John H. Robinson, IV wrote: > Herb French wrote: >> Esteemed Colleagues- >> >> I have two Red Hat boxes that have been in use for several years as web >> servers, using the L.A.M.P. approach. >> >> (1) running RH 7.3 >> (1) running RH 9 > > I would recommend: > > Look at what each system s actually doing. Do a fresh install of your > chosen distribution (this is a great time to go to something that is not > Red Hat, if you so choose), and put in only those services that you > actually require. > > Take a look at other stale data, such as user accounts. Youcan clear out > those people that left five years ago. They don't need accounts. > > /home, /usr/local, and somet things under /var are about the only things > you need to copy over. > > You mentioned LAMP, so you are basically looking at webserver, database, > and CGI. > > Set up a test box, install it, get the data over, pound it: make sure it > works like the old one. Pick a date to do the swapover, then swap the > system over. Do the same with the other on. The RH9 -> current will > likely be easier. the RH7.3 is more critical to update. >
I would second jhriv's excellent advice. Some amplification and further considerations: - Don't even think about upgrade in-place. You may want to upgrade the hardware, anyway. - Start a system manual for each box. Begin with requirements. Might be a good time to define subsystem responsibilities and roles. - Invite your network folk to run their scans on the new system before activation. Keep scan results; schedule and document regular repeats. Regards, ..jim -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-newbie
