Clone ES4 machine

[vipin sagar]

Hello Dag,

Thats fine with rsync; if we have separate partitions for /, /home,
/usr, /opt, /var, /tmp..etc. and very purticular about a set of files
(correct me if I am wrong )
How about if we have gotta two different hardwares : Is that an issue ?

If we do need some conf files under /etc /dev /usr but not all
(ofcource we have option for selection in rsync but not Interactive (i
guess) ) that delays having the clone in one shot.

Does this do any trick :) ?
> >   + Boot a rescue image that contains a recent rsync binary:


The alternate options may be
http://www.mondorescue.org/docs/mondorescue-howto.html
http://freshmeat.net/projects/g4l/     Ghost for Linux
http://freshmeat.net/projects/g4u/    Ghost for Unix

Thank You,

On 4/25/06, Dag Wieers <dag at wieers.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 25 Apr 2006, Dag Wieers wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 25 Apr 2006, j_70 at comcast.net wrote:
> >
> > > I am looking to 'clone' one of our ES4 production machines to make an
> > > exact copy as a development box. Does linux have a built in method for
> > > this or can someone point me in the right direction for a method for
> > > this. TIA.
> >
> > Rsync is a simple way to copy a complete system. The procedure goes
> > something like this:
> >
> >   + Boot a rescue image that contains a recent rsync binary
> >   + Partition your disk(s)
> >   + Create the filesystems and mount them in a directory structure that
> >     has sufficient filesystem space (or optionally mimics the original
> >     system)
> >   + Rsync the original system onto your new filesystem structure
> >
> > The tools you would use are resp. fdisk, mkfs (or mfks.ext3), mount, mkdir
> > and rsync.
>
> I didn't mention that you need network as well, although the rescue image
> could have done that for you using dhcp.
>
> Kind regards,
> --   dag wieers,  dag at wieers.com,  http://dag.wieers.com/   --
> [all I want is a warm bed and a kind word and unlimited power]
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