Backing up certain parts of a database!

[exilera]

Hello everyone, I have a forum (at www.exilera.com) with a small database that I'd like to move to a new vBulletin installation at another domain. I created a fresh copy of vBulletin at the new location, and I'd like to take a portion of the other database and import it into the existing database at the new domain.

I'd like to move only user accounts, the forum structure (like forum titles and descriptions) and posts within those forums. What would be the best way to back up the database, and exactly which parts of the database would I need to back up? Could I do it via the Admin CP tool, or should I do it via phpmyadmin? I'm very new at all this, so please bear with me :)

Thanks!

[Marco van Herwaarden]

It is extreme difficult to just copy some parts.

You should consider just using the full backup, and removing parts you don't want. Alternative would be to use ImpEx for it.

[exilera]

Hmm, what exactly is ImpEx? I'm not familiar with that. Would that be better than using phpmyadmin?

[Marco van Herwaarden]

ImpEx is the vBulletin Import system, also capable of importing vB->vB.

You can download it from your members area. Make sure to read the stickied topics in the Import System forum at vbulletin.com before you start.