Re: [rdiff-backup-users] using rdiff-backup for server migration

Sun, 03 Sep 2006 11:26:48 -0700

Keith Edmunds wrote: 
On 09/03/2006 5:55:24 AM +0100
Noah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:

  
So we built a new server and want to migrate
the user and web data file to the new machine.  any recommendations
about how to get rdiff-backup to help us perform these tasks?
    

I wouldn't do it with rdiff-backup. However, if you did want to do it
that way for some reason, backup the files from the old server and
restore to the new one (have I missed something?).

I would set up the new server with all the required software, /ensure/
that the group and user ids are the same between the two systems (this
just makes life easier), and do either:

Keith,

excellent suggestion.  this is exactly what I am looking to do.  I am wondering what the best suggested practices are to make sure that the group and user ids remain constant between the servers.  Is it as easy as copying over /etc/group /etc/passwd and /etc/master.passwd

I am trying to reduce the Possibility of screwing things up here.  Any recommendations?

Cheers,
Noah



oldsys # tar -C /var/www -cf - . | ssh newsys tar -C /var/www -xvf -

(or use rsync or scp)

and repeat for each tree of files you want to replicate.
  

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