Re: RE: [cobalt-users] RaQ4 - moving sites between raq's

[Bruce Timberlake <Bruce.Timberlake@xxxxxxx>]

> Looks like just what I need then, thanks.  I note from the
> release notes that it does not migrate DNS entries.  Is there an
> easy way of doing this manually, other than retyping the DNS
> entries into the admin screen (don't fancy doing that with over
> 100 domains hosted!).

Copy/FTP the /etc/records file to the new server.  /etc/records is a
Cobalt-specific file that contains "meta-data" about all your domains.

Edit the file to make whatever IP address changes you need, etc.

Then in the web UI, click the "Save Changes" button on the main Control
Panel screen - it parses the /etc/records file and creates all the
pri.whatever files, etc.

On the server you're migrating off of, do the same thing - remove the
domains no longer hosted on the original server from /etc/records, and
re-parse.

I'm not near a RaQ right now to look up the actual script name, but you
could manually run the CGI that the "Save Changes" button executes and
achieve the same result.

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Bruce Timberlake
Sun Cobalt Technology Engineer
Sun Microsystems, Inc.