That's great Jean, thank you! On 10/26/13 15:56, Jean Weisbuch wrote: > Yes it is, i usually first copy the /etc/vservers/vservername first > using rsync and correct what might be different for the new host then > i do a first copy using "rsync --numeric-ids -a" of the VServer > directory (--numeric ids is very important as without it you might end > up with files with the wrong owner/group in case both hosts doesnt > have the same uid/username and gid/group mapping) then i stop the > VServer on the old host, do another rsync and re-starts it on the new > host, doing that i am sure to avoid any IP conflict and that datas are > consistant. > > Depending on how much datas are in the guest and how much files are > modified, you might want to do another rsync just before stopping the > vserver by doing something like "rsync... && vserver vservername stop > && rsync...", if you want to do it the fastest possible you can add a > SSH passwordless preshared key between the 2 servers and make all the > commands to be launched sequentially. > > On a LAN or fast network between the 2 hosts, with a VServer without > too much datas/traffic, you can expect a downtime of less than > 30seconds if you do it correctly. > > Le 26/10/2013 17:26, Ted Barnes a écrit : >> Hi All: >> >> I would like to have a procedure to move a vserver guest from one >> host to another. Is this much more than moving everything from >> /etc/vservers/"vservertomove" using something like rsync? >> >> Thanks! >