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Hello,<br><br>thanks for your prompt reply..<br>i was leaving that option as a last resort...<br>the problem is that this machine is a production machine <br>so if i rsync, i need to turn off the services in order to copy files or else ill have permission denied errors...<br><br>any other way?<br><br><br>i;ll start the proccess of creating a fresh instalation today though i dunno how to do the followign:<br><br>1. backing up my mysql databases is it enough to cp /var/lib/mysql and /user/lib/mysql or i have to export them? and if thats the case how can i export?<br>2. anyway of copying user permissions and passwords? or i have to create them all over again ?<br><br><br><br><br><br>> Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2009 04:49:21 -0400<br>> From: gebser@mousecar.com<br>> To: centos@centos.org<br>> Subject: Re: [CentOS] Help! i want to clone my Centos machine to another box..<br>> <br>> <br>> On 10/22/2009 04:06 AM RoLaNd RoLaNd wrote:<br>> > Hello all,<br>> > <br>> > i've spent the last week trying to find something that will clone my<br>> > existing Centos server to a more powerful box.<br>> > i've used clonezilla though that resulted in a complete failure..<br>> > <br>> > can anyone please guide me in the right direction?<br>> > all i want to do is to clone my entire server and all of it's<br>> > directories to a more powerful server so i start using it instead..<br>> > i dont want to get rid of the current server as i want both of them to<br>> > run in parallel with the same backed up services/data on each of them..<br>> > <br>> > <br>> > can anyone please help! im honestly desperate!!<br>> > <br>> > <br>> > best,<br>> > <br>> > Roland<br>> <br>> Since the destination machine is "more powerful", the hardware is likely<br>> different, so cloning per se isn't an option. Instead, you should do a<br>> fresh install of the same version on the new (destination) box, then<br>> copy the data over from the weaker to the destination machine.<br>> <br>> There are a variety of options for copying the data. Since it sounds<br>> like there's some pressure at the moment, the best way for you now is<br>> going to be the method you're most familiar with. Do you have good,<br>> recent backups of the source system? If so, you could restore that<br>> backup to the destination machine. Otherwise (if your two machines are<br>> both on the same network), you could use tar or rsync or yet other<br>> utilities.<br>> <br>> _______________________________________________<br>> CentOS mailing list<br>> CentOS@centos.org<br>> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos<br> <br /><hr />Windows Live: Make it easier for your friends to see <a href='http://www.microsoft.com/middleeast/windows/windowslive/see-it-in-action/social-network-basics.aspx?ocid=PID23461::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-xm:SI_SB_2:092009' target='_new'>what you’re up to on Facebook.</a></body>
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