VPS migration over the Internet

If you want to migrate / transfer the VPS from one host to another and don't want to reinstall the system again, you can use the disk transfer of the current virtual server and then just reconfigure the network.

Example:
I am migrating VPS A (IP 192.168.1.222) to VPS B (IP 192.168.90.99)

Both systems need to be booted into a live distro, e.g. GRML. Set up their network and SSH access.

On VPS A run a disk copy and move:

dd if=/dev/sda | ssh root@192.168.90.99 "dd of=/dev/vda"

After the transfer, just boot VPS B and modify the network configuration on the new host. If the disk size is different, you need to extend the partition layout:

e2fsck -f /dev/vdx resize2fs /dev/vdx

This tutorial assumes basic Linux administration. In case you are not sure, please contact our support.