On Wednesday, 11.02.2004 at 21:42 -0600, Frank Smith wrote: > > I haven't seen this question in the list or archives. How do I > > gracefully move amanda databases from one (Irix) server to a new one > > (Linux). I expect to handle the build and configuration on the new > > host. I'll be moving our Exabyte jukebox from old to new host. > > > > Once the hardware and build dances are done, can I just (translate > > and?) move some files from the old server to the new one, keeping > > the same catalogs etc to access our current inventory of backups? > > I've never moved between platforms, but I did move our server from one > Linux host to another. As I recall, all I had to do was copy over the > config directories to the new server and update .amandahosts on all > the clients (both were built with almost identical configs). All the > files (indexes, tapelists, configs,etc.) are just text files, so you > shouldn't have a problem (unless you were using 'localhost'). I would > be sure to verify that you can read the old tapes properly on the new > server in case there is some byteorder issue. Don't forget that if > the OS of the server and client are different, if you used dump to > backup then you need to restore onto a client that is the same OS as > the original filesystem.
Similar experience here, too. Not a problem moving from RH Linux 7.3 to Debian Woody ... just copy across all the /var/log/amanda and /etc/amanda stuff. Our only slight issue was the 'localhost' one given above. However, anything needing to be *restored* to the host that was previously called 'localhost' can of course just be restored to the 'new' localhost and then copied across to the correct machine. I guess your *real* question is whether *Irix* to Linux will be an issue. Generally, though, it seems that a move from system to system should not be a big deal ... Dave. -- Dave Ewart [EMAIL PROTECTED] Computing Manager, Epidemiology Unit, Oxford Cancer Research UK PGP: CC70 1883 BD92 E665 B840 118B 6E94 2CFD 694D E370