Using rsync to Migrate Data from CentOS 8.x to Ubuntu 10.x

[Bountly]

Greetings,

Can I use the rsync method to migrate my data from a CentOS 8.x server to an Ubuntu 10.x server? I'm primarily moving configuration files and data, so I assume the difference in distributions shouldn't be an issue.

Both servers are running the community versions.

Thanks in advance,
Ibrahim

[liverpoolfcfan]

Follow one of the Wiki procedures

https://wiki.zimbra.com/wiki/ZCS_to_ZCS_rsync_Migration
https://wiki.zimbra.com/wiki/Modified_Rsync_Migration

[slacker1337]

To use the rsync migration method, the source and destination Zimbra versions must match. If your current Zimbra version is 8.x, you will need to perform an in-place upgrade first.

I recently used this method to upgrade an older customer’s Zimbra installation without any issues.