Re: [CentOS] Migration Assistance

2011-09-05 Thread R - elists
brian, there are many solutions if you like ssh and rsync etc, then... taking this solution and modify it a little and it works great http://www.jms1.net/code/rsync-backup.shtml one, you can backup the machine(s) to another system with large space two, once machine(s) backed up, then

Re: [CentOS] Migration Assistance

2011-09-05 Thread Simon Matter
> Good Afternoon, > > I have been tasked with migrating a machine sitting on RHEL 5.6 off a > rackspace cloud server to a local machine. In order to cut costs we would Whatever this "cloud" thing is, it can mean almost anything these days :) > like to utilize Centos 5.6. I have done quite a bit o

Re: [CentOS] Migration Assistance

2011-09-05 Thread Jay Leafey
I've used the instructions at http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/MigrationGuide to move an RHEL system to CentOS with reasonable results. Of course, YMMV. It sounds like you have the added complication of a virtual-to-physical, I can't say much about that as it is not something I have done. Physi

[CentOS] Migration Assistance

2011-09-05 Thread Brian Peters
Good Afternoon, I have been tasked with migrating a machine sitting on RHEL 5.6 off a rackspace cloud server to a local machine. In order to cut costs we would like to utilize Centos 5.6. I have done quite a bit of research and have as of yet been able to find a clear answer on how to accomplish t