Can anybody advise on this problem
I have a server that has crashed but can still access it via a rescue disk setup and am able to mount the drives but I do not have a webmin/virtualmin back up of the setup to use.
I am installing webmin/virtualmin on a new server and can copy all files from the dead server but would like to know if it is possible to re-create the setup from the old files?
Many thanks
Howdy,
Sure! If you copy the related files from the old server to the new one (being sure to preserve the ownership and permissions), that’ll work just fine.
My suggestion would be –
Install Virtualmin and any other dependencies you require on your new server
Then, copy all of /etc from the old server onto your new server
Copy /home from your old server to the new one
And finally, copy /var/lib/mysql as well
That should get you back up and running on your new server.
Let us know if that works for you!
-Eric
Many thanks for that, I had most of the work done by the time I read the reply, so did not try moving the /etc contents
Copying across the /var/lib/mysql folder did not work out of the box, to fix the problems
After setting up all the domains in Virtualmin and copying across the old files all sites worked without much fuss, although the “Fix Permissions” in Virtualmin under -->> Limits and Validation -> Validate Virtual Servers is a great little tool
Now I must work out how to use the backup script…