Porting From One Server to Another
 

I finally walked out on my host; they've had 2 - 1 day long downtimes, and I'm sick of it :p . In any case, I am trying to port everything from one server to another.....and here's the issue. I used the vbulletin backup tool fine, but since my backup is 200kb larger than what the host I'm switching to will use, I'm kind of stuck, so I went to phpMyAdmin to export it.....and I get this:

http://www.phpdimensions.com/imageup...30untitled.PNG
:eek:

So what should I do? Should I install a new version on the upcoming host, then try to backup some things like posts, threads, users, etc, and just skip out on mods? This will be my first vBulletin move so sorry if I seem like a novice ;) .

upload the backup file via FTP, then just ask your host to import it for you...

Good Luck..

See manual on moving servers: Moving Servers

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/m...nce_ssh_backup

Restore:
http://www.vbulletin.com/docs/html/m...ce_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/showt...t=mysqlhotcopy

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