[BlueOnyx:03344] Re: Ready to CMU from BQ to BX

[Jim Dory]

On 1/15/2010 11:39 AM, Jim Dory wrote:
> I've got a new server to migrate my old Bluequartz install to the new
> BlueOnyx. I've installed the latest BX disk image and updated.
>
> The server is basically an email/web server for one virtual site, with
> several email users. I'm going to try to do this with minimal down time
> (duh).
> I've got the old server, on a DMZ of the firewall (xxx.xxx.2.xxx), is
> raqbackup'ing to a backup server on the internal lan (xxx.xxx.1.xxx)- so
> the cmuExports are on that backup server.
> I've currently configured the new server with an ip address on the
> internal lan rather than the DMZ as I will want it to keep the same IP
> address when I move the new in to replace the old.
> So I plan to WinSCP the cmuExport files from the backup server to the
> new one.
> Then I should be able to just do a cmuImport with no options to install
> the virtual site and users to the new server. If I understand right, it
> will set up the virtual site with the ipaddress the same as it was - the
> DMZ address - so I would only have to then take the old server offline,
> plug the new in after changing the main ipaddress to the DMZ one.
> I think I also have to then quickly copy over the mail spools of the
> users (seems I had to do that when going from raq to Bluequartz). Not
> sure the best way, but probably before moving things I will copy them
> from old server to backup server, take old server offline so I don't
> have ip conflicts with the virtual site, and copy them to the new
> virtual site from the backup server. (Or, does cmu do mail spools now?)
>
>    Hopefully someone can suggest that this is the best way or guide me to
> a better way. Many thanks!
> cheers, Jim
>
>
>    

A little more research - looks like cmu does import mail now ? as it 
looks like dovecot uses ~/mbox under 
/home/.sites/xxx/.users/xxx/user/mbox  ?? So I'll have to do a cmuExport 
(run raqbackup.sh) just before taking old offline.

/jd

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