Tag Archives: Migration

Upgrade to php5 in CentOS 4

Recently one of my clients requested that he needs php5 on one of his production servers. The server runs CentOS 4.7 x86_64. I had recently migrated this server from RHEL 4.7 (see Migrating RHEL 4.6 to CentOS 4.6).

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Migrating RHEL 4.7 to CentOS 4.7

Recently I was asked by one of my clients to convert their RHEL system to CentOS after their RHEL subscription expired. At the time of migration the server was running RHEL 4 update 7. Based on the current version, I … Continue reading

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Migrating Users in Linux

When a server is to be replaced, often it is a requirement to migrate all user accounts as it is to the new server, which means that the password on these accounts also should not change. Before the account migration … Continue reading

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Moving data to a seperate filesystem

Often its required that the a directory (for example /home)be moved to a seperate filesystem. The steps are simple: Boot system in single user mode (linux single), or if already booted take it down to single user using, init 1 … Continue reading

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