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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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Linux - Migration from a server to another

Currently, I have Debian installed on a desktop computer with an Intel P4. It is a web server. As my website starts to be more and more popular, I want to migrate to a real server. So I bought a new server (IBM eSeries 235) and I want to migrate the…
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How do I migrate a ZFS system to new hardware?

Can somebody explain how I can import (or transfer) a pool? Right now I'm using a dedicated file server machine. It is using onboard SATA plus an LSI 9211-8i SAS card. I'm moving everything into a brand new ESXi "all-in-one" box using 2x LSI 9211-8i…
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How do I move my small business from a Windows Server 2003 machine to a Windows Server 2008 R2 machine? (Windows Server noob)

So here's the story. Please excuse any incorrect terminology, I'm not really knowledgeable in the Windows server realm. My company, pre-me-being-employed-by-them, has a "server" built out of consumer desktop parts, running Windows Server 2003. It's…
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Moving postgres data folder on NFS drive. Is it better to symlink, reinit cluster, or modify init.d script?

I want to move my postgres data folder to an NFS drive but I'm not sure what would be the best way to do it. I've got three options in mind: According to Postgres Documentation, one method would be to use the initdb command with the -D…
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Fastest way to move MySQL database to a new system while minimizing downtime?

I'd like to minimize downtime (during the "cutover" period). We're running on EC2 with the data on an EBS volume. Is it safe to take a snapshot of the database volume while it's running and use that to restore on the new one or do I need to shut…
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Migrating Windows 2003 File Server Cluster to Windows 2008 R2 Standalone?

We have a situation where we have an aging Windows 2003 File Server Cluster that we'd like to move to a standalone Windows Server 2008 R2 VM that resides in our Hyper-V R2 installation. We see no need to keep the Clustering as Hyper-V is now…
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How to migrate from regular MySQL to Percona Server in production?

I'm running MySQL 5.0 in production on CentOS. How do I migrate to Percona Server 5.1 safely? The documentation of Percona Server doesn't include any information on migrating. Any help is greatly appreciated.
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Migrating Mailstore from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2010 in a new domain

Proposed project ahead, and a whole lot of documentation and options out there, so I was looking for opinions or advice. I'm creating a brand new domain and installing Exchange 2010 in the environment. Server 2008 will be the DC. Is there a way to…
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Source Server does not meet minimum requirements for migration - SBS2003 to SBS 2008

I am migrating SBS 2003 to SBS 2008. I have followed the 81 page microsoft guidelines here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=52b7ea63-78af-4a96-811e-284f5c1de13b&displaylang=en and have run the migration prepartion tool…
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Fastest way to move multiple databases to a new server

I have several small to medium sized mysql databases, say about 40 and I need to migrate them from one whm server with different cpanel accounts to another one with the accounts set up from the previous server and old versions of the databases I am…
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Migrating User Profiles/Merging User Accounts in Two AD Domains

We have two domains in separate forests and need to merge/migrate them. I believe a simple migration with ADMT will move all the local user profiles over, and will not be a problem. The potential problem is that all the users in domain2, have…
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Migration from Active directory to OpenLDAP

Im pretty new to LDAP and AD. I have to port our present authorization/authentication structure from AD to OpenLDAP. Is it possible to run the entire setup in windows? What are the steps for migration of the policies and adjustments req.? I'v read…
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Turning a running Linux system into a KVM instance on another machine

I have two physical machines that I wish to virtualize. I can not (physically) plug the hard drives from either machine into the new machine that will act as their VM host, so I think that copying the entire structure of the system over using dd…
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How to migrate from MySQL to SQL Server 2008

I have MySQL database backup file (Mysql version 5.1) and i want to restore it in Sqlserver 2008 how do i restore it?
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Best way to migrate IIS6 from one server to another

I need to move all my sites on a server with IIS 6 to another one, that has same OS (Windows Server 20003) and same IIS version. I'm trying to understand which is the best way to do it. Searching on Google I've found that there are at least 2…
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