Re: [cobalt-users] backup entire Raq2 to a Raq3

["RHLinux- WHN" <rhlinux@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Heres some great instuctions i got from a fellow raq owner in the same boat
as you and me. The only problem i had, was i accidently moved over the
passwd file and almost lost all the 200 sites i moved onto the raq3, 2 weeks
worth of work, greatfull i had a backup copy of it :)

1. Make a table of domain names<->site numbers on the RaQ2 (on a piece of
paper)
2. Create the sites on the RaQ3 in exactly the same order that they appear
on the RaQ2 (i.e. the domain has the same site number) through the UI
3. Create all the users for all sites with identical settings through the UI
4. For each sitex, tar&zip up the /home/sitex/ directory structure
5. FTP the zip file to the RaQ3
6. unzip&tar the file to the same location
7. Copy the encrypted password from the RaQ2 shadow file to the RaQ3 one
8. Test the site by entering the new IP for the moved domain in your Windows
HOSTS file
9. Move the DNS entry from the RaQ2 to the RaQ3

NOTE: There is obviously an issue with Frontpage sites as the underlying
architecture is different and you cannot simply copy the site. To move a
Frontpage site, do the following:

1. When creating the duplicate site in the RaQ3 do NOT enable it as a
Frontpage site.
2. Follow steps 3. to 7. as above
3. Once copied, THEN enable Frontpage extensions on the new site and it will
overwrite the MIPS binaries in the site web with the x86 ones

This procedure worked fine for us and we encountered no problems.


Regards
Gary

----- Original Message -----
From: "Juan Martin Ferraro" <jmartin@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2000 2:58 PM
Subject: [cobalt-users] backup entire Raq2 to a Raq3


hi
I have a Raq2 with 80 sites and i want to migrate the server to another Raq
in this case a Raq3 .
how I can transfer the contents from a site to another server without losing
no of the configurations or the data?

thanx in advance and sorry by my english.

                                        Juan Martin Ferraro
                                        Help Desk Jujonica S.R.L




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