Re: migrate from sun to redhat?

On Fri, 11 Oct 2002, Hahasrin Hashim wrote:

> 
> 
> Hi,
>  How to copy/transfer current data from existing server running solaris 7 
> to a new server running redhat linux? .. then .. my plan is to switch it 
> over when everything is complete without lots of downtime... i've got both 
> machine setup with NFS & NIS. Any help? maybe steps by steps .... thanks a 
> lot...

In addition to suggestions made by others you might find rsync useful. That
way you can make an original copy and just update your new copy when you 
are ready todo the actual cutover. Typically what I do is make a copy of
the data to it's new home. Test the new system to make sure things are 
functioning properly then just before cut over time make another rsync 
run to update the data. I do this because if there are large changes 
to the data it might take awhile. Then shutdown the data processing on 
both ends run rsync one last time (should be quick) and go live on the
new server. Rsync can operate over nfs or via a remote shell like
rsh or ssh which gives you many options.

HTH,

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