I currently have an ISPconfig server setup with only one website. I configured all the settings and tweaks for it and also have one database on it. What I want to do is setup a second server for a test machine, so that I can upload beta stuff on it before I put it on the main "production" server. The second server will have the identical hardware except for the hard drives, which might be a different brand. What would be the easiest way for me to just clone the hard drive/partitions, so that I don't have to setup everything up? I want to setup the second server to be on the network, so I probably change the hostname and IPs on it but I want to retain what current website and database I have on it. Any help would be appreciated, thanks.
How about if the original server is on a RAID 5 configuration? I know I can clone the raid container (with the partitions) to a disk image, would that be the best way to do it and what software can I use to do it? Is there any specific that I need to do when I restore the image? I never really dealt with Linux with cloning, only Windows machines.
dd is a pretty neat tool ;-) If we are talking VMs might consider built in Features of the hypervisor
Or just do the very small hassle of creating new ISPConfig server and then migrate the current one or just migrate the one and only website just for the sake of fun learning experience.
