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Switch to the new server.

Offline babaorhum

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Switch to the new server.
« on: April 16, 2013, 09:59:34 PM »
Hi,
Version 8 is maintent output I want to transfer my current server to a new installation, then I go through a backup / restore partial knowing that I do not want to transfer all aps.
If someone has an idea.
Thank you. 8)

Offline Stefano

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Re: Switch to the new server.
« Reply #1 on: April 16, 2013, 10:45:34 PM »
if you are moving to a new hw too you could use Affa (http://wiki.contribs.org/Affa)

just remember to install only the needed contribs on the new server and you are done

in any case, SME's backup doesn't transfer applications/contribs, but only users/files/emails/and server/daemons configurations

Offline azche24

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Re: Switch to the new server.
« Reply #2 on: April 26, 2013, 02:36:54 PM »
I switched servers using the "take out RAID1 Disk and put it into new server" method described in the http://wiki.contribs.org/Moving_HardDisk_to_New_Hardware. Only have to take care of Kernel Panic and fix that as described in some Howto here. If you are careful with the fix of initrd while eliminating kernel panic (just type carefully) this is a 20 minute task plus the time for resync of SW Raid 1. Worked like a charm for me.

You can uninstall unwanted software afterwards via server-panel or yum.
Alexander Ziemann, Berlin - DE