transfer VPS

sandoz

is it possible to transfer a vps to another vps with the same specs?
i think with rsync, but can i trsnfer a complete vps with that? so also running programs etc?

ATHK

What type of virtualization? OpenVZ Or KVM?

You should be able to get your provider to get you a dump of an OpenVZ container.

Not sure about KVM as many things come into factor, maybe someone else can way in with that knowledge.

linuxthefish

On KVM you can copy everything to a disk image, boot your new VPS from a live cd and copy everything to the disk, then change network settings for the new IP.

On OpenVZ some providers will give you a vzdump file, or the contents of your VPS /vz/private bit.

Don't count on being able to restore all your files, and as with anything make sure you have good backups, then if anything fails restore from backups!

sandoz

openvz
i wanted to transfer my buyvm from US to LU, but @fransisco doesn't do transfers

Falzo

just out of mind:

1. schedule maintenance
2. close down as many services on the old and new VPS as possible, which could probably write to hdd while transferring (mail/mysql)
3. rsync whole contents to new vps into an empty dir, don't forget to exclude /dev /proc /sys... and something like --partial --numeric-ids is helpful
4. find and replace old IP with new IP in all files of rsynced /etc with something like
   find --type f -exec sed -i ...
5. on new VPS move your folders one by one into the system, something like
   mv /etc /etc.bak && mv /newdir/etc /etc works fine for most of it (but don't move your /bin folders out of the way! ;-))
6. reboot and if you're lucky everything works fine.

use on your own risk ;-)