[ILUG] Preserving group & passwd to another server

[Breno Gomes]

Hi Conor,

If I am getting the whole question right, you are planning to move an 
Oracle instance from one box to another.

Do you need to move just the database or 11i applications as well?

Depending on the exact nature, there will different steps for each 
environment. I am familiar with applications side, but daily work with 
DBA gave me some knowledge of operational tasks.

Breno



Subject: [ILUG] Preserving group & passwd to another server
From: Conor Wynne <weeboy at conorwynne.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 17:20:45 +0000
To: ilug at linux.ie

Hi all,

Well since I got no replies on my Oracle FS question, I've decided to 
try again ;-0
I'm thinking of rsync'ing /etc from one box to the other.

I know that just copying /etc/passwd & /etc/group is not sufficient.
But I reckon an rsync will be cool - aside from having to be carefull to 
exclude certain files such as /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/* and 
hostname etc.

Any particular gotchas I should look out for before I proceed?
Suggestions for files to exclude are most welcome.

Thanks
Conor.