Site Migration which files?

[Alex Chejlyk]

Thomas Arendsen Hein wrote:
> * Alex Chejlyk <alex at swiftnetcomputers.biz> [20060808 00:32]:
>   
>> I want to move our whole 24 Gb kolab site from one system to another.
>> What is the best way to do this?
>>     
>
> (I'm assuming an OpenPKG based installation)
>
> You have to provide more details about which kind of system you
> have: Are processor type and operating system (including version)
> identical?
>
> If they are:
> 1. Install kolab on the new system using obmtool
>    (bootstrap isn't needed)
> 2. I recommend to stop your running kolab server
> 3. Use "rsync -avPH" to copy the /kolab directory to the new system
>
> Otherwise you have to provide more details.
>
> Thomas
>
>   
Thanks for the info, but the systems are different.

The old system OpenPKG built from source on a Mandrake 10 system.
New system Debian Sarge 3.1, will preferably be built from OpenPKG using
the deb files.

The processors are both amd - 32bit.

Thanks,

Alex