Later on this evening we will be migrating the cpwhm1 virtual server to the GT24-2 node.  During that time, the virtual server will be down on 2 occassions. The first to take a final backup in preparation for the move and then again during the move. The first downtime should be short … less than 5 minutes based on previous backups. The other will be a little longer – between 30 and 60 minutes based on previous migrations.  All ip addresses and account specifics should move with the vps.

The new server features dual quad-core processors, 32GB of Registered ECC RAM, 4 Western Digitial RE2 hard drives connected to a LSI/Dell Perc 5si RAID controller with 128MB of dedicated RAM and battery unit… This is a signifigant upgrade for this vps. On top of the increased hardware, the new server utilized logical volume snapshotting for backups - meaning no nightly downtimes for backups (even though they were for only about 3 minutes… none is still better!)

This post will be updated as the migration progesses…

8:30 – vzDump begun
9:20 – 1st vps shutdown from vzDump 2nd sync begun
9:22 – vps back up – waiting for tar.gz to complete
9:50 – backup complete – validating file
10:15 – begining migration to gt24-2
11:17 – migration completed succesfully!!
11:30 — going to do a quick reboot to reconfigure memory allocations (increase it by 4x)
11:35 – Done…

Robert

Robert Porter is the founder and managing member of Lagniappe Internet LLC. Robert holds multiple certifications incluging Oracle Certified Professional-Java 6 SE (OCP-J6), MCSE, A+, Net+, Project+, Security+, and multiple CIW certifications. He has been in the hosting industry for more than a decade and is founded Lagniappe Internet L.L.C. as a privately owned, completely debt free, hosting company based out of New Orleans. Robert's background includes 25+ years in programming, databases, networking and systems administration.