moving one system to another

[Jim Lynn]

I have one hardware platform that is being decommissioned and moving to another hardware platform. Can this be done with only a makerecovery tape ? Do I need to "reformat" the existing drives to clean them off first ?

[John Bolene]

It depends on what the hardware platforms are.

Ignite is not all powerful and it works best on like types of machines.

More information is required.

[James R. Ferguson · Accepted solution]

Hi Jim:

While this could be done within the same architecture (32-bit, 64-bit, and V-series) I would suggest a cold-install as more appropriate.

Regards!

...JRF...

[harry d brown jr]

Jim,

We need more info:

"...one hardware platform that is being decommissioned and moving to another hardware platform..."

What was the OLD platform and what is the NEW platform?


"...Can this be done with only a makerecovery tape ?"

Depends upon the first question.

"Do I need to "reformat" the existing drives to clean them off first?"

NO, not necessary. Do you plan on "keeping" the data on these drives or do you just want to reuse the disks?

live free or die
harry

[Pete Randall]

Jim,

You could also look at this as an opportunity to upgrade and clean up all those old patches clogging up /var. Do a cold install of 11i and then restore your /home and any other non-core filesystems. That's my typical approach.

Pete

[David Burgess]

using a make_recovery tape requires that both systems are the same architecture.

What I would do is a cold install. That way you can upgrade if you want. This also means that you can build a clean system without all the old patches. Also you test the new server works ok before wiping the old system.

You can import the drives to the new system using mkdir

/dev/vgxx
mknod
vgimport

HTH

Dave.