[OpenAFS] Moving AFS server processes

[Derrick J Brashear]

You don't need to reply to me also; I read openafs-info

On Tue, 26 Feb 2002, Nuno Miguel Neves wrote:

> Sorry for taking so long, but I wasn't able to answer sooner.
> 
> Upgrading the old server to AFS 3.5 would be difficult (I don't have the software).
> 
> Is it possible to just 
> 
> - stop all db server on OLD
> - make backup copies of /usr/afs/db/*
> - copy the backup to the NEW OAFS Server
> - Start the new server.
> 
> to note that the NEW server will have the exact same IP Configuration than the OLD. Or are the format incompatible?

The format will get auto-upgraded by the new servers, so you can't then go
back, but you can move forward in that manner.