Questions tagged [clone]
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Clone a working Linux server
I need to clone a working linux server. We cannot shut down the working server. Is there any way I can get a clone and deploy it on another server?
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How to determine the best byte size for the dd command
I know that doing a dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/hdb does a deep hard drive copy. I've heard that people have been able to speed up the process by increasing the number of bytes that are read and written at ...
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Clone/Mirror Live Linux (Debian) Server
I've probably read every serverfault article on this matter, but none seems to answer my specific question or they seem like dated methods.
I have a live running debian (Lenny) system on Dell ...
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Best way to clone a live linux system
Does anybody know of a way to clone a live linux system? I have a live installation running a production site. Problem is, I'm needing to clone it (without bring it down), and then move it over (...
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create image of a USB drive without unallocated partition
I have 8GB USB drive attached to my system which looks like this:
[root@host]# fdisk -l /dev/sdb
Disk /dev/sdb: 8462 MB, 8462008320 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1028 cylinders
Units = ...
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How to clone, disjoin & rename a Windows 2008 R2 VM offline, then rejoin domain online
I have a Windows 2008 R2 domain joined server, which should be cloned as test server in the same domain!
There is an MSSQL 2012 instance and Team Foundation Server 2013 installed, but this shouldn't ...
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How to clone a failing Server 2008 R2 hard drive before it's too late
My server fails to boot. The drive is not found at boot. It's a Server 2008 R2 domain controller, there is no secondary domain controller. The hard drive was not in a RAID configuration. It is a ...
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Dovecot quota clone
I'm trying to use dovecot's quotas and share them via mysql with modoboa.
I'm using the count module for that:
http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Quota/Count
To share the quota I'm trying to implement the new ...