Migrating Vultr Bare Metal to AnubizHost Dedicated
Vultr Bare Metal is competitive on price but sits in US jurisdiction. For workloads that benefit from full hardware isolation plus offshore residency, this guide walks through moving a Vultr Bare Metal node to an AnubizHost offshore dedicated server in Romania, Iceland, or Netherlands.
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Match Vultr Hardware to AnubizHost
Vultr Bare Metal Xeon E-2386G with 32GB RAM and NVMe SSDs maps to AnubizHost Romania mid-tier dedicated. AMD EPYC options on Vultr map to AnubizHost EPYC dedicated tiers. Open a sales ticket if you need exact CPU generation or NIC capability matching.
Order the AnubizHost dedicated with matching disk count for RAID compatibility. If you ran RAID-1 across 2x NVMe, the target needs 2x NVMe minimum.
Boot Source into Rescue and Image Disks
Vultr provides an iPXE-based rescue boot via the panel. Once in rescue mode, block-level clone:
dd if=/dev/nvme0n1 bs=64M status=progress | \
ssh root@NEW_IP "dd of=/dev/nvme0n1 bs=64M"For RAID-1, clone only the primary disk - the mirror rebuilds on first boot of the target. Block-level clone is slow but produces a bootable target. For sparse filesystems, prefer partclone or per-partition rsync.
Reinstall Bootloader and Verify Boot
Mount the cloned disk, chroot from the AnubizHost rescue (provided over IPMI), and reinstall GRUB: grub-install /dev/nvme0n1 && update-grub. For UEFI, mount ESP and run the EFI variant.
Reboot to disk via IPMI. Verify you reach login prompt before cutting over traffic. If init fails, rebuild initramfs: update-initramfs -u -k all.
DNS Cutover and Decommission Schedule
For multi-IP setups, weighted DNS shift over 1-2 hours. Re-issue Let's Encrypt on the new host. Keep Vultr Bare Metal billed for 7 days as rollback, then deprovision via the panel.
Vultr Bare Metal has monthly billing, no daily proration on cancellation. Time the migration mid-billing-cycle for a clean cancellation window.
Why Move Bare Metal Offshore
Vultr's US jurisdiction means subpoena response on US legal timelines. AnubizHost Romania or Iceland requires a local court order for any infrastructure interference. Bare metal performance is comparable; jurisdiction is the differentiator. Related reading: offshore dedicated, Vultr VPS migration, bulletproof hosting.
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