[OpenAFS] Re: Transferring data from old server to new server

[Youssef Eldakar]

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On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 2:19 PM, Dirk Heinrichs <dirk.heinrichs@altum.de>wrote:

> Am Montag 13 August 2012, 15:07:00 schrieb Youssef Eldakar:
>
> > Just want to make sure, to move everything, is it enough to just move the
> > root.afs volume?
>
> No. root.afs just acts as an anchor for all your other volumes. As such,
> it is
> more or less empty (it usually only contains the mount points for
> root.cell,
> which in turn contains a tree of your data volumes).
>
>
> Thanks for all the help. I was able to successfully move volumes using
'vos move'. Now, I see that in order to be able to shut down the old
server, I also have to move the 'dbserver'. I tried searching for
instructions on doing that but was not quite successful. Any pointers would
be much appreciated.

Youssef Eldakar
Bibliotheca Alexandrina

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at=
 2:19 PM, Dirk Heinrichs <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:dirk.heinr=
ichs@altum.de" target=3D"_blank">dirk.heinrichs@altum.de</a>&gt;</span> wro=
te:<br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Am Montag 13 August 2012, 15:07:00 schrieb Y=
oussef Eldakar:<br>
<div class=3D"im"><br>
&gt; Just want to make sure, to move everything, is it enough to just move =
the<br>
&gt; root.afs volume?<br>
<br>
</div>No. root.afs just acts as an anchor for all your other volumes. As su=
ch, it is<br>
more or less empty (it usually only contains the mount points for root.cell=
,<br>
which in turn contains a tree of your data volumes).<br>
<br><br></blockquote><div>Thanks for all the help. I was able to successful=
ly move volumes using &#39;vos move&#39;. Now, I see that in order to be ab=
le to shut down the old server, I also have to move the &#39;dbserver&#39;.=
 I tried searching for instructions on doing that but was not quite success=
ful. Any pointers would be much appreciated.<br>
<br>Youssef Eldakar<br>Bibliotheca Alexandrina<br></div></div><br></div>

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