Roderick A. Anderson wrote: > And as always Daniel ... you rock. Thanks. This is much simpler than > what I thought it could be.
You're welcome! > Can I assume that after --context and before -- (the ...) I can put in > other switches? > > --interface, --initstyle, --hostname, etc? Yeah, of course. I meant to specify a context number before the dots, that must've gotten lost somewhere... > I was just getting ready to try _my method_ on a small guest but this > will be better. > > > Again thanks, > Rod > -- > Daniel Hokka Zakrisson wrote: >> Roderick A. Anderson wrote: >>> I've been all through the Wiki and old docs, searched using Google, >>> looked through my _OLD_ messages (back to 2003) and still can't come up >>> with a well defined method to copy a (running if possible) vserver >>> guest >>> from one system to another. >>> >>> From my reading I think I need to build the _new_ guest 'mynewone' >>> using the skeleton method. Then rm all the files in /vserver/mynewone >>> and follow that with a rsync from the _old_ guest to the _new_ guest. >>> Unfortunately the vserver docs are from the CTX kernels. A vserver >>> --help gets a semi-useful help screen. Any newer docs? >>> >>> What special rsync switches do I need or use to make this process >>> doable? As in it is a running guest that I'd prefer not taking down >>> until the actual move I'm sure /proc and maybe /dev could cause >>> problems. >>> >>> The need for the hot copy is because the _old_ guest has a big pile of >>> installed perl modules and _other_ software packages. It would be >>> easier to copy than (re)install them. :-) >> >> The way I'd do it: >> export RSYNC_RSH=ssh >> vserver <guest> build -m rsync --context ... -- --source >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/vservers/<guest>/ >> <make sure it's good, stop the guest on the other host> >> rsync -Hazx --numeric-ids [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/vservers/<guest>/ >> /vservers/<guest>/ >> vserver <guest> start >> >> -- >> Daniel Hokka Zakrisson >> _______________________________________________ >> Vserver mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://list.linux-vserver.org/mailman/listinfo/vserver > > _______________________________________________ > Vserver mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.linux-vserver.org/mailman/listinfo/vserver > -- Daniel Hokka Zakrisson _______________________________________________ Vserver mailing list [email protected] http://list.linux-vserver.org/mailman/listinfo/vserver
