[rt-users] Moving rt to another machine

[Greg White]

On Tue, Feb 06, 2001 at 08:28:35PM -0600, Todd Jagger wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'd like to move our rt to another machine.  I have rt all set up on 
> the new machine and was wondering if I can just tar up certain 
> directories on the old machine, then untar them in the proper place on 
> the new machines, and have everything like it was, with all the tickets 
> in tact and such.  If so, what directories would I want to 
> migrate?  What might break when I do this?  I know to add the aliases 
> and such but am not sure where rt has put stuff for mysql.
> 
I've done this once, and this is what I did (from memory -- may be
missing some steps -- back up everything!)

1. Get RT installed on the new machine, preferably with the same options
as the other RT.
2. Create a new queue and mysql database, with the same name as the
other RT.
3. Backup the mysql database(s), and replace it/them with the databases
from the old machine.
4.Start using the new RT.

I'm sure there are cleaner ways of doing it, but this one worked....

-- 
Greg White
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