[Koha] Duplicating a running environment

[Chrispin Simasiku Sitali]

One option you may try is to install Webmin on both machines. Then on the
machine that you want to duplicate log into Webmin and Backup Database.
Select all Tables. Then backup. Please note where the resultant .sql file
is saved (I usually use the Desktop). Copy this .sql file on a flash drive.
On the second machine where you want to duplicate your Koha installation,
log into Webmin and this time choose Execute SQL. Choose Run SQL From File.
Choose the file on flash drive (or any media you used to save file) and
EXECUTE (please note; choose the appropriate character set) Depending on
the size of the file this may take some time. If all goes well you should
have a neat duplicate of your Koha installation with all patron records,
circulation etc. I have used this method several times and it works like a
charm all the time, not very technical I am afraid but works for me.


On 4 October 2013 22:58, glaws <glawson at rhcl.org> wrote:

> This could easily be done if you are running a virtual machine, but
> reading between the lines a little I presume not?
>
> You might consider mastering an .iso of your running hard drive. Google
> instructions.
>
>
> Greg Lawson
> Network Administrator
> Rolling Hills Consolidated Library
> 1912 N. Belt Highway
> St. Joseph, MO 64506
> ----------------------------------------
>
> On 10/04/2013 05:23 PM, Steven Nickerson wrote:
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> >    If I have a working 3.12.00.000 environment installed from the Debian
> > squeeze packages, what is the best way to make an exact, complete
> duplicate
> > onto a 2nd machine?  Can anyone send me or point me to some step-by-step
> > instructions?   Doesn't have to be complete details, just the general
> steps
> > (i.e. install Koha from scratch from the packages, backup MySQL DB, copy
> > "such-and-such" a directory from the 1st machine to the 2nd and modify
> > "this" config. File and "that", etc.).  Do I have to make sure that the
> same
> > version of Koha is installed on the 2nd machine, and if so, how do I
> force
> > apt-get to install the 3.12.00.000 version?   Or can I copy the existing
> > Koha directories over from the 1st server to the 2nd and not even do the
> > install via the packages on the 2nd one?
> >
> >
> >
> > Hope this makes sense.trying to build a "test" environment AFTER already
> > having the "production" environment up and running.
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks, as always!
> >
> > Steve
> >
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