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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=421202316-22102009><FONT color=#0000ff
face=Arial>roland,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=421202316-22102009><FONT color=#0000ff
face=Arial>what i recently did was use this info and modified the
backup-servers script slightly</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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face=Arial><A
href="http://www.jms1.net/code/rsync-backup.shtml">http://www.jms1.net/code/rsync-backup.shtml</A></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=421202316-22102009><FONT color=#0000ff
face=Arial>it was really simple to move a live centos4 from one machine to
another after admin down services that would allow data to change on the final
rsync pass.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=421202316-22102009><FONT color=#0000ff
face=Arial>one machine was an older compaq DL380 and the new machine was a HP
DL360</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=421202316-22102009><FONT color=#0000ff
face=Arial>basically i did a centos 4 load on the new machine and paid
</FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=421202316-22102009><FONT color=#0000ff
face=Arial>careful attention to what needs to be excluded as well as changed
before and afterwards</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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face=Arial>things like /etc/modprobe.conf</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=421202316-22102009><FONT color=#0000ff
face=Arial>then change ips and reboot.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=421202316-22102009><FONT color=#0000ff
face=Arial>the having two servers side by side thing is a different set of
circumstances and setup...</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=421202316-22102009><FONT color=#0000ff
face=Arial>we just cloned one to the other and took the original machine
offline.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=421202316-22102009><FONT color=#0000ff
face=Arial>if you have a lot of linux experience and cannot figure out the step
by step, post what you did to "try" and accomplish it and then we can help
more later</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=421202316-22102009><FONT color=#0000ff
face=Arial>please be specific in your postings</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=421202316-22102009><FONT color=#0000ff
face=Arial> - rh</FONT></SPAN></DIV></BODY></HTML>