migrating user and web files to new server

[Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC]

On Sep 2, 2006, at 11:15 PM, Noah wrote:

> Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote:
>>
>> On Sep 2, 2006, at 11:09 PM, Noah wrote:
>>
>>> Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On Sep 2, 2006, at 10:59 PM, Noah wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi there,
>>>>>
>>>>> might somebody recommend a good way to migrate user and web  
>>>>> files to our new server?
>>>>
>>>> ???
>>>>
>>>> tar and scp work well for me
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> okay might you recommend a good command structure?
>>
>> Sorry I am dense but I just tar up whatever directories (user,  
>> web, whatever) and then use scp to copy them to the new server  
>> where I use tar to undue them.  I don't quite understand your  
>> question
>>
>> man tar
>> man scp
>>
>> % tar cpf archive.tar <userdir>
>> scp over
>> % tar xpf archive.tar
>
>
> there are cooler ways of doing this.   there will be people on this  
> list that know what I am talking about.  I will await  their  
> responses.
>
> things like rdiff-backup could be useful since I can prep  
> everything and periodically move things over and then on a flag day  
> switch the IPs.
>


Well, if you want to make it complicated etc you can.

If you don't want to migrate all at once, yes, there are other ways  
of doing that.  That was not specified.

I would just stay up late one night and tar it all over and get it  
over with.  KISS.

good luck!
best regards
Chad

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