Moving vb to another location on the same server

[Cool_Rice]

I've installed vbulletin into another directory on my server and to a new databse. Then I realized that you can't restore it based on the backup file generated by vbulletin. So now I am wondering, can I just link the new forums in their new location, to the old databse? Do I do this by just editing the config.php and pointing it to my old database?

Thanks

[Cool_Rice]

Wait. I read in another post that you can restore your backed up database (done from Cpanel) through CPanel?? How? Where?

Thanks

[Steve Machol]

In the same section of CPanel that you made the backup from.

[Cool_Rice]

I still don't see it. I can back it up, I can back it up to the server, or i can "Help CSV backup of single database table". But I dont see any option to restore.

[Steve Machol]

Which version of CPanel are you running?

[Cool_Rice]

Admin Control Panel (vBulletin 3.0.1)

If I cannot do it from Cpanel, can I just link the newly installed forums to the old database?

[Cool_Rice]

It would make sense that you can restore a backup made from vBulletin, in vBulletin.. hmm

[Steve Machol]

I thought you meant CPanel: http://www.cpanel.com

You cannot restore a backup from within the vB Admin CP because to run the Admin CP you need to be using the database.

The only reliable method of backing up and restoring a database is with shell access via telnet or ssh. Please see the instructions here:

Backup:
http://www.vbulletin.com/docs/html/m...nce_ssh_backup

Restore:
http://www.vbulletin.com/docs/html/m...ce_ssh_restore

[Cool_Rice]

Ah ok thanks very much. How about linking to my old db from the fresh install of vb? like editing the config file to point to my old DB...

Thanks again