First of all, Greetings.....and I'm a Newb. ;-)
I'm moving my domain to a virtual dedicated server. I have made a back-up of the old website and need to upload it to the new server. PROBLEM: I can't figure out how to get this back-up onto the new server!
The Details:
OK. So the domain is currently still hosted on the old server (Server A).
The new server (Server B) is actually a virtual server that I host completely, and will eventually have multiple domains on it. I am using Web Host Manager.
Here's my problem...
Using WHM, I have created an account on Server B, identical to the one on Server A. However, I can't just go into that account in the normal way like this:
http://www.domain-name.cpanel.
Why not?....Because that's the front-end access for the OLD server (Server A.) If I COULD go into that account on Server B, then it would be simple for me to upload any back-up from Server A simply by using cPanel.
If the new account on Server B had a different name, there wouldn't be any problems at all.
Also, I can't create an FTP account (or don't know how) to get into Server B because "ftp.domain-name" simply takes me to the old account (Server A).
So my whole problem is figuring out how to get access to the new server so I can upload the back-up from the old server. It's hard to do because everything that I would normally use to get access to the server (cpanel or ftp) actually uses a domain name....and that domain name is currently attached to the old server.
I did a little research and found Putty--which will supposedly give me root access to my new server--but I couldn't get it to work successfully. Putty kept denying me access. (Now I have to get SSH keys set up or something? this is getting too complicated!!! )
There has to be something simple that I just don't understand.
Hopefully I have been clear in explaining my problem

P.S. I tried this:
WHM >> Transfers >> Copy an Account from Another Server with Account Password
....but it seemed like it was taking forever. Also, that copies the account (account name, passwords, etc.)...but not the actual website installation (i.e., the data), right?
I'm moving my domain to a virtual dedicated server. I have made a back-up of the old website and need to upload it to the new server. PROBLEM: I can't figure out how to get this back-up onto the new server!
The Details:
OK. So the domain is currently still hosted on the old server (Server A).
The new server (Server B) is actually a virtual server that I host completely, and will eventually have multiple domains on it. I am using Web Host Manager.
Here's my problem...
Using WHM, I have created an account on Server B, identical to the one on Server A. However, I can't just go into that account in the normal way like this:
http://www.domain-name.cpanel.
Why not?....Because that's the front-end access for the OLD server (Server A.) If I COULD go into that account on Server B, then it would be simple for me to upload any back-up from Server A simply by using cPanel.
If the new account on Server B had a different name, there wouldn't be any problems at all.
Also, I can't create an FTP account (or don't know how) to get into Server B because "ftp.domain-name" simply takes me to the old account (Server A).
So my whole problem is figuring out how to get access to the new server so I can upload the back-up from the old server. It's hard to do because everything that I would normally use to get access to the server (cpanel or ftp) actually uses a domain name....and that domain name is currently attached to the old server.
I did a little research and found Putty--which will supposedly give me root access to my new server--but I couldn't get it to work successfully. Putty kept denying me access. (Now I have to get SSH keys set up or something? this is getting too complicated!!! )
There has to be something simple that I just don't understand.
Hopefully I have been clear in explaining my problem
P.S. I tried this:
WHM >> Transfers >> Copy an Account from Another Server with Account Password
....but it seemed like it was taking forever. Also, that copies the account (account name, passwords, etc.)...but not the actual website installation (i.e., the data), right?
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