Does FOG project support deploy backup Linux System image to newer hardware?

[cidy.long 0]

This is quite hassle problem I met in my working environment.

Most of our Linux servers hardware will getting aged after some years in production environment.

Then a question is raising up. The living Linux (for example Centos production servers) maybe already updated to Centos Stream 8 or 9 from Centos 6/7, but the machine is about 8-10 years old.

We want to move the running Linux system (we can backup it as Linux Image that include system and all applications) to a much newer CPU (x86_64) architecture. We tried to use Clonezilla live to do it, and I never get it work well.

We found FOG project maybe have some idea about it.

If it is, please advise!

[Sebastian Roth]

@cidy-long-0 In general FOG can be used for what you are trying to do BUT it’s not made for this. Personally I think you are way better of getting this done with Clonezilla or other imaging tools instead of making all the effort to get FOG up an running in your network. FOG heavily relies on PXE booting in the standard setup and that might even be a hassle with some server hardware.

Both FOG and Clonezilla use the same base - partclone. So technically you don’t miss out when you stick to Clonezilla.