Yes, regardless of the OS you will want to make sure you migrate to the exact same version that is on the old server, even if its not the latest version.
Basically you do the following (short version, still follow the instructions in the previous link):
1. Build new server's OS
2. Install Zenoss on new server (same exact version that is on the old server.. 32-bit, same version/patch level)
3. Stop zenoss on the old server
4. rsync/scp the entire /opt/zenoss directory tree from the old server to the new server.
5. "Upgrade" zenoss on the new server to the same version. For example, if you are running 5.0.11 on the old server, you'll install 5.0.11 in step #2, and you'll run the upgrade steps for 5.0.11 in this step. This will make sure that the binaries/libraries are all put back into place properly. |