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ollie

Hi all,

I've been away from the forums for a long time because of work pressures and illness Sad

but I'm back for some advice.

I'm moving an existing Ubuntu Server 10.04.4 LTS amd64 server to new hardware. I have tried installing Ubuntu Server 12.04.1 LTS onto the new hardware and started using rsync to copy over home directories, web server files and some configuration files. I used mysqldump via ssh to copy all of my databses over successfully, including all all of the MySQL users and permissions.

However, I'm having problems restarting the Apache web server with missing configuration files. I'm also not sure if I've got all of the required PHP5 configuration files. There seems to be some differences between the configuration of Apache on 12.04 and 10.04.

I'm starting to realise that moving the server onto a different server version may not be a good idea Embarassed

So here's the big question, if I install Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS onto the new server and run:

Dutch_Master · LXF regular Joined: Tue Mar 27, 2007 2:49 am Posts: 2354

You can copy the package list with:

ollie · Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2012 3:27 am Post subject:

Thanks DM - you've confirmed the process that I'm doing for the environment. I'm just waiting to install the "extra" software I've added to /etc/apt/sources.list like Webmin & MondoRescue. I actually used dpkg and apt-get because it's only 4 commands including the fetching on the new server:

Dutch_Master · LXF regular Joined: Tue Mar 27, 2007 2:49 am Posts: 2354

Can't help on MySQL Ollie, but welcome back anyway Wink

It's generally not a good idea to replace critical/essential files on a running system, perhaps a live-cd/usbstick would be a better idea. Make sure you copy the to-be replaced files for easy restoring if things go haywire!

ollie · Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2012 9:55 pm Post subject:

Thanks DM.

Now I'm wondering if I shut down the Apache & MySQL servers on the target system, as well as any other servers other than OpenSSH, and then do the rsync if that would be more successful.

I'm making sure I don't wipe anything on the old system until the new server is totally functional. It is also backed up to tape drive, just in case.

I'm not sure if I'll be trying on Friday, when I can take the old system "offline" for a while, or waiting until December when the system can be offline for a week during a shut down period.

Dutch_Master · LXF regular Joined: Tue Mar 27, 2007 2:49 am Posts: 2354

Plan for next Friday, then you have a week fall-back time to fix errors. The initial rsync is the largest, perhaps use tar to compress the lot? But! You have a backup (of the old system), why not use that to roll data in instead? No chances to compromise the old system, and you get to check your backup roll-back strategy is working Very Happy

As for the tape drive: unless your client is emotionally very attached (sic Razz

) to that ancient device, advise them to switch to Blu-Ray instead Wink