Hi,
I have a Linux Box (Suse 9.3) serving as my Imap server (cyrus + postfix),webmail (squirrel),Proxy (Squid-transparent) and firewall (SusueFirewall 2).It is a PC converted server with 2GB Ram and two NIC’s with eth0 connects to internet and eth1 connects to lan.Now i have managed to get an HP Proliant ML350 server with 2GB RAM and Xeon processor.I want to migrate all the functionalities of my linux box to the new server with Suse 11.2 Help appreciated.
Ajay
openSUSE 11.2 is still in alpha stage.
IMHO you should not upgrade, it’s not going to work. What I would do, is a fresh install of 11.1 on the HP, and reconfigure everything that’s running on the old server. Since 9.3 a lot of things have changed, so copying everything from /etc will probably not work, that is might cause deep trouble even.
Seriously, there’s a lot of things you could transfer, but I’ve met too much trouble in doing so, that I prefer a new clean setup, whenever I want to upgrade the OS. Gives me the opportunity to get rid of glitches and workarounds.
I always do a clean install even between minor versions. Of course, my data files are in home partition and just keep that partition intact (Not applicable to server environment).