VPS Migration

[carl6969]

Yesterday evening my VPS was moved to the new DC / Server setup.

For those of you who are interested, possibly concerned, about this process, I would like to say that everything went as smoothly as could be expected.

Support notified me immediately upon completion and gave me a link to the new control panel and my new IP addresses. Since IP addresses have to be changed for the new DC, everything went down and was, (obviously), unreachable until I went into the server and assigned the new IP's, but I managed to do that very quickly with aid of my Webmin / Virtualmin setup even though I had to change a total of 17 domains and subdomains. I have not noticed any loss of files or data as a result of the migration, but I would strongly encourage everybody to download a full backup of the entire VPS immediately before the migration, just in case.

I personally like the new VPS control panel which replaced HyperVM at the new DC. It is much easier to understand and use IMHO and has a few new features that HyperVM does not have. As I have stated before, I never was a fan of Kloxo / HyperVM due to all the security problems which have obviously still not been resolved.

[jtwhite]

I also had my VPS moved and the experience was the best that could be expected. It took a total of about 10 minutes to transfer my VPS. After I was notified of my new IP addresses, I logged into WHM and used the IP Migration Wizard, which automatically updated all the DNS entries.

I also love the new VPS Control Panel for the same reasons as Carl6969.

I get a faster ping at the new datacenter too!

[allofus]

my migration took just a few minutes also and was able to get 'stuck in' straight away via shell access.

I would describe the new platform as a lot simpler, but that is in part due to there being less features available which I never used anyway in hypervm. The only thing I do not like is the lack of a restore feature but this was discussed in IRC today and Corey stated that this feature should be rolled out pretty soon.

I have noticed about a 10 to 15 % lower cpu usage under certain conditions which is either due to more responsive ram on the server or a couple of ubuntu updates or a combo of both? prolly a bit of both!

Overall thumbs up, but the restore feature has got to be implemented before I go all in and say perfect.

[Adam01]

Meh
Im having problems with the IP migration.
I ran the migration wizard, but my nameservers dissapeared, and somehow I managed to add ns1, but when adding ns2 via assign nameserver to ip, the page just hangs >(

[carl6969]

Meh
Im having problems with the IP migration.
I ran the migration wizard, but my nameservers dissapeared, and somehow I managed to add ns1, but when adding ns2 via assign nameserver to ip, the page just hangs >(

What is "migration wizard"?
X10 support moved all of my files for me and then emailed me new IP addresses.
I changed the IP's of my my private nameservers with the domain registrar and then went into BIND on my VPS and assigned new IP's to all of my domains. Websites and email were up one minute and down the next for about 12 hours during the normal propagation, but after that everything worked perfectly.
If you would tell us a little more about your setup, such as the OS on your VPS and any management software, (i.e. Webmin), perhaps myself or somebody else here can help you out.

[masshuu]

migration wizard has to do with cpanel i believe

[carl6969]

migration wizard has to do with cpanel i believe

Thanks for the info. Never have been that excited about CPanel. It may be what screwed up the VPS configuration in this case. Maybe some of us can help out anyway.

[The Real Rebel]

I got migrated, and its much better

[allofus]

Ok I have been using the solaris vps management for about 2 weeks now and I have to say I think it is terrible compared with hyper VM.

Anyone who thinks it is better.
What is better about getting ZERO feedback on commands being executed?
NO Key management aka forced to use passwords to initial setup
NO File Manager
Multi-Click for EVERYTHING, reboot especially and again no feedback
NO Data related to distro options or feedback on completion


AND THE KICKER

No restore feature just 1 backup a day that is all but useless. c'mon this is NOT BETTER in any way shape or form. If there was a security vulnerability on hyper VM I would rather have a vulnerability I can fix with a restore than be left open to any error forcing me to start over.

I really do not like the new platform and cannot figure out what others are thinking is so great about it? As for the performance being better, this is no gain when you have to add extras like webmin just to get close to similar functionality of hyper VM.

The migration went well but I still find issues today where I forgot to switch that IP, forgot about that setting etc. I did not want new IP's.

I wanted a setup that I had and now I do not have it!

[carl6969]

I very, very seldom actually use the X10 VPS Control Panel. The only feature on it that I occasionally need is the server reboot function.

Some type of VPS control panel has to be present for initial server setup and there are only a few choices available for that purpose. My VPS was active on X10 about a year ago when the first major Kloxo / LXAdmin security breach was discovered and made public. Corey immediately disabled LXAdmin and kept it disabled for quite awhile, during which time no VPS users could do much of anything with thier VPS's. The problem was eventually solved, (temporarily), but just a few weeks ago ANOTHER major security hole was found with LXAdmin, and, once again, LXAdmin had to be shut down. This time Corey apparently decided that enough is enough and changed to the new panel.
Surely, nobody would want X10 to place their own system, (as well as all the hosted VPS's at substantial risk by using LXAdmin which has repeatedly shown to be a major security risk. Is the new control panel the very best available? I do not know. Is everybody going to be happy with the change? No. Is this a better a choice than LXAdmin? Absolutely - for reasons stated above.

Now, back to my first statement. I almost never actually use the VPS Control Panel. When I first setup my VPS I installed my operating system using the control panel and then immediately installed Webmin and Virtualmin. And since that time I have not found any need to use the control panel for anything at all except reboot. I have found that I can very easily and efficiently manage all aspects of the VPS with Webmin. Command Shell, File Manager, fully configurable and automated (or manual) backups, etc.. Not everybody would agree that my way of managing my VPS is the best way, but it works very well for me.

My primary reason for being please with the new control panel is simply a matter of security. I do not want my VPS being placed at risk, hacked, or shut down completely because of the defects in LXAdmin. And my statements about LXAdmin are not opinions. They are facts.

One point that I do somewhat agree with allofus about is the IP change. I was forced to change 5 IP's on a total of 147 domains. Made a few mistakes that had to be corrected later and had there was about 14 hours of down time for prorogation of the new DNS settings created by the IP change. I questioned support, (Corey in this case), about this before the migration and he hold me that we were being forced to change IP's due to the new DC setup. There was simply no way around it.