RH9 to ES Migration

[Jeff Hogg]

Charles Braffett wrote:

> So, if I do a clean install using the existing partitions, then copy the
> old etc folder in, that should work?  BTW, I don't want to lose any file
> structure nor data (several CVS stores running).  :)
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: redhat-install-list-bounces at redhat.com
> [mailto:redhat-install-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Neil
> McFadyen
> Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2004 7:14 AM
> To: Getting started with Red Hat Linux
> Subject: Re: RH9 to ES Migration
> 
> make a copy of /etc   it will have most of the settings you need
> 
> Charles Braffett wrote:
> 
> 
>>I have a production server running RH9 which I need to migrate to ES.
>>Can someone give me step by step instructions on how to preserve all
> 
> the
> 
>>settings?  (i.e. users, groups, IP bindings, route tables, apache
> 
> sites,
> 
>>etc...)
>>

It's a bit more complicated than that unfortunately...  You'll need your 
/home directory, and any active data directories in use by the 
applications your currently using at least.  I can't guess where your 
cvs data is being stored, you will need to determine that yourself. 
/etc will take care of your network info and most of the settings for 
the programs you have... but it may not be wise to simply paste it back 
in on top of the new system, as some things may have changed after all. 
  New hardware, and minor file format changes and such.  Basics like 
ifcfg-eth0 are fairly stable, but you shouldnt try to re-use the 
conf.module file for example.  Burn /etc and the data dirs onto a cd and 
copy back just the files you need, not the whole mess I would say.   I 
hope this helps a bit.

Jeff Hogg