[cvsnt] Re: migrated physical servers --> lost versions?

Bo Berglund bo.berglund at system3r.se
Mon Dec 12 16:00:29 GMT 2005


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On Mon, 12 Dec 2005 07:50:28 -0600, Joelle Tegwen <tegwe002 at umn.edu>
wrote:

>I use eclipse as an IDE.
>New Server: CVSNT 2.5.03 Build 2151; Windows Sever 2003
>Old Server: CVSNT 2.5.01 Build 1976; Windows Server 2003
>
>We just migrated our physical server so I moved the repository over to 
>the new server.
>The migration seemed to happen just fine until today I was trying to 
>browse the repository for the versions and  got none.
>I asked for the list of branches and only got 2. I refresh my list in 
>eclipse and nothing happens.
>
>Where did they all go? Is there some CVSNT/Eclipse problem here?
>

I assume you have the old repository still available?
If so then look at two RCS files from both and compare them. They
should only differ if there hase been committed edits in the new
server after you moved.

The RCS files contain in themselves the *full* history of the file
they represent, so unless you did something really screwy when moving
to the new server that information should still be around.

The proper way to move a repository to a new server is the following
(my view at least):
1. Stop the CVSNT services on the old server
2. Copy the full repository tree from the old to the new server
3. In the CVSNT control panel of the new server add the existing
repositories you just copied and name them exactly like they were
named in the old server.
4. In your DNS change the record that points to the old server to now
point to the new server. (Change the IP address of the old record).
5. Start the CVSNT services on the new server.

By doing this your users need not even modify their existing checked
out sandboxes as they would have to if the server name has changed.


/Bo Berglund



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