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  1. #1
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    Copy everything to new hdd

    hi everyone

    i just added a second hdd for my server . Now i want to copy all my accounts, files, database to new hdd. What is the best way to move everything in that hdd ( which i am using it now ) to second hdd ?

    HEre what i do (coorect me if i'm wrong):

    /scripts/pkgacct ACCOUNTNAME &

    mv cpmove-USER***.tar.gz /mnt/home/

    and next will be untar ? ( dont really remember the command )

    Here is my 2 hdds:
    Disk hde2 (/) DMA+
    Disk hdg2 (/mnt) DMA+

    thanks

    p/s: Centos 3.4 + cpanel. Sorry about this kind of old question, but i have searched around and dont see any best solutions.

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    Ugh, no this is very wrong. Please hire a server admin to do this for you. Messing with partitions on a live machine isn't something a novice should try and do. I can't tell from this if you're trying to make backups or if you're trying to set up the other drive as your /home partition.
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  3. #3
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    thank for the advices, but iam broke now.

    To everyone

    I have moved few account under 4gb to new hdd by this command:

    cp -R /home/useraccount /mnt/home

    and it works, but when i copy account which is 80gb, when it running for 15 minutes then ssh says timeout, and it kicks me out of ssh. Anyone has anyidea? thanks

  4. #4
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    Well you can issue this command with
    cp -R /home/useraccount /mnt/home&
    Note the '&' to send this job to the background so even if you disconnected , server will continue doing the job.

    or you can get a decent SSH client that be able to send NO-OP packets (Anti-Idle Technique)
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  5. #5
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    Thank AhmedFouad


    How do you get a decent SSH client that be able to send NO-OP packets (Anti-Idle Technique) ?

    I just wanna making sure that when i use this :

    cp -R /home/useraccount /mnt/home& , then it will copy all my database's forum also ?

  6. #6
    Hi

    You can use a screen session to do this for you.

    screen <normal command>

    This will allow the copy to continue even if the login session is closed.

    Also I think it will be better to configure backup in whm to your secondary drive so that you can have the latest backup of your data.

    Thank you.

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    I prefer and use SecureCRT 4.1
    knowledge is Power , Spread it.
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