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Are there any utilities or scripts that automate the process of upgrading VMs, along with other maintenance such as doing a hashdeep check of system files? The key features I'm looking for would do something like: - A: Shut down VM. - B: Do a hashdeep check of system files. - C: Optionally restore VM from a previous backup. - D: Restart VM. - E: Upgrade packages. - F: Shut down VM. - G: Backup VM (for next "C".) -...

What is the best tool to compare file hashes in two different drives/directories such as after copying a large number of files from one drive to another? I used cp -au to copy directories, not rsync, since it is between local disks. I found a mention of hashdeep on the 'net which means first running it against the first directory generating a file with checksums and then running it a second time against the second directory using this checksum file. Hashdeep, however, is not in the CentOS repository and, according to the 'net, is possibly no longer...

...at meddatainc.com>: > > What is the best tool to compare file hashes in two different drives/directories such as after copying a large number of files from one drive to another? I used cp -au to copy directories, not rsync, since it is between local disks. > > I found a mention of hashdeep on the 'net which means first running it against the first directory generating a file with checksums and then running it a second time against the second directory using this checksum file. Hashdeep, however, is not in the CentOS repository and, according to the 'net, is possibly no longer...