Questions tagged [migration]
Migrating an installation to new hardware. See also /cloning
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CrashPlan migrate backup from Windows to Linux?
I have CrashPlan installed on my Windows partition but since I almost don't use windows anymore I want to move it to my ElementaryOS/Ubuntu installation.
The problem is: In my Windows machine ...
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Broken LVM Physical volume after resizing partition
I bought a new larger SSD to replace my old one. The old one has 3 partitions, 2 for booting and a third (last) one with LVM2 on LUKS. I did the following to migrate:
dd the contents of the old drive ...
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Migrating mail to a new server using OfflineIMAP - dot folders not copied
I am trying to migrate mails from a server to a new server using OfflineIMAP.
My config looks like:
[general]
accounts = TestAccount
ui = noninteractive.Basic
[Account TestAccount]
localrepository =...
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Migrate from thunderbird to sylpheed while preserving folder structure
Is there an automatic way migrate a thunderbird mailbox to sylpheed while preserving the folder structure. I tried the importexport extension for thunderbird and got a directory with multiple mbox ...
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How to clone / move entire Fedora installation onto larger disk with minimal changes to the system?
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I have an SSD in my computer (250GiB), with both /boot and ///home partitions on it.
I'd like to move that into a new M.2 NVME drive which is much larger (1TiB).
The distro I'm using is ...
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Need utility to measure lock contention and thread Migration Rate
I Know it is trivial question but I searched several days for a utility to measure lock contention and thread migration rate but no luck.
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Would I be able to move my Linux OS from a USB stick to my computer's hard drive?
The point is, I want to gradually migrate my data and workflows to Linux without compromising the hard drive's space. I thought I could install Linux to a thumb drive, install apps and whatnot, and, ...
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How to migrate a Docker image with all its parent layers to another machine?
I have a Docker box where I build my images. I would like to migrate the images to another machine but I would like to also have all the layers of the images available on that new machine.
The ...
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Migrate service and IP address from one pc to another, so that the other pc takes the place of the first but also retains its original IP
I have a Cubieboard on 192.168.20.10 which serves as a DNS-server.
I also have now a new, somewhat bigger PC on 192.168.20.20 which is now hosting some services, but not DNS. I want to move the DNS ...
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How to measure Down time for VM migration
I am using KVM with virt-manager to migrate the virtual machines from one system to another.
VM Migraiton is successfully done and migration time is measured correctly. Now, I am stuck for how to ...
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Can I copy a kernel changes to a new machine?
In order to install ORACLE database on Fedora, I had to make A LOT of changes in fedora... How can I copy all those changes and install them on my new fedora installation ?
Or is it even possible to ...
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Migrate "Contact lists" from Thunderbird to Evolution
I successfully migrated from Thunderbird to Evolution, including all my contacts. However, the "Contact lists" or "Mailing lists" I created in Thunderbird have not migrated. By "Contact lists" or "...
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How do I move and run a linux container on a new host?
What is the correct procedure to move a Linux container to a new host? Here is what I have done without success:
Compress directory containing linux container:
sudo tar -cjf sample_container.tar....
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Moving from one hard drive to another
I'm running Arch on a laptop and I fell into a really nice newer hard drive. I'd like to move over to the new drive, but I'm not sure what the safest/smartest way to move from one hard drive to ...
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mentor graphics pads alternative
Windows only SW: mentor graphics pads
I want to move from Windows to linux, but I need this kind of SW for my work.
I know some alternatives with similar functionality exist, for example KiCad, but ...
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