Migrating a Hetzner Dedicated Server to AnubizHost

AX41-NVMe (Ryzen 5 3600, 64GB, 2x512GB NVMe) maps to AnubizHost Romania mid-tier dedicated. AX102 (Ryzen 9 7950X3D, 128GB) maps to the high-tier EPYC or top-end Ryzen offering. SX65 storage class (4x16TB HDD) maps to our Romania storage dedicated. Open a sales ticket if you need exact disk counts beyond what is listed publicly.

For software RAID-1 across two NVMe disks, the target must have the same disk count and minimum size. For RAID-10 on storage servers, plan ahead - mismatched disk count requires a fresh RAID build, not a clone.

From the Hetzner Robot panel, activate the Rescue System and reboot. The rescue is a stripped Linux with SSH and the basics. Block-level clone over SSH:

dd if=/dev/nvme0n1 bs=64M status=progress | \
  ssh root@NEW_IP "dd of=/dev/nvme0n1 bs=64M"

Repeat per disk. For RAID-1, only the primary disk needs cloning - the mirror rebuilds on first boot. For RAID-10, clone all members in sequence. Block-level clone is slow (1-2 hours per TB) but produces a bootable target.

After dd completes, the cloned disk has the source's UUIDs, partition labels, and bootloader. Modify /etc/fstab if the target uses different device paths. Chroot from the AnubizHost rescue (provided via IPMI) and reinstall GRUB: grub-install /dev/nvme0n1 && update-grub.

For UEFI: mount the ESP, run grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/boot/efi --bootloader-id=GRUB. Reboot to disk via IPMI and verify you reach a login prompt before continuing.

For multi-IP setups, weighted DNS migration is safer: 10% to AnubizHost for 30 minutes, then 50%, then 100%. Re-issue Let's Encrypt on the new host. Verify TLS chain with openssl s_client -connect yourdomain.com:443.

Keep the Hetzner box billing-active for 7 days post-cutover. Decommission via the Hetzner Robot panel once you're confident. Pay attention to Hetzner's 30-day minimum commitment if you only just provisioned the source.

Germany's NetzDG and various abuse-complaint laws create real legal exposure for operators of forums, image hosts, file-sharing platforms, and adult content. Hetzner enforces aggressively because it must. Moving the same workload to Romania or Iceland under AnubizHost removes the German legal vector entirely. Related reading: offshore dedicated, bulletproof hosting, DMCA-ignored hosting.