From: "Thomas E Dukes" edukes@alltel.net Date: 2006/03/11 Sat AM 08:40:41 EST To: "'CentOS mailing list'" centos@centos.org Subject: RE: [CentOS] Moving files to new server
-----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces@centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of Les Mikesell Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2006 1:01 PM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: RE: [CentOS] Moving files to new server
Version-level upgrades are always a bad idea because they can leave old stuff around. I'd recommend taking this opportunity to clean things up with a fresh install and only copy over the contents of the home directories and any ftp or web sites that might be set up. Bring the new machine up with a different IP and name at first, then copy over things and configure it to match the old one, keeping a log of anything you have to do that isn't completely obvious. You can copy files with 'scp file newmachine:/path' or directories or files with: rsync -av -essh source newmachine:/path/to/target. Copy over /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow, /etc/group, /etc/gshadow and rsync the /home directory and any directories containing web or ftp sites.
Hello,
The new server is in and I am about to attempt the file transfers. I have NEVER attempted this and want to do it right the first time.
Reading the man pages for cp and scp it looks as if the -a switches are different. Are they? I want/am going to transfer files/directories across the local network. Should I work from the new machine or the old? What files are machine dependent? In other words, what files, if any, should not be copied because of hardware differences?
Sorry for all the seemingly stupid questions but as I said, I have never undertaken this before.
TIA
Still need an answer to my question. In deleting in user who's system has gone crazy that responded to my post, pls don't delete my thread.
Thanks