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Nvision.com, Inc. Fr eeBSD Server to Fr eeBSD v2 Server Self Migration Pr ocess for Fr eeBSD v2 Server Administrators First Edition September, 2003.
Nvision.com, Inc. Migrating from a FreeB SD Server to a FreeBSD v2 Server Table of Contents Introduction ..................................................................................................................................................
Nvision.com, Inc. Migrating from a FreeB SD Server to a FreeBSD v2 Server Introduction The shad ow proces s for a Free BS D Server to a FreeBSD v2 Serv er is meant to be a self- migration for u sers with VPS experi ence. This document does not explain the differences between a FreeBSD Server and a FreeBSD v2 Server.
Nvision.com, Inc. Migrating from a FreeB SD Server to a FreeBSD v2 Server Creating Users Your first task after the shadow process is to create your users by running the addacc ounts.pl script. To do this: 1. SHH to your new FreeBSD v2 Server and in the command line, type: % cd /.
Nvision.com, Inc. Migrating from a FreeB SD Server to a FreeBSD v2 Server i. Press Enter to create the directory. j. Press Enter or type y if the inform ation is correct. k. Select a location for the transfer logs. l. Press Enter or type y if the information is correct.
Nvision.com, Inc. Migrating from a FreeB SD Server to a FreeBSD v2 Server Migrating Sendmail and Mail programs If you are usi ng Procm ail, Spamassassin, Major domo, or a ny other m ail program t hat needs to make modi fications to the sendmail.cf fi le, you need t o: 1.
Nvision.com, Inc. Migrating from a FreeB SD Server to a FreeBSD v2 Server The migratesm script updates ALIASES_TODO and backs up t he previous copy in /etc/mail/ALIASES_TODO.
Nvision.com, Inc. Migrating from a FreeB SD Server to a FreeBSD v2 Server Vinstalling Additional Add-ons Since your server is a new server, you will need to vinstall any additional programs that you may have installed on your FreeB SD Server account.
Nvision.com, Inc. Migrating from a FreeB SD Server to a FreeBSD v2 Server Migrating Databases Only MySQL, the most popular database that is used with the VPS servers, is covere d.
Nvision.com, Inc. Migrating from a FreeB SD Server to a FreeBSD v2 Server Moving Your Custom Digital Certificate The default digital certificate is already on your n ew VPSv2 server. This pro cedure applies only to custom certificate. 1. Using FTP or another method, co py the certifi cate and Private Key files to the ne w server.
Nvision.com, Inc. Migrating from a FreeB SD Server to a FreeBSD v2 Server Migrating Time-Sensitive Material There are three areas requiring migration that are time sensitive: • DNS • Mail • Databases These have to be migrated with minimum downtime and without losing information.
Nvision.com, Inc. Migrating from a FreeB SD Server to a FreeBSD v2 Server domain will now point to the FreeBSD v2 Server instead. You will need to do this manually since there may be many different names for mail folders. 7. Migrate your databases from MySQL.
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