User manual PARALLELS HSPHERE WINDOWS SERVER 3.4 MIGRATION GUIDE REV 1.0

[. . . ] Parallels H-Sphere Windows Server Migration Revision 1. 0 Legal and Copyright Notice Parallels Holdings, Ltd. [. . . ] Notes: This procedure doesn't move products such as Miva, Cold Fusion etc. In order to use them on the new server, you need to install them manually before the migration. You may lose AWStats and Webalizer statistics for the time of migration. Apply the following KB before migration: http://kb. parallels. com/en/9015 Step 1: Install H-Sphere winbox software on the target box The target box must have a fresh install of Windows 2008 Server as required in Winbox Installation manual. There are some special steps for Window 2008: · Disable password complexity requirements policy on the target box (go to "Local Security Policy" -> "Accounts Policies" -> "Password Policy" and set "Password must meet complexity requirements" to "Disabled"). For installation instructions refer to http://blogs. iis. net/bills/archive/2008/06/02/installing-asp-net-1-1-with-iis7-onvista-and-windows-2008. aspx · Step 2: Change IP of the physical server in CP Disable Signup on the source server for the time of migration to avoid data loss. [. . . ] In the directory <DISK>\Program files\hsphere\3rdparty\rsync on the target server, add the following lines to the end of rsync. conf file: [UNIQUE_SESSION_ID_STRING] path = /cygdrive/c/hshome read only = false comment = content area list = false On the source server: In the <DISK>\Program files\hsphere\3rdparty\rsync directory, create file rsynccontent. bat with the following content: rem %1 = path to content to move rem %2 = cygwin path to content to move rem %3 = traget IP rem %4 = target module name rem FOR /F "usebackq delims=" %%i IN (`dir /B/A:D %1`) DO rsync. exe -avpgoz "/cygdrive/%2/%%i" %3::%4 rem The following line for moving content without compression FOR /F "usebackq delims=" %%i IN (`dir /B/A:D %1`) DO rsync. exe -av "/cygdrive/%2/%%i" rsync://%3/%4 In the command prompt, launch content move from the source server to the target server: rsynccontent. bat <DISK_WITH_USER_HOMES_ON_SOURCE_SERVER>:\hshome <DISK_LETTER>/hshome TARGET_WINBOX_IP UNIQUE_SESSION_ID_STRING > rs. log For example: rsynccontent. bat e:\hshome e/hshome 192. 0. 34. 166 asdfasdf-b0414d62-8a9f-qwerqwerqwer > rs. log Step 5: Stop rsync on the target box Remove lines, added at Move content using the rsync tool step from rsync. conf Step 6: Replace server Move all IPs of the source box to the target one. [. . . ]