Search Again: Re: Move QDNS Central From: Jim Cobb Date: Friday, October 11, 2002 Time: 6:31:14 am Chris I expanded the tar file where it was and mv the files to the new qdnscentral directory and this seemed to work fine. But now for some reason my hair is turning into single strand copper with multicolored sheaths. Jim 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