hi Lucas On Mon, 31 May 2004 20:13, Lucas Albers wrote:
> When you rsync systems, do you usually exclude proc? yes. keep care that the proc directory exists on the target machine after syncing. > I do an rsync, then take the system offline, rsync again, then start it up > on the other system. > Or should I just rsync when the system is up? you should take care about things like mysql. if the database is running and you just copy all tables, you might get errors on the target system. i don't know if anybody had also errors when syncing the mysql tables when the database is not running. i think this should not be a problem. i would sync the running system, then shutdown and sync againg. if your memory allows it i would add a --delete the second time. -thomi _______________________________________________ Vserver mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://list.linux-vserver.org/mailman/listinfo/vserver