Re: [CentOS] Best way to migrate a server?

Kevin Thorpe schrieb:

I was just wondering what recommendations you have on migrating a CentOS 5 install between servers?

I've done similar in the past by setting up a minimal install in the new server, use tar to copy over the old install and reboot. I was thinking of rsync this time.

Is that an acceptable thing to do or have I missed something important?

You can only sensibly do that using a live-CD on the 2nd server. Because, last time I looked, if you overwrote "important" libraries that were in use at the time of overwriting, the server would just crash. At least, that's what happened with my backup-software back then.

With a live-CD, you could also just pipe "dd" through netcat....

Rainer