Search Again: Re: Move QDNS Central From: Jim Cobb Date: Thursday, October 10, 2002 Time: 2:31:27 pm Sorry, I'm not much of a unix dude, here's what I get: [dns-primary:/var] primary% sudo tar xzf ~/qdnsc-data.tgz tar: could not exec: No such file or directory tar: End of archive volume 1 reached tar: Sorry, unable to determine archive format. [dns-primary:/var] primary% ls at log netboot spool backups mail qdns tmp cron msgs root vm db named run yp empty named.1033232122 rwho [dns-primary:/var] primary% [dns-primary:/private] primary% cd /users/primary/ [dns-primary:~] primary% ls Desktop Library Music Public qdnsc-data.tgz Documents Movies Pictures Sites [dns-primary:~] primary% Jim On Wednesday, October 9, 2002, at 08:03 PM, Men & Mice Support wrote: > You should be able to do this using the following steps (all commands > to be executed in a Terminal window): > > - Install QuickDNS Central on the new server. > - Quit QuickDNS Central on the new server - on Mac OS X, use this > command: > > sudo qdnscontrol stopcentrald > > - Copy over the data directory - on Mac OS X, this is /var/qdns/. You > can copy it safely using these commands on the original machine: > > cd /var > tar czf ~/qdnsc-data.tgz qdns > > This creates a file called "qdnsc-data.tgz" in your home folder. Then > on the new server, copy the file to your home folder and use these > commands: > > cd /var > sudo tar xzf ~/qdnsc-data.tgz > > - Start QuickDNS Central again - on Mac OS X, use this command: > > sudo qdnscontrol startcentrald > > Note that I've never tested this, so I can't say for sure that it will > work properly. > ____________________________________________________________________ > Chris Buxton Men & Mice > support@menandmice.com Making DNS Easy > > At 12:17 PM -0400 10/9/02, Jim Cobb wrote: >> I would like to move QDNS Central and it's associated files (serial >> numbers etc.) off of my local machine (OSX) to a different server >> (Also OSX). What's the best way of doing this without disrupting >> everything? I suppose that this procedure could also be used to >> backup QDNS Central data? >> >> Thanks >> >> Jim Cobb >> Network Manager >> LifeNet > >

Messages In This Thread: Move QDNS Central by Jim Cobb on Oct 9, 2002 at 9:18:56 am Re: Move QDNS Central by Men & Mice Support on Oct 9, 2002 at 5:04:05 pm Re: Move QDNS Central by Jim Cobb on Oct 10, 2002 at 2:31:27 pm Re: Move QDNS Central by Men & Mice Support on Oct 10, 2002 at 5:51:15 pm Re: Move QDNS Central by Jim Cobb on Oct 11, 2002 at 6:10:10 am Re: Move QDNS Central by Jim Cobb on Oct 11, 2002 at 6:31:14 am