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Restore from desktop to vmware (view source)
Revision as of 21:16, 8 January 2013
, 21:16, 8 January 2013moved Restore from desktop backup to Restore from desktop to vmware: vmware specific
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==Restore smeX in vmware using a desktop backup and winscp==
This method is usefull for a restore or upgrading a version (I used it to upgrade from 7.51 to 8.0 in vmware esxi 4.1).
In this mini-howto I will show howto restore a backup made to the desktop into a new SME server. In stead of using an USB-stick we will transport the backup using SSH (scp or secure copy). Since many sme-servers run in vmware, and using usb or iso-files can be complicated or impossible on ESX servers using SSH is a good alternative to transport the backup to the server.
==Forum discussion==
This how-to can be discussed on the forums [http://forums.contribs.org/index.php/topic,49417.0.html here]
==Make backup from original server to desktop in the server-manager==
go the http://ip/server-manager and backup to desktop
==Install new SME server (sme8.x) from iso in vmware==
Give it a temporary IP-adddress. When restoring it will get the ip-adresses from the server that was backed-up===
- do not use vmx network cards, but use e1000 nic's instead, see http://bugs.contribs.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7197
- do not use vmx network cards, but use e1000 nic's instead, see http://bugs.contribs.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7197
- log in via web-management console http://ip/server-manager and change remote acces so you can log in via ssh as root from internal network
- log in via web-management console http://ip/server-manager and change remote acces so you can log in via ssh as root from internal network
==Install vmware tools in the newly installed sme-server==
See http://wiki.contribs.org/VMware_Tools#SME_Server_8.0_Guest_on_ESXi_4.0_Update_1
in my case: SME Server 8.0 Guest on ESXi 4.0 Update 1
in my case: SME Server 8.0 Guest on ESXi 4.0 Update 1
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==Update the new SME server to latest packages before restoring from backup==
Before update set yum straight
check if this is still needed here: http://forums.contribs.org/index.php/topic,49362.0.html
check if this is still needed here: http://forums.contribs.org/index.php/topic,49362.0.html
==Restore with the backup file==
- first make a snapshot in vmware, so you have a snapshot with updated packages (in case something goes wrong)
- first make a snapshot in vmware, so you have a snapshot with updated packages (in case something goes wrong)
- copy sme.tzg to / directory new sme server (for instance form windows desktop with [winscp]http://winscp.net/eng/index.php (= cp via ssh) )
- copy sme.tzg to / directory new sme server (for instance form windows desktop with [winscp]http://winscp.net/eng/index.php (= cp via ssh) )
- check connections & websites
- check connections & websites
- in Vmware make sure the new server boots after a shutdown of the vmware host
- in Vmware make sure the new server boots after a shutdown of the vmware host
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