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Quick Way of Transferring Server?
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Quick Way of Transferring Server?

Domin43Domin43 Member

What's the easiest and best way to basically migrate one server to another without any need of changing anything network wise etc?

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  • DumbledoreDumbledore Member
    edited June 2016

    rsync -a ~/dir1 username@remote_host:destination_directory

  • justvmjustvm Member, Patron Provider

    is it a dedicate or a VPS server?

  • tommytommy Member

    @vpsrus said:
    is it a dedicate or a VPS server?

    what the hell? that makes no difference. stop spamming

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  • justvmjustvm Member, Patron Provider
    edited June 2016

    @tommy said:

    @vpsrus said:
    is it a dedicate or a VPS server?

    what the hell? that makes no difference. stop spamming

    Sorry it was not my intention. only one thing about my question, if he has a VPS KVM he can do it with "dd" if is VPS with openvz he can do it with "vzdump" and so on, this is why my question
    so I will rest my posts on this thread.

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  • yomeroyomero Member
    edited June 2016

    Agree with vpsrus to be honest.

    By the way, I was bein lazy some days ago, and moved a server (OpenVZ to OpenVZ) with this guide:

    https://lowendbox.com/blog/how-to-migrate-a-hosted-server-in-5-easy-steps-with-rsync/

    Don't copy paste the command, because the dashes are broken, and also it need double dashes on the parameters.

    Edit: Also, I used --delete, to eliminate files that didn't exist on the old server.

    Edit 2: You should consider stopping services writing to disk, (databases for example) to avoid some data corruption on the destination server.

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  • +1 @stolipeach rsync would be the best all rounder
    other suggestions require certain access that may not be available or provided

  • @vpsrus said:
    is it a dedicate or a VPS server?

    KVM to OpenVZ

    @yomero said:
    Agree with vpsrus to be honest.

    By the way, I was bein lazy some days ago, and moved a server (OpenVZ to OpenVZ) with this guide:

    https://lowendbox.com/blog/how-to-migrate-a-hosted-server-in-5-easy-steps-with-rsync/

    Don't copy paste the command, because the dashes are broken, and also it need double dashes on the parameters.

    Edit: Also, I used --delete, to eliminate files that didn't exist on the old server.

    Edit 2: You should consider stopping services writing to disk, (databases for example) to avoid some data corruption on the destination server.

    Thanks I'll try that and reply if success.

  • Update: I've tried yomero method it all transferred now i need to figure out how to get it working from kvm to openvz.

  • yomeroyomero Member

    From KVM to VZ it should work fine. I will try this later if I get some spare time.

    If I can think in a possible issue... Probably you may need to reconfigure the network in your control panel.

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