Editing UsingRsync

Man page is at: http://samba.anu.edu.au/ftp/rsync/rsync.html == On both machines == * Make sure the filesystems are set up identically, if you'll be overwriting /etc/vfstab * get the rsync binary from an existing machine or the precompiled one at ftp://ftp.samba.org/pub/rsync/binaries/Solaris/ * on the source machine install in //usr/local/bin/. On the destination machine, put it somewhere it won't be overwritten- even //tmp/ == On the target machine == * create an /etc/rsyncd.conf, sample below * crank up a daemon in the foreground (you probably don't want to leave it running) rsync --daemon --no-detach * The no-detach leaves it in the foreground so you won't accidentally leave it running. * Control-C and remove //etc/rsyncd.conf when you're done. == On the source machine == Example: destination machine is named tomcat2, and you want to move over the //usr/local/ directory: rsync -v --archive \ /usr/local/ rsync://tomcat2/ROOT/usr/local/ Example: to sync the whole machine except for /etc (no point copying /proc either) rsync -v --archive \ --exclude '^/etc/' --exclude '^/proc/' \ / rsync://tomcat2/ROOT/ * afterwards, on the destination machine, run installboot to make sure the boot block is correct The trailing slashes on the directory names are important. You may also want the option *--one-file-system* to copy one filesystem at a time. == Sample rsyncd.conf == [ROOT] uid = root path = / hosts allow = 10.1.211.4 read only = false Category: HowtoCategory SolarisCategory

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