roland, what i recently did was use this info and modified the backup-servers script slightly http://www.jms1.net/code/rsync-backup.shtml 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. one machine was an older compaq DL380 and the new machine was a HP DL360 basically i did a centos 4 load on the new machine and paid careful attention to what needs to be excluded as well as changed before and afterwards things like /etc/modprobe.conf then change ips and reboot. the having two servers side by side thing is a different set of circumstances and setup... we just cloned one to the other and took the original machine offline. 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 please be specific in your postings - rh -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20091022/be9366e0/attachment-0004.html>