BBM
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I'm getting ready to prep for an update of the CentOS-release from 6 to 7 on my VPS.
My VPS has a hoster-provided licensed DA-registration on the current CentOS 6, so I can't simply change the license over to a new OS. They can't either. It can only be supplied with a new OS-install.
Also, I like to keep the current IP on the VPS.
So I was thinking to order a temporary other VPS with CentOS 7 and DA installed.
- Take the old VPS offline
- Do a direct DA Admin/Users backup from the old VPS to the temp VPS. (Also make sure the temp VPS stays offline for everyone but me during the whole process).
- Then do a clean wipe and install on the old VPS with CentOS 7 + DA.
- Do a full Admin/Users backup from the temp VPS to the old VPS again.
- Run Custombuild to finalize.
The current VPS has a total of 'just' 130GB of data on it. I think I can clean it up first so less data has to be transfered back and forth. Download the backups locally and then remove about 30GB user-backup files before the full backup to temp VPS.
Problems I'm afraid of is too long of a downtime with this course of action.
Downtime is inevitable ofcourse, but just before the first backup to the temp VPS, the old VPS should go offline.
Any tips/pointers for a quicker transition?
My VPS has a hoster-provided licensed DA-registration on the current CentOS 6, so I can't simply change the license over to a new OS. They can't either. It can only be supplied with a new OS-install.
Also, I like to keep the current IP on the VPS.
So I was thinking to order a temporary other VPS with CentOS 7 and DA installed.
- Take the old VPS offline
- Do a direct DA Admin/Users backup from the old VPS to the temp VPS. (Also make sure the temp VPS stays offline for everyone but me during the whole process).
- Then do a clean wipe and install on the old VPS with CentOS 7 + DA.
- Do a full Admin/Users backup from the temp VPS to the old VPS again.
- Run Custombuild to finalize.
The current VPS has a total of 'just' 130GB of data on it. I think I can clean it up first so less data has to be transfered back and forth. Download the backups locally and then remove about 30GB user-backup files before the full backup to temp VPS.
Problems I'm afraid of is too long of a downtime with this course of action.
Downtime is inevitable ofcourse, but just before the first backup to the temp VPS, the old VPS should go offline.
Any tips/pointers for a quicker transition?