copy to new server
 

I am in a situation where I own the vbulletin software and someone else ownes the domain. due to a dispute he has already deleted the forum once, but we were able to restore it. I have chosen another domain name just in case and want to know if there is any way to copy that over to the new account.

I know the backup copies all database contents but not the databse and tables itself. how would I go about doing this.

the plan is to just do daily backups once established so I can always bring the new domain up and send a mass email with the new address if needed.

Thank you,

change config. php to match the new domain specifics. Now you've changed everything.

I'm not sure what you mean here. If you backup the database contents, you are backing up all the tables and such.

In the manual: Moving Servers

You will need a backup of your database.

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