@qmailtoaster.com >>> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: qmailtoaster-list-unsubscr...@qmailtoaster.com >> For additional commands, e-mail: qmailtoaster-list-h...@qmailtoaster.com >> >> > > > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: qmailtoaster-list-unsubscr...@qmailtoaster.com >For additional commands, e-mail: qmailtoaster-list-h...@qmailtoaster.com > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: qmailtoaster-list-unsubscr...@qmailtoaster.com For additional commands, e-mail: qmailtoaster-list-h...@qmailtoaster.com
