This is a parallel thread to this:
SERIOUS PROBLEM - VM starts but NS7 doesn’t! - Support - NethServer Community
…as it is looking more and more probably that I will not be able to fix existing NS7 setup!
Again: NS7 was working for years in a KVM ennvironment (UNRAID). Now it doesn’t boot (see screenshot in other thread) and I cannot even go to rescue mode and do something.
So, since I CAN mount the actual qcow2 image (and lvm partitions) of the broken NS7 in my host and see the contents, is there a process I can follow to:
- Setup a clean NS7 and shut it down.
- Sync everything from my old NS7, but NOT the things that break the boot.
- Boot new NS7 in place and expect to have everything running (same IP, mailboxes working etc.).
Now the whole thing is #2 of course. What exactly do I need to copy from old VolGroup-lv_root partition to the new one and actually recover my whole setup? What do I need to leave out, so that I don’t break booting again?
Please help, this is my last hope.
EDIT: NOTE the issue is kind of resolved (see original thread), but this question of this thread remains!
We need to know, in case we do a fresh NS7 install and have access to old root partition files, WHAT needs to be copied, what needs to be NOT copied.