Search Again: Re: Move QDNS Central From: Men & Mice Support Date: Thursday, October 10, 2002 Time: 5:51:15 pm What's the file size of ~/qdnsc-data.tgz? The error messages are characteristic of a file of length 0. ____________________________________________________________________ Chris Buxton Men & Mice support@menandmice.com Making DNS Easy At 5:28 PM -0400 10/10/02, Jim Cobb wrote: >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

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