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===Overview===
===Overview===
This method utilizes the standard backup to desktop function.
{{Warning box|This is a non standard method of transferring data between servers and should be carefully used to ensure that no data is lost or altered during the process. If wrong or inappropriate copying procedures are used, your data may have incorrect permissions applied. Using tar and scp is the "best" way to transfer files directly between servers while retaining correct permissions/ownership in the process.}}
If required, user, ibay and other data can be manually copied from the backup server to the restored server either partially or in total after the restore.
This method is a good way to create a server clone that has identical configuration but no data, without going through all the setup again.
This method is a good way to create a server clone that has identical configuration but no data, without going through all the setup again.
This method utilizes the standard backup to desktop function and the restore from CD or USB disk at first startup function.
The non standard part of this procedure is that data in ibays and user folders and other specific locations, is temporarily moved to a newly created /temp folder, which will not be included in the backup (as /temp is not in the standard list of backup inclusions).
The main reason for doing this is to keep the resultant smeserver.tgz backup file size smaller than 2Gb, so that there are no problems doing a backup to desktop on a workstation using the http protocol and any browser.
If you also wish to transfer data, then user, ibay and other data in other specific locations can be manually copied from the backup server to the restored server either partially or in total after the restore. Use tar and scp to transfer this data so that correct permissions and ownership are retained, see the section "Copying data to the restored server".
If you have large amounts of data in other locations that will cause your backup file to exceed 2Gb, then that data should also be temporarily moved to the /temp folder, and manually copied to the new server after the restore.
{{Note box|With sme 7.2 or newer, it is possible to create a backup to desktop smeserver.tgz file of the order of 52Gb, when saved to a share or a connected drive formatted with a NTFS or ext3 file system and when using Firefox as the browser. See bug 81.}}
===Procedure===
===Procedure===
