perfSONAR User Q&A and Other Discussion

[Roy Hockett <>]

Thank you guys, I think I can modify this script to do what I want, I only 
need config files,
scheduled tests and test data.

Thanks,
-Roy Hockett

Network Architect,
ITS Communications Systems and Data Centers
University of Michigan
Tel: (734) 763-7325
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On Jun 19, 2014, at 3:29 PM, Andrew Lake wrote:

> Hi Row,
> 
> The scripts Christoph shared should do what you want I believe. The backup 
> script just grabs important config files, like the test definitions and 
> creates a tarball. The restore script pulls out those files and puts them 
> back in place. It should work going from CentOS5 -> CentOS 6 or when going 
> from CentOS6 -> CentOS6. They were written with both cases in mind, though 
> admittedly I haven't tried the latter case in awhile. In theory it should 
> still work.
> 
> Thanks,
> Andy
> 
> On Jun 19, 2014, at 3:02 PM, Christoph Galuschka 
> <>
>  wrote:
> 
>> 
>> 
>> Am 19.06.2014 20:55, schrieb Roy Hockett:
>>> We are swapping out older hardware boxes with newer hardware, but would 
>>> like to keep scheduled
>>> tests and configuration files from older box.  Has anyone identified the 
>>> files needed to move in this
>>> migration?  Has anyone developed a procedure to do this?
>>> 
>>> I have check the perfSONAR wiki, but I have not found anything that 
>>> details this.  If something exists
>>> please excuse my ignorance and point me in the right direction.
>> 
>> I think the project team provided a script for moving from CentOS5 based 
>> boxes to CentOS6 based ones.
>> That script would probably be a good start in where to look.
>> Try here http://psps.perfsonar.net/toolkit/FAQs.html#Q60
>> 
>> -- 
>> Christoph Galuschka
>> CentOS-QA member | IRC: tigalch
>