Cloning a running Linux OS

[John Miles]

I would like to do it on an operating OS.
Essentially, I've put off creating an Autoyast file for a group of shared
development servers we use - 71 of them - and, one had a slew of updates
applied, getting it out of sync with the rest. These machines are so heavily
used, and the negotiated down time this weekend is barely enough time to
perform the maintenance they all need, let alone install a new one.
So.... I was thinking of experimenting with the concept of grabbing a clone
image from a running system.

I am thinking that rsync might just do it, then I can dd the mbr to a file
and copy that over.

However, after all is said and done, I probably will just have to rely on
creating a reference Autoyast file from one of the machines, and then strip
out the stuff that does not travel well.

Clonezilla though, is pretty darn cool looking.
We are presently implementing a solution that the Borg, has created,
therefore the Borg inisist us to use - namely (ready for this lovely product
name...) Tivoli Provisioning Manager for Operating System Deployment.

I am really starting to think that most open source tools that stick to
common standards really just need a good web and scripting developer to
piece them together - creating the ultimate solution - one that works
exactly the way you need it to.

I, however, can't script myself out a wet paper bag.

: P

John

On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 8:55 AM, Lennart Sorensen <
lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> On Tue, Sep 09, 2008 at 03:52:08PM -0400, John Miles wrote:
> > And err..... the latest version of Clonesys from the developer's site is
> > from March 2008 - I supposed I ought to have asked -
> > Are there any other tools to clone a running Linux OS to another machine.
>
> While it is running or will you shut it down first?
>
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