Originally Posted by KlenTelaris

On source server:
rsync -av /var/lib/mysql /dbbackup
rsync -av /home /homebackup
On destination server:
rm -Rf /var/lib/mysql
rsync -av /dbbackup /var/lib/mysql
rm -Rf /home
rsync -av /homebackup /home
But do this only if you destination server is new,for server with data procedure is little different.