I "converted" mine from a physical machine to VMWare not too long ago. It was somewhat involved as VMWare does not really support shutting down and just converting a physical linux server (windows OK, but not linux - go figure!) without a separate machine using their converter software.
So my machine is still centos 5 x86 but running on an ESXi server, and I mostly used rsync to copy stuff over a new install of centos5 in the VM. There were a few directories that had to be excluded, but I put all then in a script to do the final copy. It might be easier to do a new server install, then a backup and a restore via the qmt scripts; it would depend upon how much of your server settings are easily backed up and restored. From: Craig McLaughlin [mailto:craig.p.mclaugh...@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2014 6:12 PM To: qmailtoaster-list@qmailtoaster.com Subject: Re: [qmailtoaster] Re: Virtualizing a QMT server! I've been running virtual for... Long time. At least 5 years, possibly more? I just a week ago upgraded / replaced. Tony, in direct answer to your question I found it simpler to just backup / build / restore. Cheers, --Craig On Mar 1, 2014 4:56 PM, "Tony White" <t...@ycs.com.au> wrote: Hi, Thanks to all who answered the question. The question was obviously badly framed as I was really asking "has anyone converted a running server to a VM?". The information gained is great but has anyone converted their system to an image yet? Was it successful? Did it take long? Am I better off rebuilding then transferring? best wishes Tony White On 2/03/2014 09:39, Fabian Santiago wrote: Hi Eric, What kind of internet connection do you have at home that allows you to host email from there? My ISP blocks port 25. Sincerely, Fabian Santiago Sent from my iPhone On Mar 1, 2014, at 11:23 AM, Eric Shubert <e...@shubes.net> wrote: I've been running QMT as a VM for several years now. First on VMware Server (1&2), and presently on ProxmoxVE (native linux virtualization). I run it as a KVM, which does better efficiency-wise with COS6 than COS5. OpenVZ should perform nicely. I think some folks here have also run it under Xen. A few folks have run QMT using a VPS service. Like Alex says, be sure to have enough RAM in this situation. You should have no problems particular to QMT with VMware. You might want to refer to http://wiki.qmailtoaster.com/index.php/Virtual_QMT for a few pointers. Note, the VMware info there may be a bit dated. I'd be interested to know how many people self-host virtual QMTs vs using a service. Please chime in here if you're running QMT on a virtual platform. Personally, I prefer self hosting. I've had a QMT running in my home for nearly 8 years, with 5 or so being virtual. Thanks for asking, Tony. :) -- -Eric 'shubes' On 03/01/2014 08:13 AM, Postmaster wrote: Hi Tony, There is no issues running QMT in the virtual environment as is. I have been running QMT in the virtual environment for probably 5-6 years now. Only potential issue is memory (if the server is handling many domains + MySQL + ClamAV) You have to choose a good provider providing CentOS image. I am using linode and can only recommend them. Regards Alex On 01/03/2014 13:49, Tony White wrote: Hi folks, Has anyone tried to virtualize a QMT server yet? Has it worked? If so can you tell me how you did it so I can do it for my server please? Need to move to VM fairly soon as my server is having issues. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: qmailtoaster-list-unsubscr...@qmailtoaster.com For additional commands, e-mail: qmailtoaster-list-h...@qmailtoaster.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: qmailtoaster-list-unsubscr...@qmailtoaster.com For additional commands, e-mail: qmailtoaster-list-h...@qmailtoaster.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: qmailtoaster-list-unsubscr...@qmailtoaster.com For additional commands, e-mail: qmailtoaster-list-h...@qmailtoaster.com
