Moving VM hosts with ubuntu install
Stephen
cryptworks at gmail.com
Thu Feb 18 08:35:10 MST 2010
a weird little LAMP (weird fro the tasks its doing more than install)
lots of little things installed some of which are not in the normal
repos i have found. and it started as a dev box and then was moved to
production as the tools were intensely popular.
The Xenserver is getting decommissioned in favor of a different
platform (as it is nearly impossible to convert Xen VM's to anything
else)
On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 7:03 PM, Lisa Kachold <lisakachold at obnosis.com> wrote:
> User boxen only? Development system or server?
>
> Each includes a little variation, but KitePilot wins the award on this one.
>
> Clear as mud?
>
> On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 5:51 PM, kitepilot at kitepilot.com
> <kitepilot at kitepilot.com> wrote:
>>
>> Option 3 will not work if the machine is running, add I think dd is a can
>> of
>> worms...
>>
>> I have done this some 921752163 times, so here is my cookbook:
>> 1.- Boot both puters with a CD, Ubuntu install will work, but you'll have
>> to
>> "apt-get install ssh" in at least one of them, and set a password for
>> root.
>> For the sake of example, I'll assume that both computers are booted from
>> CD,
>> that both are running SSH and that you are comfortably sitting at your
>> desk
>> with one xterm open in each one. For the sake of example also, I'll also
>> assume that your src puter's HD has only one filesystem.
>>
>> 2.- In SRC puter do "mount -ext? -o ro /dev/sda? /mnt"
>> (Make RO as safety net...)
>>
>> 3.- In DST puter do:
>> mke2fs -Text4 -U USE-UUID-FROM-SRCputer-HERE /dev/sda1
>> "mount -text? /dev/sda? /mnt"
>>
>> 4.- In SRC puter do:
>> rsync -XHav --checksum --super /mnt/ root at DSTputer:/mnt
>> Go get a pizza...
>>
>> 5.- Reinstall grub, if you used the -U option, the UUIDs are OK and you
>> don't have to tinker with menu.lst.
>>
>> 7.- Verify that /etc/fstab matches your new parameters, including swap.
>> Either assign the same UUID to the swap partition or update /etc/fstab.
>>
>> 8.- Reboot your new puter and enjoy the ride... :)
>>
>> There are only 245326532456 +1 variations to this recipe, but it has
>> worked
>> flawlessly for me for years.
>> If you want to change the hostname, it may be more involving than just
>> changing /etc/hostname, but I won't go there...
>> YMMV
>> ET
>>
>> PS: If you have any question you will get any answer... :)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Kevin Fries writes:
>>
>> > Tricky question not because it is hard, but because there are multiple
>> > answers depending on what you are trying to achieve.
>> >
>> > Option 1 - backup the installed packages, etc, var, home then have
>> > Ubuntu simply install all your packages again (google for get-selections).
>> > This lets you move and upgrade at the same time (single core to multicore,
>> > etc)
>> >
>> > Option 2 - create a dd disk image of each of your partitions to a
>> > removable hard drive. Then recreate your partition scheme on the new
>> > machine (sfdisk makes this very easy), then restore you partitions. This
>> > will essentially clone your existing machine, exactly as before. Also great
>> > for tuning a standalone into a VM
>> >
>> > Option 3 - tar your system, then untar it on the new machine. Quite
>> > simple, but effective. You won't get new packages like you would in opion
>> > 1, but you can change your partition sizes unlike option 2.
>> >
>> > Linux is quite flexible, with a little more info, we could probably help
>> > you decide the best coarse of action.
>> >
>> > Good luck
>> > Kevin
>> >
>> > Sent from my Nokia phone
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Stephen
>> > Sent: 02/17/2010 4:09:44 PM
>> > Subject: Moving VM hosts with ubuntu install
>> >
>> > What is the best suggestion for moving an Ubuntu installation?
>> >
>> > I'm guessing a form of Backup and restore, but this oddly enough is
>> > not something i have done before in Linux.
>> >
>> > anyone have some place i should start?
>> >
>> > --
>> > A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from
>> > rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button.
>> >
>> > Stephen
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