Dan Herbon wrote:
> Hello,
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> I am going to be migrating my old qmailtoaster server to a new server
> with better hardware. New IP address on the new server. I just wanted to
> list the steps that I think are required. Please let me know if I’m
> missing something.
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> New server and old server currently have the same version of qmail running.
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> 1. Shutdown qmail on old server.
>
> 2. Dump DB from old server and import it into new server.
>
> 3. Copy contents from /home/vpopmail/domains to new server.
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> 4. Copy contents from /var/qmail/control from old server to new
> server.
>
> 5. Copy /etc/tcprules.d/tcp/smtp to new server.
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> 6. Copy over contents from /etc/mail/spamassassin to the new server.
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> 7. Update dns records for domains to reflect new ip address.
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> 8. Verify correct ownership of transferred files
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> 9. Start qmail on new server.
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> Missing anything ?
>
Probably. ;)
I'd use qtp-backup and qtp-restore. That would replace steps 2-6,8 with 3
simple (and proven) steps:
.) run qtp-backup on old system
.) copy file to new system's /root/.
.) run qtp-restore on new server
Piece of cake. You might want to be sure that you have the most recent
qmailtoaster-plus package installed on both systems.
Before doing all of this, it's sometimes advisable to update the dns records
with shorter TTL values. That way when you make the change, it won't take so
long for cached dns records to expire. Not a huge deal though.
--
-Eric 'shubes'
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