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| + | Safely migrating Plesk, in the event of an ISP change, hardware or OS upgrade involves the use of multiple systems. This procedure applies to you if: | ||
| + | You are running an End of Lifed (EOL) unsupported operating system like RH9, FC1, FC2, FC3, FC4 or FC5 | ||
| − | + | You need to upgrade hardware | |
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| + | You are moving to a different hosting company | ||
| + | You have a badly laid out file system | ||
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1 Plesk Server | 1 Plesk Server | ||
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1 New Plesk Server | 1 New Plesk Server | ||
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| + | '''Step 1) Back up the system''' | ||
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| + | [[Ftp backup]] | ||
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| + | '''Step X) restore config only''' | ||
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| + | '''Step X) fix mailman ''' | ||
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| + | '''Step X) Plesk Restore''' | ||
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| + | Task 1) Prep | ||
| + | /usr/local/psa/bin/pleskrestore --create-map backup -map map | ||
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| + | Task 2) Restore | ||
| + | /usr/local/psa/bin/pleskrestore --restore backup -level all -map map | ||
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| + | '''Step X) Surpress email notifications from mailman''' | ||
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| + | Mailman will send out notifications to everyone when you migrate, block this short term with firewall rules: | ||
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| + | iptables -I OUTPUT -p tcp --dport 25 -j DROP | ||
| + | iptables -I OUTPUT -p tcp --dport 465 -j DROP | ||
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| + | '''Step X) Testing Checklists''' | ||
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| + | Mail | ||
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| + | mailing lists | ||
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| + | webmail | ||
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| + | Web | ||
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| + | websites (test for php issues, register_globals) | ||
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| + | DNS | ||
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| + | did all domains transfer? | ||
Latest revision as of 09:04, 28 July 2007
[edit] Abstract:
Safely migrating Plesk, in the event of an ISP change, hardware or OS upgrade involves the use of multiple systems. This procedure applies to you if:
You are running an End of Lifed (EOL) unsupported operating system like RH9, FC1, FC2, FC3, FC4 or FC5
You need to upgrade hardware
You are moving to a different hosting company
You have a badly laid out file system
[edit] Prereqs:
1 Plesk Server
1 New Plesk Server
Step 1) Back up the system
Step X) restore config only
Step X) fix mailman
Step X) Plesk Restore
Task 1) Prep
/usr/local/psa/bin/pleskrestore --create-map backup -map map
Task 2) Restore
/usr/local/psa/bin/pleskrestore --restore backup -level all -map map
Step X) Surpress email notifications from mailman
Mailman will send out notifications to everyone when you migrate, block this short term with firewall rules:
iptables -I OUTPUT -p tcp --dport 25 -j DROP iptables -I OUTPUT -p tcp --dport 465 -j DROP
Step X) Testing Checklists
mailing lists
webmail
Web
websites (test for php issues, register_globals)
DNS
did all domains transfer?
