<div dir="ltr">The data is not a factor at all in my scenario.<br>This would be more of a "transplant" operation, where sick server #1 maintains it's /home. It is brought online with a LiveCD OS, and then server #2 donates it's living OS tissues to the other.<br>
<br>So I suppose what I am doing is simply extracting an image from a running system, and putting it onto a dead one.<br><br>I'll just need to make sure the donor server is not abby.normal<br><br>: )<br><br>John Miles<br>
<br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 3:44 PM, Tyler Aviss <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tjaviss-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org">tjaviss-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
What's the chance that you could manage a mysqlhotcopy on just the<br>
databases and sync the rest of your data?<br>
<br>
On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 9:15 AM, Lennart Sorensen<br>
<div class="Ih2E3d"><<a href="mailto:lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys@public.gmane.org">lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys@public.gmane.org</a>> wrote:<br>
</div><div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c">> On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 09:17:49PM -0400, John Miles wrote:<br>
>> I would like to do it on an operating OS.<br>
>> Essentially, I've put off creating an Autoyast file for a group of shared<br>
>> development servers we use - 71 of them - and, one had a slew of updates<br>
>> applied, getting it out of sync with the rest. These machines are so heavily<br>
>> used, and the negotiated down time this weekend is barely enough time to<br>
>> perform the maintenance they all need, let alone install a new one.<br>
>> So.... I was thinking of experimenting with the concept of grabbing a clone<br>
>> image from a running system.<br>
>><br>
>> I am thinking that rsync might just do it, then I can dd the mbr to a file<br>
>> and copy that over.<br>
><br>
> rsync won't place the files in the same place, so the MBR is of no use.<br>
> Reinstall the boot loader after the rsync on the target.<br>
><br>
> Of course databases (if any) will most likely not be in a sane state<br>
> after an rsync if they are open. You might get lucky, but most likely<br>
> you won't.<br>
><br>
> Of course with a few rsync runs in a row, and hopefully not too active a<br>
> set of changes, you might actually end up with something relatively<br>
> sane. And make sure it is rsync 3.x, since it is much faster for large<br>
> sets of files than rsync 2.x was.<br>
><br>
>> However, after all is said and done, I probably will just have to rely on<br>
>> creating a reference Autoyast file from one of the machines, and then strip<br>
>> out the stuff that does not travel well.<br>
>><br>
>> Clonezilla though, is pretty darn cool looking.<br>
>> We are presently implementing a solution that the Borg, has created,<br>
>> therefore the Borg inisist us to use - namely (ready for this lovely product<br>
>> name...) Tivoli Provisioning Manager for Operating System Deployment.<br>
>><br>
>> I am really starting to think that most open source tools that stick to<br>
>> common standards really just need a good web and scripting developer to<br>
>> piece them together - creating the ultimate solution - one that works<br>
>> exactly the way you need it to.<br>
>><br>
>> I, however, can't script myself out a wet paper bag.<br>
><br>
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