I apologize if I missed it, but I'm trying to migrate from one server to another with the intention of decommissioning the old server. The new server is at a new datacenter with a new IP. I've read a few things that describe how to create user or admin backups, but that seems to only be for the user data itself. I get why there's no comprehensive backup system - it's way too involved to implement and manage; too many moving parts.
Is there a checklist of non /home related content that should be copied over for a successful migration? i.e.: DNS data, database data, /usr/local/directadmin stuff, anything else?
It's probably pretty simple to eyeball the stuff in /usr/local/directadmin and manually copy it over, and a mysqldump|mysqlrestore should suffice for mysql stuff, but t's the rest of the stuff that I'm worried about because I have no idea what 'the rest of the stuff' actually is
Can anyone share their experiences? Or point me to a post where someone already has?
Also, for clarity, does a (admin|user) backup also automatically add the user back to the system passwd file, or does each user need to be created first, data copied then chowed after?
Thanks in advance!
Is there a checklist of non /home related content that should be copied over for a successful migration? i.e.: DNS data, database data, /usr/local/directadmin stuff, anything else?
It's probably pretty simple to eyeball the stuff in /usr/local/directadmin and manually copy it over, and a mysqldump|mysqlrestore should suffice for mysql stuff, but t's the rest of the stuff that I'm worried about because I have no idea what 'the rest of the stuff' actually is
Can anyone share their experiences? Or point me to a post where someone already has?
Also, for clarity, does a (admin|user) backup also automatically add the user back to the system passwd file, or does each user need to be created first, data copied then chowed after?
Thanks in advance!
