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Originally Posted by Alanmelon
Having been using i-web solutions for my site hosting over the past few years, I am now so hacked off with their complete lack of support or response to any communication, that I'm looking at taking my business elsewhere. I therefore have a few questions;
- I've seen 1&1 rated by a few people in another thread, and they seem my preferred choice at the mo. Any horror stories?
- How difficult/easy is it to move hosts? I've thought it through...is there anything missing from the following checklist?
1. Backup/download all content and MySQL databases from existing server
2. Change nameserver settings on domain name accounts and wait for propagation
3. Set up domain names/accounts on new host
4. Recreate MySQL databases
5. Upload content
6. Reconfigure php config files in case of new MySQL database or usernames
7. Recreate e-mail accounts
Anything critical missed?
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If both hosts run Cpanel and the new host's support team is willing to attempt it for you.
1. Contact New hosts support and give them your Cpanel username/password and domain.
2. Wait for confirmation and then change dns.
Webhost manager (the admin backend to cpanel) has a script for transferring accounts between servers
although It does have this to say.
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Enter an account to copy
This feature should only be used as a last resort when the root password to the remote server is unattainable. Many factors contribute to the lack of success of transfers. If the remote server does not have a working copy of perl, have cgi enabled, and have an unmodified cPanel configuration, this will most likely fail. A remote server administrator can easily prevent this type of transfer from occurring as it requires no privileged access. Accounts over 250 megabytes should not be transferred using this method.
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If they are willing to try it and it works it would save you a fair bit of hasstle.
If not do a full account backup from cpanel and ask them if they'd be able to restore it for you if the same username is available it will make things a hell of a lot easier
