It should be OK to use rsync, so long as the "old server" is not in use and the repositories are not being modified while you're syncing them.
Then, I strongly recommend a dump and load on the new server. Eric. On Mon, Apr 23, 2018 at 3:19 PM, Paul Greene <paul.greene...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > I need to move a subversion deployment from an ancient Redhat server to a > new Centos7 server. > > The old subversion server is running version 1.4.6-1. The new server is > running 1.7.14-11. > > There's 110 different repositories on the old server, so I'm looking for > an efficient way to move all of the old repositories to the new server. > > The old server has its repositories under "/data/subversion", so I created > the same folder and sub-folder on the new server. > > Is it possible to do an NFS share of the /data/subversion folder on the > new server, mount that share on the old server and just "cp -R --preserve * > " to the new server to keep the same permissions and ownership? Will all > the repos work correctly if copied over in that way? > > I tried a test of a couple of repo folders and it seemed to copy over and > keep all the correct permission/ownership settings, but I'm not sure if the > repos will still work correctly without doing something additional to them. > > Thanks, > > PG >
