Hi
You CAN use rsync to migrate a NethServer to another - I’ve done that before several times…
(Too large VM Disk, when still using ESXi…).
But you need to be very careful.
Certain Folders should NOT be rsynched (eg /dev, /boot), also certain hardware files in /etc need to be omitted…
(I sync the whole /etc to /AAA/etc AND make a copy of /etc to /AAA/etc-orig just to be safe, and migrate the stuff by hand there…). Same goes for /root…
All other stuff like mail folders are actually uncritical!
Just make sure you get the rsync direction correct!
It might be easier to try using Backup / Restore or Hotsync…
My 2 cents
Andy
PS:
Some notes from my last migration, a P2V for a friends home NethServer…
rsync -avzu -e ssh --delete /mnt/old-b/etc/ root@192.168.209.20:/AAA/etc/
rsync -avzu -e ssh --delete /mnt/old-b/root/ root@192.168.209.20:/AAA/root/
rsync -avzu -e ssh --delete /mnt/old-b/usr/ root@192.168.209.20:/usr/
rsync -avzu -e ssh --delete /mnt/old-b/srv/ root@192.168.209.20:/srv/
rsync -avzu -e ssh --delete /mnt/old-b/sys/ root@192.168.209.20:/sys/
rsync -avzu -e ssh /mnt/old-b/var/ root@192.168.209.20:/var/
rsync -avzu -e ssh --delete /mnt/old-b/var/lib/pgsql/ root@192.168.209.20:/var/lib/pgsql/
rsync -avzu -e ssh --delete /mnt/old-b/var/lib/mysql/ root@192.168.209.20:/var/lib/mysql/
rsync -avzu -e ssh --delete /mnt/old-b/var/www/ root@192.168.209.20:/var/www/
rsync -avzu -e ssh --delete /mnt/old-b/usr/share/zabbix/ root@192.168.209.20:/usr/share/zabbix/
Here the server was dead (Power Outage during vacation, no UPS), but the disk was still working…