Re: web server migration

2011-12-11 Thread steve reilly
On 12/11/2011 10:40 AM, Avi Greenbury wrote: Basically, I would: * Manually install the packages on the new machine. You can use dpkg --set-selections and friends, but for just a website you're probably looking at<10 packages and here's a good chance to not also install everything you

Re: web server migration

2011-12-11 Thread Avi Greenbury
steve reilly wrote: > question. how would YOU do it with minimal hassle, ie. having to > edit config files, databases and such. this thing has been running > since etch and been a learning process along the way i doubt my > idea of cloning would work, but? If they're relatively small and s

Re: web server migration

2011-12-11 Thread steve reilly
On 12/11/2011 02:58 AM, Alan Chandler wrote: Although my explanation may seem quite complex, it works out as really useful tidy way to manage sites. They always need updating from time to time and it is quite hard to remember all the details if you work with lots of different sites. With my mech

Re: web server migration

2011-12-11 Thread steve reilly
On 12/11/2011 03:47 AM, bruno.deb...@cyberoso.com wrote: I would first move to some virtualisation in order to make the next migration easier (I am currently using OpenVz containers with Proxmox ditro, but there are many others out there) thats something i didnt think of, thanks, ill look at i

Re: web server migration

2011-12-11 Thread bruno.deb...@cyberoso.com
Le Sat, 10 Dec 2011 18:46:56 -0500, steve reilly a écrit : > On 12/10/2011 05:38 PM, Mark Neidorff wrote: > > More information needed, please. You said that your desktop > > machine is running lenny. > > yes, it is. > > > > I'll start with a few questions and let other folks add theirs > >

Re: web server migration

2011-12-10 Thread Alan Chandler
On 10/12/11 22:26, steve reilly wrote: good afternoon looking for input on moving a couple small family websites from a desktop machine running lenny to a poweredge 4600 I just bought. poweredge has two 73gb scsi drives, perc3 embedded raid. in process of formatting drives, and then setting up c

Re: web server migration

2011-12-10 Thread Miles Fidelman
steve reilly wrote: looking for input on moving a couple small family websites from a desktop machine running lenny to a poweredge 4600 I just bought. poweredge has two 73gb scsi drives, perc3 embedded raid. in process of formatting drives, and then setting up container. desktop has a 300gb dr

Re: web server migration

2011-12-10 Thread steve reilly
On 12/10/2011 05:38 PM, Mark Neidorff wrote: More information needed, please. You said that your desktop machine is running lenny. yes, it is. I'll start with a few questions and let other folks add theirs 1. Do you want to try squeeze on the poweredge or stay with lenny? Is the hardwa

Re: web server migration

2011-12-10 Thread Mark Neidorff
More information needed, please. You said that your desktop machine is running lenny. I'll start with a few questions and let other folks add theirs 1. Do you want to try squeeze on the poweredge or stay with lenny? Is the hardware in the server supported in lenny or do you have to use

web server migration

2011-12-10 Thread steve reilly
good afternoon looking for input on moving a couple small family websites from a desktop machine running lenny to a poweredge 4600 I just bought. poweredge has two 73gb scsi drives, perc3 embedded raid. in process of formatting drives, and then setting up container. desktop has a 300gb drive,