In article <1011d99a-19aa-4aad-bf1b-e656e1072...@m7g2000vbc.googlegroups.com>,
BertieBigBol...@gmail.com <bertiebigbol...@gmail.com> wrote:
>Is there any easy way to port directly onto the new server? For
>instance, ufsdump/ufsrestore onto the new disks.
>I'd imagine this would cause problems booting the new server (since
>its different hardware)? I vaguely remember there is a way around
>this?
On Jul 24, 7:33 pm, groen...@cse.psu.edu (John D Groenveld) wrote:
> In article <1011d99a-19aa-4aad-bf1b-e656e1072...@m7g2000vbc.googlegroups.com>,
> BertieBigBol...@gmail.com <bertiebigbol...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >Is there any easy way to port directly onto the new server? For
> >instance, ufsdump/ufsrestore onto the new disks.
> >I'd imagine this would cause problems booting the new server (since
> >its different hardware)? I vaguely remember there is a way around
> >this?
Not got a great deal of experience with zones but will take a look.
So far, Iv'e tried:-
1. flar create on old system, cd install /flar on new one - doesnt
work since they are different architectures.
2. dd to new disk and then boot new hardware from this. Again doesnt
work.
> Currently got some apps running on an old Sunfire V240 which we are
> replacing with a T2000.
> Is there any easy way to port directly onto the new server? For
> instance, ufsdump/ufsrestore onto the new disks.
> I'd imagine this would cause problems booting the new server (since
> its different hardware)? I vaguely remember there is a way around
> this?
> Or is complete re-install easier?
ofcourse running on S10 or what ever your V240 is running and then making a zone would be neat but have you considered and tried just moving the app to the T2000 on S10/S11?
To move to S11 would make things nicer if you would need to move to new HW.
> BertieBigBol...@gmail.com skrev 2012-07-24 17:35:> Currently got some apps running on an old Sunfire V240 which we are
> > replacing with a T2000.
> > Is there any easy way to port directly onto the new server? For
> > instance, ufsdump/ufsrestore onto the new disks.
> > I'd imagine this would cause problems booting the new server (since
> > its different hardware)? I vaguely remember there is a way around
> > this?
> > Or is complete re-install easier?
> ofcourse running on S10 or what ever your V240 is running and then
> making a zone would be neat but have you considered and tried just
> moving the app to the T2000 on S10/S11?
> To move to S11 would make things nicer if you would need to move to new HW.
Yes, v240 is already running S10.
My understanding was that we could create a zone and run it on the
T2000 as non-global zone? Not sure we really want to get into this.
Of course, other option is to just install S10 on the T2000 and re-
install the app but thats a longer way really.
BertieBigBol...@gmail.com <bertiebigbol...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jul 24, 7:33?pm, groen...@cse.psu.edu (John D Groenveld) wrote:
>> In article <1011d99a-19aa-4aad-bf1b-e656e1072...@m7g2000vbc.googlegroups.com>,
>> BertieBigBol...@gmail.com <bertiebigbol...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >Is there any easy way to port directly onto the new server? For
>> >instance, ufsdump/ufsrestore onto the new disks.
>> >I'd imagine this would cause problems booting the new server (since
>> >its different hardware)? I vaguely remember there is a way around
>> >this?
> Not got a great deal of experience with zones but will take a look.
> So far, Iv'e tried:-
> 1. flar create on old system, cd install /flar on new one - doesnt
> work since they are different architectures.
what errors do you get with the flar method? I've been able to move
flars across platforms, but there's something goofy with the how
the flar is created. You may need to specify cpio instead of pax,
even though it should default to cpio. Just try both.
> On Jul 30, 9:02 pm, Michael Laajanen<michael_laaja...@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>> Hi,
>> BertieBigBol...@gmail.com skrev 2012-07-24 17:35:> Currently got some apps running on an old Sunfire V240 which we are
>>> replacing with a T2000.
>>> Is there any easy way to port directly onto the new server? For
>>> instance, ufsdump/ufsrestore onto the new disks.
>>> I'd imagine this would cause problems booting the new server (since
>>> its different hardware)? I vaguely remember there is a way around
>>> this?
>>> Or is complete re-install easier?
>> ofcourse running on S10 or what ever your V240 is running and then
>> making a zone would be neat but have you considered and tried just
>> moving the app to the T2000 on S10/S11?
>> To move to S11 would make things nicer if you would need to move to new HW.
> Yes, v240 is already running S10.
> My understanding was that we could create a zone and run it on the
> T2000 as non-global zone? Not sure we really want to get into this.
> Of course, other option is to just install S10 on the T2000 and re-
> install the app but thats a longer way really.
If this is critical work, then reinstall to be sure. Don't know about moving
to a different hardware platform, but just cloning a system disk (dump /
restore / install boot block etc) can give problems with things like the
ethernet hardware address, device configuration etc which will have changed.
Probably much less hassle to reinstall, then you are sure it's done right :-)...
