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You can delete any users, ibays, groups and other settings not required on the restored server via server manager.

You can delete any users, ibays, groups and other settings not required on the restored server via server manager.

It is preferable to tar/untar data so you don't loose ownership and permissions during the copy from server1 to server2. If copying user data & email using normal copy commands, then ensure that ownership is correct on the new server.

It is preferable to tar/untar data so you don't loose ownership and permissions during the copy from server1 to server2. If copying user data and email using normal copy commands, then ensure that ownership is correct on the new server.

Modify the following commands appropriately to only move the data you require.

Modify the following commands appropriately to only move the data you require.

 

<ol></li><li>Use tar to compress all the user and ibays folders (on server1) by doing

Use tar to compress all the user and ibays folders (on server1) by doing

  cd /home/e-smith/files

  cd /home/e-smith/files

  tar -czvf /temp/users.tar.gz users

  tar -czvf /temp/users.tar.gz users

  tar -czvf /temp/ibays.tar.gz ibays

  tar -czvf /temp/ibays.tar.gz ibays

 

</li><li>Use scp to copy the tarred files between machines by doing (on server1)

Use scp to copy the tarred files between machines by doing (on server1)

{{Note box|You will have to have remote access between the servers setup to be able to ssh, either using passwords or ssh keys.}}

{{Note box|You will have to have remote access between the servers setup to be able to ssh, either using passwords or ssh keys.}}

  scp /temp/users.tar.gz server2IP:/home/e-smith/files/

  scp /temp/users.tar.gz server2IP:/home/e-smith/files/

where xxxx = port number

where xxxx = port number

Use tar to uncompress all the user and ibay folders by doing (on server2)

</li><li>Use tar to uncompress all the user and ibay folders by doing (on server2)

  cd /home/e-smith/files/

  cd /home/e-smith/files/

  tar -xvzf users.tar.gz

  tar -xvzf users.tar.gz

  cd /home/e-smith/files/users

  cd /home/e-smith/files/users

  chown -R username:username username

  chown -R username:username username

 

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