Questions tagged [migration]
Migrating an installation to new hardware. See also /cloning
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Moving Linux install to a new computer
I know that it can, in some circumstances, be difficult to move a Windows installation from one computer to another (physically move the hard drive), but how does that work on Linux? Aren't most of ...
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How to copy all my XFCE settings between two computers/machines?
Does anyone know how I can copy my customizations of XFCE's settings plus its appearance to another machine?
The settings for appearance/design, panels, keyboard shortcuts and geany are not there yet,...
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rsync error: some files/attrs were not transferred
I'm trying to move my emails Maildir from an old CentOS server to a new Debian server.
rsync -avz /home/me/Maildir ssh root@ipaddress:/var/vmail/me/Maildir
I tried to copy a 8GB account, didn't work, ...
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Is is possible to copy a running process between machines?
To the best of my understanding, all linux process are actually files, is it possible to copy a running process from one machine to another?
for example - copy a running tomcat server from one ...
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Case-insensitive file system for production server?
The initial situation looks like this:
The corporate software is PHP-based.
It is delivered by Apache 2 on a Windows 2003 Server.
It is big.
It is a legacy of rather unprofessional developers who did ...
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How do I migrate configuration between computers with different hardware?
I want to migrate the configuration of an Ubuntu desktop to a new box with different hardware. What is the easiest way to do this? /etc/ contains machine and hardware specific settings so I can't just ...
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How would you migrate from a Windows AD to a Linux LDAP server?
I currently run a Windows server with Active Directory. But since we're no longer using Exchange 2007, it became a fancy file server with authentication.
I would like to move the AD to a Linux server....
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Migration of a working Debian 11 system to another
Assume I have two Debian 11 systems. System A with custom application setup. etc. And a vanilla system B. Now I would like to transfer the whole setup from A to B. I found some links, where users ...
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Is filename in SFTP encrypted?
Making data migration (Debian OS) from one server to another, is SFTP (Ftp with SSH) fully encrypted ? Data with file names ?
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Migrate from Ubuntu to Debian and take the application data along
I am thinking of switching to Debian from Ubuntu, for various reasons, moving towards a more free software supporting system being one of them. (GNU.org mentions that we can choose to keep Debian ...
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Pacemaker: migrate resource without adding a "prefer" line in config
Using pacemaker in a 2 nodes master/slave configuration.
In order to perform some tests, we want to switch the master role from node1 to node2, and vice-versa. For instance if the current master is ...
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Migrating a Virtualbox virtual machine into a physical dual-boot system
I'm running a Linux Mint 12 virtual machine in Virtualbox. I would like to move it into a dual-boot setup with my Windows 7 installation. I have lot of settings in there, and apps installed, and my ...
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Convert Debian Live USB persistent filesystem to a standalone installation
How would I convert a persistent filesystem (live-rw) from a Debian Live USB to a standalone, bootable installation that can be run on a VM?
What I've tried
Chrooting and installing a bootloader (...
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Migrating away from apt-key adv
I have quite some scripts that are still using the apt-key adv command. And I know this command is deprecated. And soon becoming unable to use.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but Debian 11 is the last ...
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100% CPU utilisation and hang after virsh migrate
I've been experimenting with ZFS + DRBD + live migration (I want to understand it well enough to write my own automation scripts before I start playing with ganeti again, and then openstack cinder). ...
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