Clone running Server over network

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Clone running Server over network

I have a co-located server which I need to ship from one location to another. I don't want to have a complete outage while the server is in transit. I was thinking that I could setup a clone of the server. I have an extra slightly underpowered older g5 (local) box at the new location. Is there a way to clone (live) the co-located server to my local machine?

x server g5, Mac OS X (10.3.x)

Posted on Jun 19, 2009 12:59 PM

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Answer 1

Jun 19, 2009 1:29 PM in response to Stephen Thomas2

The current box is a G5 too? Then you can clone it, but not at 100% live. You'll need to shutdown some services (like mail) and anything with a database to avoid corruption or to prevent last minute user access.

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Answer 2

Jun 19, 2009 1:54 PM in response to Celia Wessen

hmm just double checked the local is running a G4 (just remembered that the G5 bit the dust last month). My primary concern is keeping the email server running while I relocate the server (my wife has her business account on the server...). I've tested a boot of Xserver from an external drive with the G4 and it runs well enough to handle the load. Now I just want to transfer all the configurations to the external (mounted locally) I figure once I test I can do a last minute update to get the latest changes before a do a switch over.

What would be the best way to clone the relevant/necessary data from the remote server to the local disk?

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