Backup & reinstall the system

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#1 Wed, 03/07/2012 - 12:00

catfish_pete

Backup & reinstall the system

I have Virtualmin running on a 512MB virtual server running 64bit Debian 6.0. In fact, I should have installed 32bit Debian, to reduce memory consumption.

I've now got Virtualmin and 12 domains running. Would like to back up the whole caboodle, install a 32bit system, then reinstall Virtualmin and all the domains.

Could anyone suggest the very easiest, no-hassle way to do this?

#2 Wed, 03/07/2012 - 14:05

andreychek

Howdy,

You could always generate a set of backups from within Virtualmin, and then restore those backups onto the 32 bit system.

-Eric

#3 Wed, 03/07/2012 - 18:08

Locutus

According to some speed comparison charts I saw a while ago (cant remember where unfortunately) the 64 bit version had a significantly better performance than the 32 bit.

So before you reinstall, you might want to google for this topic and maybe confirm it.

#4 Wed, 03/07/2012 - 22:10

andreychek

Howdy,

The 64bit systems are indeed faster... but since they also use roughly twice as much RAM, we don't recommend using a 64bit system unless the server has more than 2-3GB of RAM.

Since 512MB of RAM is already somewhat constrained on a 32bit system, we'd suggest avoiding a 64bit OS with that little amount of RAM.

-Eric

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