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The process of moving one system or service from one location or model to another.

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How to dump a Microsoft SQL Server database to a SQL script?

Is there any way to export a Microsoft SQL Server database to a SQL script? I'm looking for something which behaves similarly to mysqldump, taking a database name, and producing a single script which will recreate all the tables, stored procedures…
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How to migrate LDAP (database,schema,configuration) to other machine

I'm using openldap 2.4.40, and i need to migrate my existing ldap database, configuration, and schema (basically everything ldap server related) to a new machine. the problem is, I use cn=config configuration not the old slapd.conf file anymore. The…
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Best way to clone a live linux system

Does anybody know of a way to clone a live linux system? I have a live installation running a production site. Problem is, I'm needing to clone it (without bring it down), and then move it over (restore) to a virtual machine. I'm basically…
drewrockshard
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Migrate Sonatype Nexus repo from one machine to another

I am trying to migrate nexus repo. How can I go about it, any pointers?
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nginx support for .htaccess / rewrite rules? Differences from Apache?

I've been working with Apache http servers for quite some time, and finally making the move to static-content servers alongside the others dynamic-content machines. I was wondering, does nginx support ".htaccess" files, and things like mod_rewrite?…
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I have 23 Web Servers - I need to wipe all the servers - without loss of service on any sites hosted across them

Okay so it's a challenge and I'm having trouble planning it mostly due to lack of experience. However it's become a task in my job and I'm doing it mostly solo with an extra hand. I'm comfortable with Linux and all these servers are Debian or…
Mud
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How to move directory from one server to other?

I have SSH access to the both servers, one of them is empty. How can I move site directory from old server to new server via SSH connection? PS: On both servers is unix
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Best way to change site IP address - from the end user perspective?

I did read a bunch of relevant Q/A here but I am still not sure what the best answer is. I'm moving a couple of sites from IP address "1.a.b.c" to "2.d.e.f". As of right now in the existing DNS I set all TTL to 300 seconds, and I have a new DNS…
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Server 2012 hyper-v3 live migration

I am trying to do my first live migration with Windows server 2012 hyper-v 3.0. I have two servers joined into a domain.local domain and both are hypervisors with constrained delegation setup. Each server has the CIFS and Microsoft virtual service…
Matt Wall
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Migrate live server

I'm in trouble, I have a running server with the usual services (httpd, mail, sql), and looks like I must be really fast to prevent total data loss (my RAID array failed, so I'm depending on a single hdd now). The whole system built on HowtoForge's…
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Active Directory and Exchange Architecture Questions and Issues

Here's the background on our situation... Right now, we are setup as three distinct companies with three complete Active Directory and Exchange systems. The three offices (One in the US, two in Europe) are connected via a three way VPN setup (so…
ircmaxell
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Replacing a W2K3 Domain Controller - what do I need to know?

I have a network of around 70 machines, currently with two DCs both running Windows Server 2003 (DC0 & DC1). DC0 is a five year old Poweredge 1850 and has recently become increasingly flakey, and in the past fortnight has fallen over twice. I want…
Marko Carter
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Change ZFS mountpoint property without remounting

I want to replace one ZFS filesystem (volume in a pool) with another ZFS filesystem (another volume in the same pool). Rebooting is okay, but I'd like to avoid single user mode. When I try to set mountpoint=none on the old filesystem, ZFS tries to…
jornane
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Roaming user profiles in Linux

My company is evaluating a plan to migrate from Windows to Linux. Can you suggest something in Linux analogous to roaming user profiles and domain users in an Active Directory environment?
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Server migration: most efficient way

I have been tasked with migrating one of our sites between servers (two different hosts). Both environments are linux. The site streams video, so the server is currently filled with media files (images and video). My first thought was that we'd use…
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