Search Again: Re: Move QDNS Central From: Jim Cobb Date: Friday, October 11, 2002 Time: 6:10:10 am [dns-primary:~] primary% ls -al total 56 drwxr-xr-x 14 primary staff 476 Oct 10 17:23 . drwxrwxr-t 6 root wheel 204 Oct 10 16:03 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 primary staff 3 Sep 28 13:45 .CFUserTextEncoding -rwxr-xr-x 1 primary staff 6148 Oct 10 16:33 .DS_Store drwx------ 2 primary staff 68 Oct 10 16:33 .Trash drwx------ 3 primary staff 102 Sep 28 13:45 Desktop drwx------ 3 primary staff 102 Sep 28 13:45 Documents drwx------ 19 primary staff 646 Sep 28 13:53 Library drwx------ 3 primary staff 102 Sep 28 13:45 Movies drwx------ 3 primary staff 102 Sep 28 13:45 Music drwx------ 3 primary staff 102 Sep 28 13:45 Pictures drwxr-xr-x 4 primary staff 136 Sep 28 13:45 Public drwxr-xr-x 5 primary staff 170 Sep 28 13:45 Sites -rw-r--r-- 1 primary staff 15362 Oct 10 16:29 qdnsc-data.tgz [dns-primary:~] primary% On Thursday, October 10, 2002, at 08:50 PM, Men & Mice Support wrote: > 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 > >

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