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edits
Changes
improved tar based backup/restore
follow these steps:
==Create the container== Create a container using centos-4-i386-minimal and set a valid nameserver==:
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vzctl create $CTID --ostemplate centos-4-i386-minimal --config CONFIG_TEMPLATE --ipadd container_IP --hostname temp
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== Enter container Install centos-5-release packages==Use <code>vzctl exec</code> to execute the rpm install command on the container:
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vzctl enter exec $CTIDrpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/os/i386/CentOS/centos-release-notes-5.6-0.i386.rpm \ http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/os/i386/CentOS/centos-release-5-6.el5.centos.1.i386.rpm
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Note: centos-release-5 depends on notes-package, start with that one.
==Install centos-5-release packagesBackup dev==
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tar -cf $CTID.dev.tar .-C /vz/private/$CTID dev
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==Install initscripts package== Install initscripts package (forced and with no deps)==, as per below:
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vzctl exec $CTID rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/os/i386/CentOS/initscripts-8.45.33-1.el5.centos.i386.rpm --force --nodeps
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Note: If the "transfer failed", go to the [http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/os/i386/CentOS/ CentOS5 mirror] and find the latest initscripts rpm and use that instead.
==Exit from containerUpdate conf file==<pre>exit</pre>
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OSTEMPLATE="centos-4-i386-minimal"
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OSTEMPLATE="centos-5-i386-minimal"
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Alternatively, use the 'sed' command to replace it:<pre>sed -i 's#OSTEMPLATE="centos-4#OSTEMPLATE="centos-5#g' /etc/vz/conf/$CTID.conf</pre> ==Copy existing template from== Copy existing template from:
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/vz/template/centos/4
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==Update yum.conf== In /vz/template/centos/45/i386/config/yum.conf change mirrors to CentOS 5 Using sed: <pre>sed -i 's#centos4#centos5#g' /vz/template/centos/5/i386/config/yum.confsed -i 's#CentOS 4#CentOS 5#g' /vz/template/centos/5/i386/config/yum.confsed -i 's#centos/4/#centos/5/#g' /vz/template/centos/5/i386/config/yum.conf</pre> ==Upgrade container packages==
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vzyum $CTID upgrade
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==Stop your VE=Troubleshooting=== If you get this error: <pre>Error: Missing Dependency: python-abi = 2.3 is needed by package python-elementtree</pre> and/or
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==Leave the container private dir (or it will not start)Test your VE==Check you can enter your VE:
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==Remove container IP=Troubleshooting===
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If you see errors like this, see the [[VPS_enter_failed]] article.
==Stop containeryour VE==
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vzctl stop $CTID
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==Restore dev==
This will replace the new /dev/ with the old one:
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mv /vz/private/$CTID/dev /vz/private/$CTID/dev.old
tar -xvf $CTID.dev.tar -C /vz/private/$CTID
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== Remove container IP ==
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vzctl set $CTID --ipdel all --save
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