It should be OK to use rsync, so long as the "old server" is not in use and
the repositories are not being modified while you're syncing them.
Then, I strongly recommend a dump and load on the new server.
Eric.
On Mon, Apr 23, 2018 at 3:19 PM, Paul Greene <paul.greene.va_at_gmail.com>
wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I need to move a subversion deployment from an ancient Redhat server to a
> new Centos7 server.
>
> The old subversion server is running version 1.4.6-1. The new server is
> running 1.7.14-11.
>
> There's 110 different repositories on the old server, so I'm looking for
> an efficient way to move all of the old repositories to the new server.
>
> The old server has its repositories under "/data/subversion", so I created
> the same folder and sub-folder on the new server.
>
> Is it possible to do an NFS share of the /data/subversion folder on the
> new server, mount that share on the old server and just "cp -R --preserve *
> " to the new server to keep the same permissions and ownership? Will all
> the repos work correctly if copied over in that way?
>
> I tried a test of a couple of repo folders and it seemed to copy over and
> keep all the correct permission/ownership settings, but I'm not sure if the
> repos will still work correctly without doing something additional to them.
>
> Thanks,
>
> PG
>
Received on 2018-04-24 01:34:08 CEST