[Cialug]moving a server

[David Bierce]

Indeed, rsync, tar or smbtar for a samba share are how I've dealt  
with moving data across volumes with as little fuss as possible.


On Jul 5, 2007, at 8:19 AM, Daniel A. Ramaley wrote:

> Do you just need to move the file shares? I'd probably use rsync to  
> copy
> stuff over. Rsync is rather slow for an initial copy (noticeably  
> slower
> than just running tar over an ssh pipe, for instance), but if
> interrupted it can pick up where it left off and it is very fast at
> synchronizing changes.
>
> On Wednesday 04 July 2007 15:22, Dan Hockey wrote:
>> I'm running out dated clarkconnect on the old samba server and I'd
>> like to move everything over to the new server (identical hardware
>> but with a 300gb hdd) running mavdriva 2007, is there a way to
>> automate the transfer from the old smb server to the new smb sever?
>> The old sever has been running for over a year now and it's no longer
>> supported that's partly the reason I don't want to touch it until
>> every thing is moved over.
>> -dh
>>
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