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Questions tagged [migration]

The process of moving one system or service from one location or model to another.

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Migrating AD from 2003 32bit to 2008 64bit

Is there a recommended upgrade path to migrate my AD data from 2003 (32 bit) to 2008 (64 bit)?
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How to copy large (> 1 million) number of small files between two servers

I need to migrate about 1TB of data comprised of smaller files (most under 100KB) to another server. I've not even completely enumerated the files but estimates are between 1-2 million. The initial copy using SCP took over a week. Now we have to…
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Migrate linux dhcp to active directory

I need to migrate/convert a dhcp server from linux to active directory. It's currently running fine on a sles9 box. There are 136 subnets defined and about 1200 fixed-address reservations. It would be nice if the existing dhcpd.conf could be…
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Exchange 2003-Exchange 2010 post migration GAL/OAB problem

I am very new to Exchange so forgive my newbie-ness. I've exhausted Google trying to find a way to solve my problem so I'm hoping some of you gurus can shed some light on my next steps. Please forgive my bungling around through this. The problem I…
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Live web server migration

I need to replace an aging webserver which runs a busy website. I have the new hardware up and running, all software is installed. There's only one problem left where I'm looking for a solution: When I change the A record for the domain in DNS,…
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How do I move my production servers into a development VM?

I have about 3 servers that are probably almost 10 years old, all using code what one might consider worst-practices for programming's sake. I'm terrified of making changes to the thing (production servers have always been the development platform…
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Import IIS6 website configuration into IIS7

I have many websites hosted on IIS6 and I want to migrate them to IIS7. It is enough if the basic configuration (folder, virtual folders inside, hostheaders, ) is migrated. a great part of the configuration is in web.config anyway. It is even okay…
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How to migrate part of an SVN repository?

How do you migrate a part of an SVN repository into a new repository? To migrate the contents of a complete SVN repository into a new repository, one has to dump the old repository first: svnadmin dump /path/to/repository > repository-name.dmp and…
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Why did this website DNS change fail in some parts of the US

Background We switched shared hosts from a local mom and pop to crystaltech. The site was all copied over and ready for the DNS change. The mom and pop site offered no tools to manage DNS ourselves, so we had to make a phone call and time the…
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Change ZFS mountpoint property without remounting

I want to replace one ZFS filesystem (volume in a pool) with another ZFS filesystem (another volume in the same pool). Rebooting is okay, but I'd like to avoid single user mode. When I try to set mountpoint=none on the old filesystem, ZFS tries to…
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Move VMware Server 2.0 Image to ESXi

I need to move a vmware server 2.0 image to ESXi and need info on how to accomplish this task. The host is win 2008. any help would be greatly appreciated
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Datacenter to Azure Migration - Am I On the Right Path?

Some quick background. We are a small company (13 employees, 6 of which or IT/developers). Everyone works remotely and there is no central office. Our datacenter is only used for development and production environments. We do not use it for any…
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How to move a Windows XP MySQL database to Linux?

What is the recommended way of moving an MySQL database from Windows (XP) to Linux (Ubuntu 9.10)? I am thinking running mysqldump from XP then import on the Linux box - is there a better way? Has anyone done this before, and if yes, could they…
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AD migration 2008 r2 to 2012 r2 - must've missed something

I finally went through with this the other day. Got DNS/AD setup, seized FSMO roles on the 2012 server, migrated DHCP etc. I thought I was ready to go so I turned off the 2008 server yesterday. Everything worked fine for a few hrs, then network…
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Migrate from old to new postfix/dovecot mail server

In short: Does anyone know of a step-by-step guide to migrate maildir data from one dovecot to another? In long: I try to migrate my mail server to a new machine. Old server postfix/dovecot Step-by-Step Guide:…
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