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[Ozz]

I was going to be moving from Webwiz to VB and have bought and installed the software but now close to giving up!

I have installed the VB, Impex and done a backup of the old forum.

Now is the point where I am having problems! I am useless with web stuff (I am not stupid but just cannot get my head around quite a bit of it). The next stage is to restore the webwiz backup onto the same server where the Impex is.

I have tried downloading phpmyadmin, Big Dump and another and they all confuse me! I have asked 4 database experts who either tell me it cannot be done or that there is a problem doing it. Everything I have read on this forum about it makes it out to be a 2 second job!

So can anyone help me here?

[Jerry]

Are you moving servers ?

Do you have ssh access to the source server ?

How big is the database ?

[Ozz]

Yes I am moving servers. Vb is set up on the new one.

I cannot get access remotely to the old db but have a backup and passwords etc. The backup is also on the new server.

Db should be fairly small. Not sure exactly but only have 300 members......

[Jerry]

If you have the backup on the new server, then the stage is to restore that I'd think ?

What access to you have to the new server ?

http://www.vbulletin.com/docs/html/m...tabase_restore

[Ozz]

Jerry, yes the restore bit is next but I can't manage to do it as I cannot understand the programs I am meant to be using. I have had about 4 database people look at it and they have all said they can't do it! I may be looking at it simply but I would have thought it would be straight forward!

I have complete access to the part of the server we are on, eg passwords etc....

[Jerry]

If you have SSH then I'm thinking it's a one line command.

Do you have SSH to the new server ?

I can't figure out by guess why the other 4 would say it's impossiable, I'd have to see it myself.

Have you contacted support here via a ticket about it ?

[Ozz]

I have not got a clue Jerry!

I did contact the support when I was trying to do it myself but then found I only had a backup of the old database not the restored one....

[Jerry]

I'd ask that the support ticket your communicating to support with be assigned to me and send a link to this thread so I get the heads up and I'll see what the options are.

[Ozz]

Thanks Jerry will do.

I have emailed the owner of the new server about SSH....

[Ozz]

Jerry have updated the ticket but will need to have a look through tomorrow and update a lot more as things moved on since then.

Did you mean put a link to the ticket in this thread or put a link to this thread in the ticket?

[Jerry]

Put a link to this thread, in the ticket.

[Ozz]

Done!