From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 3 05:26:22 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CFD3516A4DA for ; Sun, 3 Sep 2006 05:26:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chad@shire.net) Received: from hobbiton.shire.net (mail.freestylefund.com [166.70.252.250]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D63643D46 for ; Sun, 3 Sep 2006 05:26:22 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from chad@shire.net) Received: from [67.171.127.191] (helo=[192.168.99.68]) by hobbiton.shire.net with esmtpa (Exim 4.51) id 1GJkUv-000KPm-Km; Sat, 02 Sep 2006 23:26:21 -0600 In-Reply-To: <44FA64E6.10800@enabled.com> References: <44FA6142.30609@enabled.com> <314FC15A-DA2C-4D03-9469-3522EE0C9FEA@shire.net> <44FA638B.5020500@enabled.com> <0F79193E-402E-41B4-AAE1-E7CBB39CC642@shire.net> <44FA64E6.10800@enabled.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" Date: Sat, 2 Sep 2006 23:26:20 -0600 To: Noah X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 67.171.127.191 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: chad@shire.net X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No (on hobbiton.shire.net); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: migrating user and web files to new server X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 03 Sep 2006 05:26:22 -0000 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 >> 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 --- Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC Your Web App and Email hosting provider chad at shire.net