tamos.gmu.edu --> tamos.net migration

This document exists to explain the procedures involved in migrating all your account stuff on tamos.gmu.edu to tamos.net. If you have any questions, please let me know.

pre-move

Once you get your tamos.net account and password via email, you'll be ready to move all your stuff to the new server. But not so fast! Clean out your directories. If there's any email that you must have, keep it. Otherwise, toss it. I used to go by the rule, "someday, I might find a use for this" Well, it very rarely ever happened, if at all. (I kept all my funnies) So toss it. =) If you're subscribed to any Mailing Lists, change the address or unsubscribe. Also think of this as a wonderful opportunity to re-vamp your web pages. =) Your inbox won't follow you, so save any email you want from your inbox to a folder.

move

Ready? You don't have to ftp all your files individually from tamos.gmu.edu to tamos.net. There exist much better methods, primarily archiving and compression.

To archive and compress your home directory on tamos.gmu.edu:

nice tar --exclude move.tgz -cvzf move.tgz .

 

To move your stuff over:

ncftp -u tamos.net

Enter your name and password when prompted

put move.tgz

bye

 

To decompress and unarchive your stuff on tamos.net:

telnet tamos.net (and log in)

nice tar -xvzf move.tgz

 

Check your files to make sure you got everything and then logout.

logout

 

On tamos.gmu.edu, remove your archive file.

rm move.tgz

 

Start forwarding your email to tamos.net

echo Your_User_Name@tamos.net> ~/.forward

post-move

You can email me when you have tested your web pages on tamos.net and are ready to have all your pages on tamos.gmu.edu redirected to tamos.net. I will then have the system forward all email & web pages over to tamos.net and then remove your account from tamos.gmu.edu. Please let people know your new email address if you plan to use tamos.net as your primary e-mail address.