Ok, the new server is almost 100% ready.

I have managed to script the starting of the virtual machines; no need to have the rather annoying VMware GUI to turn VM’s on and off. Yay.

All of the interfaces are mapped and ready to go; we shouldn’t have any binding problems with regards to network interfaces.

I did manage to fix the CMOS battery issue. It turns out the battery that came with it was a dud, and the new battery I bought at Central Computer in San Francisco was also a dud. Radio Shack to the rescue.

One final bonus: the new, virtual machine is 65% – 100% faster than the old, physical one.

Final tasks:

• Figuring out what sections of the filesystem need to be synced (mailstore & web, home directories, database backups, etc.)
• Scripting this so it is as foolproof as possible
• Scheduling a visit to the colo
• Bringing down the old server, doing one final backup and syncing that with the new virtual server
• Plugging in the new hardware and bringing it up