[K12OSN] Simple RSYNC question

Jim Kronebusch jim at winonacotter.org
Thu Oct 6 13:29:07 UTC 2005


> One trick is to add -n to the options which will make rsync 
> not really do anything, but if you are also using -v it will show
> you what would happen in a real run.   If everything looks
> reasonable, then run it again without the -n to really do it. 
> When I build new servers I usually set the new one up with a 
> different name/ip address and rsync most stuff over ahead of 
> the switch and check that things generally work.  Then at the 
> last minute I shut down services on the old server, do a 
> final rsync of user data like /home and /var/spool/mail with 
> the --delete option on.  This goes quickly unless there are a 
> lot of changes. Then I change the names and IP numbers on 
> both servers and reboot so in a few minutes more than a 
> reboot, the new box takes over.

Thanks for the extra tips Les.  I might give it a go close of business
today.  Keeping my fingers crossed :-)

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