Moving to same machine

[PauloResende]

Hi,

I need a little help on this.
I have a virtual machine with cPanel WHM 11.26.20, the storage where this machine is located is a problematic NAS, and I cannot read some of the files of the virtual machine, although it works fine.
I have a old copy of those files.
I uploaded them to another storage machine, but I need to update the severall acounts and system settings that changed.
Since I cannot have 2 machines with the same IP on the network I will have to change the ip of one of them.
My question is, What is the best system to update the accounts, home dirs, SQL, Exim and other system settings that probably are changed on the current server to the old copy of itself?
After that I will shutdown the server in the problematic NAS and keep the other that was updated running.

Thanks
Paulo

 

[chrismfz]

Same accounts on both ?
If not, the WHM > Copy Multiple Accounts/Packages From Another Server. will create the same users as is.

If it can't copy files, select skip home.


For homes, rsync over ssh will do the trick.
Something like

rsync -az -e "ssh -p 22" --progress folder_local/ server:/folder/remote/

(replace 22 if you changed ssh port)

 

[cPanelMichael]

Hello

Yes, I suggest transferring the accounts to the destination server using the "Copy Multiple Accounts/Packages From Another Server" option in WHM if possible. Manually copying over the data might be possible if necessary, but it's not a supported method.

Thank you.

 

[PauloResende]

Hello

Yes, I suggest transferring the accounts to the destination server using the "Copy Multiple Accounts/Packages From Another Server" option in WHM if possible. Manually copying over the data might be possible if necessary, but it's not a supported method.

Thank you.

Just one last minute doubt, all the accounts, dns settings from zones and machine setup settings will be updated when the "Copy Multiple Accounts/Packages From Another Server" is done, right?

Thanks.
Paulo R

 

[cPanelMichael]

Just one last minute doubt, all the accounts, dns settings from zones and machine setup settings will be updated when the "Copy Multiple Accounts/Packages From Another Server" is done, right?

Thanks.
Paulo R

Could you elaborate on which machine settings you are referring to? Note that when an account is transferred, it's not automatically deleted from the source server. That data still remains on the source server and the account remains active on the source server until you manually terminate it.

Thank you.

 

[PauloResende]

Could you elaborate on which machine settings you are referring to? Note that when an account is transferred, it's not automatically deleted from the source server. That data still remains on the source server and the account remains active on the source server until you manually terminate it.

Thank you.

I mean, for example, I have done some modifications on a DNS zone, those modifications are passed along with the account settings, right?
Another one, the MySQL databases that are created as root user for an account, are they passed along with the user account? I have a client account that I use for website testing, the databases I use, was created as root., I guess that I'll have to recreate them on the 'new' server?

Thank you.
Paulo R

 

[cPanelMichael]

I mean, for example, I have done some modifications on a DNS zone, those modifications are passed along with the account settings, right?
Another one, the MySQL databases that are created as root user for an account, are they passed along with the user account? I have a client account that I use for website testing, the databases I use, was created as root., I guess that I'll have to recreate them on the 'new' server?

DNS zones are transferred and should include custom entries. You can assign ownership of that database to the account so it's transferred by using the following tool:

"WHM Home » SQL Services » Database Map Tool"

It's a good idea to complete a test transfer of an account to make sure everything copied over successfully. Then, delete the account on the destination server when you are ready to complete the actual transfer.

Thank you.

 

[PauloResende]

Done it.
Thanks to all who helped on this

Regards.
Paulo R