[cobalt-users] is there a way to deactivate ALL vsites at once?

["Joseph Lundgren" <josephl@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Greetings,

Last week, when I used the CMU to migrate 90+ vsites from one RaQ4r to
another RaQ4r (via the Mounted Filesystem Migration method (over a 100mb
switched hub)) I spent at least an hour deactivating each individual site,
and at least an hour re-activating the sites after the (6 stinkin' hour)
migration.  This, in effect, put some of my customers out of operation for 8
hours. EIGHT HOURS!!!  Next time (god forbid there be a next time) I'm going
to do one site at a time, regardless of the fact that it'll take three times
as long.

There's got to be a way to deactivate the vsites en-mass...  Anyone know
how?

There's got to be a better way to migrate vsites en-mass...  I'd be willing
to pay for a commercial solution if it could guarantee me that I won't have
another 8 (EIGHT!! as in, the number of hours +1 that most American sleep
per night) hour downtime while moving customers.

What can I do better next time?



Joseph Lundgren
System Administrator
josephl@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Nu-World Communications
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