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Date:  Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:00:37 -0600
From:  "Gerald Waugh" <gwaugh (at mark) frontstreetnetworks.com>
Subject:  [coba-e:11270] Re: about to try my first cmu migration
To:  <coba-e (at mark) bluequartz.org>
Message-Id:  <02e601c83140$f53db8b0$0101a8c0@systemax>
In-Reply-To:  <474C7A38.8010400 (at mark) nomealaska.org>
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Jim Dory wrote
> 
> I have a Raq4r I want to migrate to a BlueQuartz MSI server. 
> I thought I 
> would attempt using CMU. I'm hoping someone can point me in the right 
> direction and possibly answer a few questions?
> 
> (I'm not really a sysadmin. Only know enough to be dangerous. 
> I would be 
> happy to pay someone but I'm in very rural Alaska so that ain't gonna 
> happen).
> 
> I've thought of doing it by hand as the Raq only has one or 
> two (one not 
> used much) virtual websites for our city (pretty heavy use of 
> pdf files) 
> and about 24 email users. I'm the only admin for it. But since it has 
> been awhile since setting up a httpd.conf file I don't remember much 
> about it and thought it might be easier using the tool made for it.
> 
> I'm using raqbackup.sh to backup to a backup server. There is 
> no mysql 
> database currently.
> 
> The setup right now is our old Raq is on a DMZ interface of a 
> firewall. 
> I have the MSI server on our network so I can update it and 
> set it up, 
> but I figure I'll take it off the network when the cmuExport 
> is copied 
> over and redo the ip address to match the Raq's. I can test it with a 
> laptop to see how things may be broken before taking the Raq 
> offline and 
> putting the MSI in service.
> 
> I made the mistake first of setting up the host name as nomecity.org 
> (the main virtual site is nomealaska.org) when first turning on the 
> server. I believe it will be easy to delete the virtual site. 
> Should I 
> rename the host name something different than 
> www.nomecity.org or leave 
> it be?
> 

When doing a migration to CBQ,
  Do name the 'new' server with a UNIQUE name
  Do not make a vsite with the name.
Do a normal migration and you should be OK.

I have a howto for migrating from a RaQ here
http://fsn.raqware.com/CMU/Migration-RaQ-CBQ.htm
A feeble attempt, but HTH

Gerald

 


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