Move SME to new Server

Move SME Installation by USB Stick Backup Server1.test.local to Server2.test.local

Restore SME Server from USB Stick on old called "Server1.test.local"

- login on Console as root
- do Backup to USB Stick or USB HDD

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2.nd possible way compress data by hand to smeserver.tgz do:

Info: this path will be needed:

/etc/e-smith/templates-custom
/etc/e-smith/templates-user-custom
/etc/group
/etc/gshadow
/etc/passwd
/etc/samba/secrets.tdb
/etc/samba/smbpasswd
/etc/shadow
/etc/smbpasswd
/etc/ssh
/etc/sudoers
/home/e-smith
/root
/opt

- login as root
# signal-event pre-backup  # to dump all mysql databases to /home/e-smith/db/mysql
# tar -cvzf smeserver.tgz  /etc /root /home /opt

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on new fresh Setup called "Server2.test.local"

- login as root
# mount /dev/sda1 /mnt (sda1=USB DISK)
# cd mnt
# tar -C / -xvzf smeserver.tgz
# signal-event post-upgrade
# signal-event reboot

delete old hosts entrys at database: show old hosts and copy to textfile:

# db hosts show | grep server1 > /old-hosts.txt
script: (hosts-delete.sh)

db hosts delete server1.test.local  (take every server.1.... of old-host.txt)

change-hosts.sh

d="server2.test.local"
db hosts set $d host
db hosts setprop $d HostType Self
db hosts setprop $d InternalIP ""
db hosts setprop $d ExternalIP ""
db hosts setprop $d MacAddress ""
db hosts setprop $d static yes
db hosts ReverseDNS yes               # only on server1.test.local = yes | on server1.domain.de = ""