Re: [Xen-users] imaging an existing system?

[Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thomas Halinka wrote:
> Hi Miles,
>
> Am Montag, den 16.02.2009, 16:47 -0500 schrieb Miles Fidelman:
>   
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have an old server, running Debian Sarge.  I'm getting ready to 
> > migrate to a new machine - more horsepower, newer version of Debian, etc.
> >     
> Good plan ;-)
>   
I'm not so sure - it works, and as the saying goes, if it ain't broke, 
don't fix it .  But... :-)
Thanks for the suggestions!  I think I still need to work through a few 
details (like getting the network addresses right, and such), but this 
looks like a good start.
Miles

> First boot up your old-system into rescue-mode (use knoppix, grml,
> whatever) to get a consitent system....
>
>
> Steps in dom0:
> #################
>
> create an empty image file on dom0
>
>    dd if=/dev/zero of=/path/to/images/sarge-disk bs=1M count=5000 
>
> ---> creates a 5GB-Disk
>
> Format it
>
>    mkfs.ext3 /path/to/images/sarge-disk 
>
> Mount it
>
>    mount -o loop /path/to/images/sarge-disk /mnt
>
>
> Copy your data into it
>
>    rsync -avzH --numeric-ids -e ssh root@old-system:/* /mnt/
>
> umount && create domu.cfg
>
>    umount /mnt && cd /etc/xen && cp $extisting-domu.cfg sarge.cfg
>    vim sarge.cfg
>
>   
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