remote copying

[Andrew W. Gaunt]

We have done this many times as servers get
replaced . I use the excellent tool rsync. We've
actually got such a migration in progress now.
I'm moving a server with somewhere arounf
700GB from  a SUN/EMC combo to a linux nfs
server. Using rsync(s) I can copy all data in about
30hours and keep the new box up to date in much
less time.

-Andrew Gaunt

Robert Casey wrote:

> Good afternoon all,
>
>     can someone tell me the best method to copy files from a auto 
> mounting home directory, which comes from a Solaris box, to a linux 
> box. I'm setting up a server on Dell Poweredge 4600 running Linux 7.3 
> which, when finished, will be where most if not all of our exports 
> will come from. Right now we have cross mounting issues because 
> virtually all of our Suns export a directory - some auto mounting and 
> some through vfstab entries. I would like to do this copy and keep 
> permissions if possible. I will start with my own home directory which 
> comes from a host named g32s2s and copy it to our Dell Linux server 
> and then change the auto mounting database to reflect those changes.
>
> Bob
>
>
> Robert Casey
> MIT Lincoln Laboratory
> 244 Wood Street
> Lexington, MA 02420-9108
> 781-981-3034
>
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