How To: Transfer Accounts from one server to another!

[ebinfo]

Hi

This is how I do it :

1. Log into the server that your copying the accounts from via SSH

2. type '/scripts/pkgacct [username]'

3. type 'scp cpmove-[username].tar.gz root@[NEWSERVERIP]:/home/'

4. Log into the [NEWSERVER] via SSH

5. type '/scripts/restorepkg [username]'

DONE!

tried this method and worked like a charm for an account of about 3 gb

[apex2010]

Hello gurus, I have a bit complex scenario. Please help

I have a WHM reseller account with No SSH & root with over 12 GB data and 150 accounts. Now I got a VPS with WHM and root access.

I want to move all my 150 accounts from Server A to Server B (with SSH).

I need help and guidance by which I can get the job done with least efforts. I have R1soft backup facility on my Server A and root access on server B.

If there is any way I can log on to my new server and run a script to get accounts from FTP access of the old server to CP backup restore (complete package & PW) at new server.

Please help

[mohit]

Hello gurus, I have a bit complex scenario. Please help

I have a WHM reseller account with No SSH & root with over 12 GB data and 150 accounts. Now I got a VPS with WHM and root access.

I want to move all my 150 accounts from Server A to Server B (with SSH).

I need help and guidance by which I can get the job done with least efforts. I have R1soft backup facility on my Server A and root access on server B.

If there is any way I can log on to my new server and run a script to get accounts from FTP access of the old server to CP backup restore (complete package & PW) at new server.

Please help

Use copy multiple accounts from another server option in WHM of new server.
you can search more details on this on this forum, i think not less than 100 threads about the same.

[ingenialtda.com]

My old server does not allow me to copy accounts to the new server. What could be the problem.

[columbusgeek]

Hi

This is how I do it :

1. Log into the server that your copying the accounts from via SSH

2. type '/scripts/pkgacct [username]'

3. type 'scp cpmove-[username].tar.gz root@[NEWSERVERIP]:/home/'

4. Log into the [NEWSERVER] via SSH

5. type '/scripts/restorepkg [username]'

DONE!

Brilliant and perfect advice. Thanks so much.

[gotalk]

Hey,

Or you could use this method. HOW ever, when trasfering large accounts (anything over 300mb is my limit) you have a higher chance of something going wrong, from a lost packet from old server to new server. This process is longer since it takes each account and extracts them one by one, instead of downloading all the accounts and extracting all the accounts together. Hence the reson the first method is the best...

From,
Adam

I don't know about this. I just transferred over 20 accounts, several over 400mb using the "Copy multiple accounts/packages from another server" in WHM and it was easy and flawless. All MYSQL databases came over fine too. The transfer took about 2 1/2 hours.

[mwaraitch]

Hi


3. type 'scp cpmove-[username].tar.gz root@[NEWSERVERIP]:/home/'

generates error message 'ssh:connect to host [ip address] port 22: connection refused'

[cPanelTristan]

Does SSH run on port 22 on the remote machine or some other port? If it is another port, you'd need to do:

scp -P port# cpmove-[username].tar.gz root@[NEWSERVERIP]:/home/

Where port# is the port number for SSH on the remote machine.

[sardelich]

I'm ding pkgacct on a 17 gig account since whm copy function breaks at about 10gigs. But, any ideas on transferring a 150 gig account? I doubt packing the account would be handled by server very well...

[cPanelTristan]

If most of the space is due to the user's public_html directory, I would suggest running:

/scripts/pkgacct --skiphomedir username

Please replace username with the cPanel username of the account. This will skip the /home/username directory contents. After you've packaged the account, you could restore it onto the new machine, then you could rsync over the contents of the /home/username directory instead. rsync is faster and wouldn't require packaging to copy the contents.