Migrating server hardware replacement oes11 to oes11sp2

This summer I will be replacing server hardware at one of my schools. Currently it has sles11sp1 / oes11 -- put in in 2012. The patches are up to date for this version, but I have not upgraded/migrated it to a newer version yet. I have played in a test environment with the yast2 wagon migration from sles11sp1/oes11 to sles11sp2/oes11sp1 -- no problems. However trying to find notes on how to do a migration and identity transfer from source server hardware to new target server hardware. Found oes11sp2 migration tool administration guide. I haven't found anything telling me how to setup sles on the target server box ie server name etc. Once I have the target sles server setup, I realize I need to install OES and select the "Novell pre-migration server" option during this installation.
Current source server = sles11sp1/oes11 and has iPrint, Nss and netstorage installed. Installed in tree with oes11 and oes11sp1 servers.
The main tree server has sles11sp2/oes11sp1 on it. We will need to upgrade it to sles11sp3/oes11sp2 this summer. I'm fine with doing the yast2 wagon migration on that server. We just haven't done server hardware replacements for OES-L yet.
Looking for some good (step by step) instructions. ;-)
Thanks
Patty

Originally Posted by amdsbnovell
Thanks Thomas. Just printed the document now. If my current sles11sp1/oes11 server is called testfs for instance, then I need to install the new target server as a sles11sp3 server called tempfs. Then install oes11sp2 into the tree in a temporary location in the tree as a premigration server (for the installation). Then I should be able to follow the instructions. When I do the identity transfer, I'm assuming it renames the sles11sp3 server from tempfs to testfs as well (as that is where oes gets the file server name from)?
Um, sorta. Let's pretend your server name is: OLD and the new one is NEW (temporary NEW name and temporary NEW IP)
OLD: OES11
NEW: OES11 SP2 (assuming you want latest stuff).
Do all your data transfer/consolidations/etc
Then when you do the ID transfer, it will literally transfer the eDir databases (well copy is more correct) from OLD to NEW, you shut off OLD, I think it restarts NEW and renames/changes the servername and IP to what OLD had.
You can choose to install the NEW server with the .ISO separately (ie: Install SLES11 SP3, then after you're done, Add On the OES11 SP2 .ISO), or you may choose to use the integrated DVD and do it all at once, or use the 2 separate ISO and do them at once (but depending upon your installation method, you may not be able to do the 2 separate ISO).
I hope that helps.
I'm about halfway through editing my docs for OES11 SP1 (of course, SP2 is out now) for migrations from OES2 SP3, but the same setup steps basically apply. I think the only things that changed from NW To OES (ie: OES2 to OES11) are DHCP and iPrint migration procedures.
--Kevin

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This summer I have to replace server hardware -- current one is sles11sp1/oes11. I will install sles11sp3/oes11sp2 this summer on a new temp server for the migration and id transfer. Reading up on the migration tool. Wondering if there is anything I need to be aware of in migrating the iPrint environment. The printers are not setup in dns (as we don't use Novell for our DNS server).
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Patty

Originally Posted by pattymackay
This summer I have to replace server hardware -- current one is sles11sp1/oes11. I will install sles11sp3/oes11sp2 this summer on a new temp server for the migration and id transfer. Reading up on the migration tool. Wondering if there is anything I need to be aware of in migrating the iPrint environment. The printers are not setup in dns (as we don't use Novell for our DNS server).
Thanks
Patty
Well, if you're going on new hardware, you MAY be able to get away with a few things.
Choices (off the top of my head):
1) Use the Consolidation part of the miggui. Downsides to that are that you have to create new driver store/manager and if you're not using DNS, then you'll have some interesting issues (ie, possibly reinstalling on all your pc's). But just because you don't have Novell as your DNS server doesn't mean you can't use DNS names for iPrint. We use Sun Solaris for DNS and we just have our Unix guys adjust/add the DNS entries as necessary and it works fine.
2) IF you're going to use the ID Transfer so that the new server is going to have the same name/IP, then you can probably do this (I only know this because we just had a server blow up):
https://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=3006957
We chose option #1, BUT:
Instead of restoring/copying just the:
/var/opt/novell/iprint/[PSM].[OU].[O].psm/
We did the:
/var/opt/novell/iprint
directory as that also gets the printer driver profiles and driverstore
IF you choose the above option, I'd suggest that when you install your NEW OES server do NOT configure iPrint (install yes, don't configure it). Then after the ID transfer, copy/restore the configuration files and I THINK you'll be good to go.
3) some other option I'm not aware of.

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Has anyone here tried to clone a server configuration to a new machine (like completely different hardware)?
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No problem cloning machine to machine as long as the OS supports the target machine. In your case, any 10.4 server will will run on the dual.
Clone away....
You could also run a test... boot the eMac in firewire target disk mode, then startup the Dual G4 from the eMac's hard drive (option key on boot). It should start-up and run just fine (although a bit slower considering firewire interface).
Once up and running, you could stop services and clone from the live eMac drive to a freshly erased Dual G4 internal drive.
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ACS doesn't replicate certificates. All you can do, export the certificates from the ACS.
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Hi,
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