Problem: Migration from Old VPS to Linode
CentOS Linux 5.8
Linux 2.6.18-6-pve on i686
Running Webmin 1.585
I have been following the migration tutorial from the librabry but have a few problems. I did stop Apache, PHP, MySQL, FTP & Mail services first.
1) First, even though I am currently running an older kernel (2.6.18) I was told by support to use the latest (3.4) kernel when setting up my Linode config file - is that correct?
2) I am stuck at rsync. I've issued the following, but am getting a lot of "failed: Read-only file system (30) errors:
rsync –exclude="/sys/" --exclude="/proc/" --exclude="/backups/" --exclude="/downloads/*" -aHSKDvz -e ssh / root@173.230.134.249:/media/xvda/
Some files transferred, but most did not. What do you think is the problem?
2 Replies
Backup all the new Linode App config files (just in case so you have the original to compare with).
Copy ONLY your Data and Config files - assuming you're moving from 5.8 to 5.8.
Tweak config files as needed.
Trying to move the whole thing when it's not apples to apples is a waste of time (YMMV).
Personally, I'd go with CentOS 6.3 but that depends on what apps you're running.
