Possible changes made to Linux configuration files during migration and/or protection

When migrating or protecting Linux workloads several configuration files on the Linux servers are modified by the PlateSpin server. Below is a list of the files that are changed.

-         Driver Related

o       The drivers get dropped into "/lib/modules/<kernel version>/"

o       /etc/modprobe.conf (specifically for 2.6 kernels)

o       /etc/modules.conf  (specifically for 2.4 kernels)

o       /lib/modules/<kernel version>/modules.dep

o       /lib/modules/<kernel version>/modules.pcimap

o       /lib/modules/<kernel version>/modules.alias (specifically for SLES 11)

o       /etc/sysconfig/kernel (specifically for SLES)

 

-         Device Related

o       /etc/sysconfig/hotplug (specifically for SLES8)

o       /etc/sysconfig/hardware/hwcfg-bus-pic-<pci_location> (specifically for SLES)

o       /etc/sysconfig/hwconf (RHEL)

o       Remove /etc/raidtab

 

-         Network Configuration Related

o       /etc/sysconfig/network-scripting/ifcfg-ethN (RHEL, RedHat)

o       /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-ethN (SLES8, SLES11)

o       /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-eth-id-<mac_address> (SLES9, SLES10)

o       /etc/sysconfig/network/routes (SLES)

o       Remove /etc/sysconfig/network/route-ethN or /etc/sysconfig/network/route-eth-id-<mac_address>

o       /etc/sysconfig/network (RedHat, RHEL)

o       /etc/hosts

o       /etc/HOSTNAME (SLES)

o       /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules (SLES11)

o       /etc/udev/rules.d/30-persistent-net.rules (SLES10)

o       Remove /etc/dhcpc/dhcpcd-ethN.info (RHEL)

o       Remove /etc/dhcpc/dhcpcd-ethN.cache (RHEL)

o       Remove /etc/dhcpc/dhcpcd-ethN.pid (RHEL)

o       Remove /var/lib/dhcp/dhclient-ethN.leases (RHEL)

o       Remove /var/lib/dhcpcd/dhcpcd-ethN.info (SLES)

o       Remove /var/lib/dhcpcd/dhcpcd-ethN.cache (SLES)

o       Remove /var/lib/dhcpcd/dhcpcd-ethN.pid (SLES)

o       /etc/sysconfig/network/config (SLES10)

 

-         Boot-loader Related

o       /boot/grub/grub.conf or /boot/grub/menu.lst (for grub boot-loader)

o       /boot/grub/device.map (for grub boot-loader)

o       /etc/lilo.conf (for lilo boot-loader)

 

 

-         Service/Daemon Related

o       Remove /etc/ssh/ssh*key*

o       /etc/sshd_config

o       /etc/init.d/rcN.d/scripts (Modified by chkconfig)

 

-         Volume Configuration Related

o       /etc/fstab

o       /etc/lvm/lvm.conf  (for LVM)

o       Remove /etc/lvm/backup (for LVM)

o       Remove /etc/lvm/archive (for LVM)

o       Remove /etc/lvm/.cache or /etc/lvm/cache/.cache (for LVM)

o       /etc/sysconfig/lvm (for LVM, specifically for SLES)

o       /etc/blkid.tab or /etc/blkid/blkid.tab

 

-         Other

o       /boot/initrd-<kernel_version>.img

o       /etc/sysconfig/firstboot (RHEL)

o       /root/.kde/share/config/hwsusekickerrc (SLES)

o       /root/.kde/share/config/susepluggerrc (SLES)