change the hosing...........help please

[binkuang]

hi. recently i m going to moving the vb forum to my new hosing. first i back up the Database on the admincp Maintenance. second install the new forum to the new hosing. and then upload the vb database to the www. folder and click import database, Character set of the file utf8. but after the hosing notice problem. i have no idea how to do? did i do wrong? what is the step?

[Dismounted]

You will have to tell us the problem first...

[binkuang]

can you just tell me how to do the step?

[Dismounted]

How about you tell me the problem you are having?

The only reliable method of backing up and restoring a database is with shell access via telnet or ssh. This is because backing up with a PHP script like that in the Admin CP or phpMyAdmin can result in PHP timeouts errors and an incomplete backup file. Please see the instructions here:

Backup:
http://www.vbulletin.com/docs/html/maintenance_ssh_backup

Restore:
http://www.vbulletin.com/docs/html/maintenance_ssh_restore

P.S. If you don't have shell access, some people have also reported success with these scripts:

MySQLDumper:
http://www.mysqldumper.de/en/index.php

MySQLHotxcopy:
http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?t=134821&highlight=mysqlhotcopy

Bigdump:
http://www.ozerov.de/bigdump.php

[Marco van Herwaarden]

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