And as always Daniel ... you rock. Thanks. This is much simpler than
what I thought it could be.
Can I assume that after --context and before -- (the ...) I can put in
other switches?
--interface, --initstyle, --hostname, etc?
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 > root@otherhost:/vservers/<guest>/ > <make sure it's good, stop the guest on the other host> > rsync -Hazx --numeric-ids root@otherhost:/vservers/<guest>/ > /vservers/<guest>/ > vserver <guest> start > > -- > Daniel Hokka Zakrisson > _______________________________________________ > Vserver mailing list > Vserver@list.linux-vserver.org > http://list.linux-vserver.org/mailman/listinfo/vserver _______________________________________________ Vserver mailing list Vserver@list.linux-vserver.org http://list.linux-vserver.org/mailman/listinfo/vserverReceived on Tue Jul 10 20:08:57 2007