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dunno
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« on: March 13, 2007, 01:20:32 PM »
I'm coming from a shared plan. My vps plan has juts have been set up today but i dunno what to do because it seems that my website is still hosted on the shared server.

Got some questions:

Have i to make a full backup (ftp+mysql, i've got a joomla website) of my website and "rebuild" it all ? If yes, where ?
Have to re-create all the emails accounts ?
What about my Add-on, parked domains and subdomains ?

I hope i didnt forget something  Confused
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« Reply #1 on: March 15, 2007, 05:50:16 AM »
Hello,

If you didn't choose cPanel as the control panel on your server, you need to re-create all settings such as databases, email accounts, subdomains,  etc. in Plesk from scratch. Then upload your files using FTP and import database backups using phpmyadmin.

In case you purchased cPanel, we can completely move your account along with data and settings  over.

After above is done, you may test your site on the new server and then point it to your private nameservers which should be registered on that moment.

I hope this helps.
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« Reply #2 on: March 15, 2007, 12:58:00 PM »
thank you, Plesk is an obscure proggie to me, i just don't know how to set anything, the little things i do don't work, dunno where phpmyadmin is .... i don't know nothing.
I'll hope my site will run by next january ... Wink
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« Reply #3 on: March 16, 2007, 06:49:00 AM »
Hello,

I believe, Plesk documentation will be helpful for you in such case. Please see http://www.swsoft.com/en/products/plesk/docs/. You'll find a great amount of useful info there.

To open a database in phpmyadmin, navigate to Databses -> Database name.

Plesk (as cPanel) is supposed to easy server administration and is not difficult for use. I bet you'll get your site running on the new server much earlier than by next January Smile
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« Reply #4 on: March 17, 2007, 03:28:56 AM »
Quote from: perestrelka on March 15, 2007, 05:50:16 AM
If you didn't choose cPanel as the control panel on your server, you need to re-create all settings such as databases, email accounts, subdomains,  etc. in Plesk from scratch. Then upload your files using FTP and import database backups using phpmyadmin.

In case you purchased cPanel, we can completely move your account along with data and settings  over.
Quote from: stephen.c on March 16, 2007, 07:36:44 AM
Just a note:

VPS does not handle CPanel because of the type of resources that it requires and it will no longer be offered but plesk works just fine.
So to move from shared to VPS, we can copy over the directories ourselves with ssh but we have to re-create everything (databases, email accounts, subdomains, etc) in plesk?

And then for VPS to dedicated, everything can be copied over if we choose Plesk for dedicated (which is an additional $18/month plus $10 install on the deicated plan)?
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« Reply #5 on: March 17, 2007, 10:10:37 PM »
Hi reasonpolice,

Yes, you'll need to recreate your domains with all the accounts in Plesk.

If you decide to upgrade to a dedicated plesk server, you can use Plesk backup/restore to move your accounts and keep configuration you have done.
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« Reply #6 on: March 18, 2007, 01:59:53 AM »
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I'm thinking about a second basic account, which I may later merge with the first and switch to VPS, or dedicated if necessary.  Are you able to copy data between your servers?  i.e., if I have a large public directory can you copy it over to another server.  I can reinstall the gallery,  I just dont want to have to download and reup the albums

I don't see a reason why this can't be done. Even, it is not necessary to request lunarpages support to move a large folder between servers having ssh access to one of them (you get ssh on vps and dedicated plans). You can use ftp or scp to move your data from shell on the server.
How exactly is this done.  I tried moving a .tar from my old host with shell access to my new lunarpages shared account (I changed the username):

[oldserver]$ scp oldsite.tar username@surt.lunarservers.com:/home/username/public_html/
ssh: connect to host surt.lunarservers.com port 22: Connection timed out
lost connection

Is this because we dont have shell access on shared plans?  If so, how can we move our data if we upgrade from shared to VPS

Edit: I was able to use scp to move data between servers with shell access, I'll ask support to help get my data off my old host, hopefully they will help.
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« Reply #7 on: March 18, 2007, 11:56:31 AM »
Hello:

If you move the .tar file inside your public_html folder and use wget to grab the file it should work just fine.
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