Hopefully a quick question

[DevilzFan]

Okay, this is my first attempt at moving my site. I'm upgrading with my current host. They can't/won't move things for me, so I'm going to try my hand at the SSH.

I've been reading the manual on moving, and have a question. I'm not quite clear on the SSH stuff. Does the SSH save the database and all to my PC? Or to the webspace?

If it's the webspace, am I able to just FTP that to my PC and then upload it to the FTP of the new server?

I ask because there's going to be a delay between them deleting my current server setup and the move to a new one.

Sorry if this is a newbie question, it's my first time, and I want to make sure I don't lose any data.

Thanks in advance for any help/answers/advice!

[Lynne]

SSH is just a method to connect to your server. Once you ssh to the server, you may use linux commands (if you are on a linux box) to do stuff on your server, such as create a backup of your database. Here is a link on how to create a backup of your database once you ssh to the server - Backing Up The Database via SSH/Telnet (http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/../docs/html/maintenance_ssh_backup)

You'll then have to download that copy to your computer, or use a command like scp to move it to the new server.

And, to then to restore it - Restoring The Database via SSH/Telnet (http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/../docs/html/maintenance_ssh_restore)

[DevilzFan]

Thank you very much! That's exactly the info I was looking for. :)