One of the great features of OpenVZ is the ability to easily migrate a virtual machine(VM) to another server. While identifying the best methods to perform this task recently, I read about two tools to accomplish this task: vzdump, and vzmigrate. Read the rest of this entry »
Migrating an OpenVZ Virtual Machine
by Michael Klatsky
Transparent MySQL migration using MySQL proxy
by Michael Klatsky
How can we transparently migrate MySQL from one server to another when we don’t want to disrupt end users? That was the question posed as we come to the final phase of decommissioning a server. We have transitioned almost all services away from the older server (CHIMAY)- but there is one external cron that is not under our control that we can see in the logs which generates several MySQL queries. Therefore- we need to transparently move MySQL through another server (TECATE). Here’s the scenario: Read the rest of this entry »
Migrating an OpenVZ Virtual Machine
by Michael KlatskyTransparent MySQL migration using MySQL proxy
by Michael KlatskyHow can we transparently migrate MySQL from one server to another when we don’t want to disrupt end users? That was the question posed as we come to the final phase of decommissioning a server. We have transitioned almost all services away from the older server (CHIMAY)- but there is one external cron that is not under our control that we can see in the logs which generates several MySQL queries. Therefore- we need to transparently move MySQL through another server (TECATE). Here’s the scenario: Read the rest of this entry »
