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hwmig2007cutover

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A checklist of stuff do do at cutover time

Before

  • backup old tux one last time
    • rsync to offsite locations and to new tux /old directory or spare partition

On site

  • bring new tux to rgb's place
  • bring old tux to runlevel 1
  • bring new tux to runlevel 1
  • dump the databases (listed on the TuxSoftware page) and tar up the /var/mail directory (check mailman too)
  • copy the databases to new tux
  • load the databases
  • adjust networking on new tux (/etc/network/interfaces, /etc/hosts, /etc/resolv.conf, make bind9 runnable.)
  • shut down old tux and new tux
  • put new tux in old tux's place (logically speaking)
  • boot up new tux
  • test new tux to see if the services are running properly
    • essential
      • users/groups
      • sudo
      • networking
      • ssh
    • nice-to-have
      • email
      • apache
      • phpwiki
      • mailman
  • if services are not running - make them run properly
  • we're done (for cutover night)
  • fix up remaining problems via ssh, later

Remote helper

  • Test the services from remote
    • networking
    • ssh
    • DNS
    • mail
    • apache
    • mailman
    • phpwiki
hwmig2007cutover.txt · Last modified: 2015/06/09 15:23 by 127.0.0.1