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You should now have a second server (server2) which is identically configured to server1 (except for changes that were made) but without user and ibay data. Note that the user and ibays will exist in server manager and in the file structure, but they will be empty.
You should now have a second server (server2) which is identically configured to server1 (except for changes that were made) but without user and ibay data. Note that the user and ibays will exist in server manager and in the file structure, but they will be empty.
==='''Copying data to the restored server'''===
===Copying data to the restored server===
You can then optionally transfer the data across the network from server to server either totally or in limited form as required using command line, tar and scp.
You can then optionally transfer the data across the network from server to server either totally or in limited form as required using command line, tar and scp.
Use tar to compress all the user & ibays folders (on server1) by doing
Use tar to compress all the user and ibays folders (on server1) by doing
cd /home/e-smith/files
cd /home/e-smith/files
tar -czvf /temp/users.tar.gz users
tar -czvf /temp/users.tar.gz users
Use scp to copy the tarred files between machines by doing (on server1)
Use scp to copy the tarred files between machines by doing (on server1)
{{Note box|You will have to have remote access between the servers setup to be able to ssh, either using passwords or ssh keys.}}
scp /temp/users.tar.gz server2IP:/home/e-smith/files/
scp /temp/users.tar.gz server2IP:/home/e-smith/files/
scp /temp/ibays.tar.gz server2IP:/home/e-smith/files/
scp /temp/ibays.tar.gz server2IP:/home/e-smith/files/
If ssh is configured for a different port (than 22) use
If ssh is configured for a different port (than 22) use
scp -P xxxx /temp/users.tar.gz server2IP:/home/e-smith/files/
scp -P xxxx /temp/users.tar.gz server2IP:/home/e-smith/files/
scp -P xxxx /temp/ibays.tar.gz server2IP:/home/e-smith/files/
scp -P xxxx /temp/ibays.tar.gz server2IP:/home/e-smith/files/
where xxxx = port number
where xxxx = port number
Use tar to uncompress all the user and ibay folders by doing (on server2)
Use tar to uncompress all the user & ibay folders by doing (on server2)
cd /home/e-smith/files/
cd /home/e-smith/files/
tar -xvzf users.tar.gz
tar -xvzf users.tar.gz
rm /home/e-smith/files/users.tar.gz
rm /home/e-smith/files/users.tar.gz
rm /home/e-smith/files/ibays.tar.gz
rm /home/e-smith/files/ibays.tar.gz
If required, to correct ownership for each user on server2 do
If required, to correct ownership for each user on server2 do
chown -R username:username username
chown -R username:username username
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